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CICUT.A. Gen. PI. 354. 

 Truclus liibovatu.s, lulcatus, 

 CICUTA umbellis oppofitifoliis, pctiolis margi- 

 natis obtuns. ^/'. />/. ^C^G. {Oed.Dan. t. 208. GVr. 

 Em. is^- f' 4- Moris, hiji. f. 9. /. 5 /. 4. Pet. 

 herb. t. 28. /. r. Moris. JJmhel. L 5- Folium 

 egregiiim Wehfer in Uhello dc maita ciciuatica. t. i . 

 p. 4.) 

 Long-leav'd Water Hemlock. ylnglis. 

 It grows by the fides ot lakes, but happily for ns 

 very rare. Dr. Parfzns difcovercd it on the fide 

 oi Loch-End. %. Vil. 

 The roots arc large and hollow, divided into cells 

 by tranf/erfe diaphragms : the llalk round and 

 hiliilar : the leaves pinnated with fingle, double 

 and triple foiiola, each foliolum fpear-jfliap'd, 

 and finely fcrrated \ the ferratures white at the 

 tips : the umbel grows open, and is red at the 

 bafe : the partial involucra confjll each of many 

 fliort fetaceous leaves :• the flov.ers are white, all 

 hermaphrodite, and uniform: the petals heart- 

 fnap'd and inflex'd : the feeds oval, and furrow'd 

 with three prominent meridians. 

 Of the few vegetable poifons in Grent-Brilaln this 

 is one of \^Ci.t principal. It is dertru6live not 

 only to man, but, accordiiig to mofl: writers on 

 the fubjed, to aln:ioft every bcaft, except per- 

 haps tlie goat, v.hich is faid to devour it as a 

 grateful food. 

 — vidcFC licet pingucfcere f^jpe cicuta^ 



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