Conium.] UMBELLIFER.E. 1^7 



myrrh, the foliage of one species at least possessing an agree- 

 able scent. Pentandria. D yn ia. 



1. M. odorafa, Scop. Sweet Cicely. Fruit large with very 

 short ribs and deep furrows between them. Br. Fl. 1. p. 132. 

 E. Fl. v. ii. p. 5Q.Scandix odorata, Linn. E. Bot. t. 687. 



Orchards and waste places, probably the outcast of gardens. Near 

 Oldcastle, and other places in the County of Meath ; \llev. Mr. Hatpin. 

 Umbra rocks, Magilligan ; Mr. D. Moore, who thinks it truly wild. 

 FL May, June. 1. Whole plant highly aromatic, two feet high or 

 more. Leaves large, triply pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid. 



(VIII. SMYRNIUM TRIBE.) 

 25. SMYRNIDM. Linn. Alexanders. 



Calyx obsolete. Petals lanceolate or elliptical, entire with an in- 

 flexed point. Fruit laterally contracted. Carpels reniformi-glo- 

 bose,didymous, each with three dorsal, prominent, sharp ridges, 

 the two lateral and marginal ones nearly obsolete. Interstices 

 with many vittce. Seed involute. Involucre various. Name 

 from fffivpva, synonymous with pvppa, Myrrh, from the scent 

 of the juice. Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. S. Olusatrum, Linn. Common Alexanders. Cauline leaves 

 ternate, petiolate, serrate. Br. Fl. 1. p. 132. E. Fl.v. ii. p. 76. 

 E. Bot. t. 230. 



Waste grounds and ditch banks, very common ; especially near 

 Dublin. Fl. May, June. $ . Stem three to four feet high, very 

 stout, furrowed. Leaves bright yellow green, twice or (the lower ones) 

 thrice ternate, with a very broad membranous base ; leaflets very 

 large, broadly ovate, lobed and serrated. Flowers yellow green, in 

 very dense, numerous, rounded umbels. Involucres none. Fruit 

 almost black when ripe. Aromatic, but too strong and pungent to be 

 agreeable. It was formerly used as a pot herb. 



26. CONIUM. Linn. Hemlock. 



Calyx obsolete. Petals obcordate, with an inflexed point. Fruit 

 laterally compressed, ovate. Carpels with five prominent, 

 waved or crenated, equal ridges, of which the lateral ones are 

 marginal. Interstices with many striae, without vitta?. Seed 

 with a sharp narrow groove in front. Universal involucre of 

 few leaves, partial of three leaves on one side. Name Kwveiov of 

 Theophrastus, from KWVOS, a cone, or a top, whose whirling 

 motion resembles the giddiness produced on the human con- 

 stitution by the poisonous juice of this plant. 



Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. C. maculatum, Linn. Common Hemlock. Stem glabrous, 

 spotted ; leaves tripinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, pinnatifid with 



