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hi^ work without any more returns of his gid- 

 dinels. 

 I have {'.^en. a large fpoonful of the juice of tliis- 

 plaiit given to a tlog, which made him very fick 

 and ftupid, but in about an hour he recover'd t 

 and I have {qqh a goat eat it with impunity. 

 To thofe of the human kind, Vv^ho have been fo 

 unfortunate as to eat any part of this plant, a 

 vomit is the moft approved remedy. 



PHELLANDRIUM. Gen. PL 3^^- 

 Fiofadi difci minores. hrucfus ovatus, Isvis, coro- 

 natLS perianthio & piitillo. 

 ^qualicum PHELLANDRIUM foliorum ramificationibus 

 *' divaricatis. Sp. pL 366. (Ger. E7n. 1063. / 2. 



Mens, hi ft. J. 9. /. 7./. 7. ordhiis fiipcrioris. Pet. 

 herb. t. 28. /. 4J 

 Water Hemlock. Anglis. 



In ditches and ponds, but not common. $ . VIII. 

 The llalk is remarkably thick and dichotomous, 

 and grows in the water : the leaves are triply 

 pinnated, the pinnul?e leffile and fcrrated. 

 Linnaeus informs Us that the horfes in Siveden, by- 

 eating of this plant are felz'd v/ith a kind of 

 palfey, which he fuppofes is brought upon them 

 not lo much by any noxious qualities in the 

 plant itfelf, as by a certain infed v/hich breeds 

 in the ftalks, call'd by him, for that realon, 

 Cumdio parGpktlicus. ^yji. Net. 610. Ihe 

 Stvedes give fwine's dung for the cure. 



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