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2. S. nodi/lorum, stem procumbent ; leaves pinnate, leaflets 

 ovate, equally serrated ; umbels nearly sessile, opposite to the 

 leaves. Procumbent Water-parsnip. 



Hob. Ditches and rivulets, frequent. Aug. 



3. S. inundatum, stem procumbent or floating ; leaves pinnate, 

 cut, the lowermost in many compound capillary segments ; um- 

 bels 5-flowered, in pairs. Least Water-parsnip. 



Hob. Ponds. Below Calf-hill, plentiful, Thomp. On St. 

 Abb's Head ; and in small ponds on Coldingham Moor. 

 June, July. 



96. .ETHUSA. 



1. JE. cynapium^ smooth, erect, branched ; leaves uniform, 

 leaflets wedge-shaped, decurrent, with lanceolate segments. 

 Poors-parsley. 



Hab. Corn fields and meadows. July, Aug. Q 



This is easily distinguished from all its tribe by the few 

 long pendulous bracteas under each partial umbel ; and it 

 is of consequence to distinguish it from parsley, as it is of 

 a ;t naughty smell," and considered poisonous. 



97- CONIUM. 



1. C. maculatum, stem polished and spotted, much branched. 

 Common Hemlock. 



Hab. Hedges and waste grounds. July. (J. 



A valuable medicinal plant, but frequently rendered inert 

 from want of attention to the proper period of collecting 

 it, or from errors in its preparation. GERARDE hath a 

 horror of it, positively forbidding its use, " for it is one of 

 the deadly poysons which killeth by his cold qualitie." 

 The poison which SOCRATES was condemned to drink is 

 generally said to have been the juice of the hemlock, but 

 this is very doubtful. 



98. (ENANTHE. 



1. CE. crocata, herb smooth ; stem branched, furrowed, 2 to 5 

 feet high ; leaves doubly pinnate, leaflets all wedge-shaped, 

 many-cleft, nearly uniform ; umbels rather large, terminal ; fruit 



