70 PENT ANDRIA DIG YNIA. 



linear-oblong, with slender intermediate ribs. Hemlock Water - 

 dwpwQrt. 



Hab. Watery places, frequent. July. If. 



One of the most virulent poisons we possess in our fields ; 

 and many instances are recorded of fatal effects having fol- 

 lowed the eating of its roots. " Beware and take good 

 heed of this, and such like simples; for there is no physi- 

 tian that will give it, because there be many other excel- 

 lent good simples which GOD hath bestowed vpon vs, for 

 the preventing and curing of diseases." Despite this ad- 

 vice of the pious GERARDE, modern physicians have given 

 an infusion of the leaves, or the juice of the roots, in le- 

 prosy, with benefit. Goats eat the plant with impunity. 



99. SMYRNIUM. 



1. S. olusatrum, smooth ; stem 2 or 3 feet high, furrowed ; 

 stem-leaves ternate, stalked, serrated ; flowers yellow-green, in 

 dense numerous rounded umbels. Alexanders. 



Hab. " In Scotise littoreis rupibus nori procul Bervico," 

 Ray. " Upon the sea-coast at Dungkss, on the edge 

 of Berwickshire," Dr Parsons. May, June. <J 



100. ^EGOPODIUM. 



1. JE. podograria, root creeping ; stem 1-2 feet high, smooth, 

 furrowed ; lower leaves twice ternate, upper simply ternate ; 

 leaflets ovate, large, serrated. Gout-weed. 



Hab. Under hedges in moist situations ; frequent in this 

 neighbourhood. June. I/. 



101. ANGELICA. 



1. A. sylvestriS) stem smooth, purplish ; leaves doubly pinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate, equal, serrated ; rays of the umbels downy. Wild 

 Angelica. 



Hab. Moist meadows and bogs, common. July. 11 



102. LIGUSTICUM. 



1. L. Scoticum, stem 1 foot high, smooth, striated ; lower leaves 

 twice ternate, uppermost simply ternate ; leaflets broadly ovate. 

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