XCVI. 

 CONIUM MACULATUM. 



Common Hemlock. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order II. Digynia. 



Nat. Ord. Umbellifer.^. 



Gen. Char. Calyx obsolete. Petals obcordate, with an 

 inflexed point. Fruit ovate, laterally compressed. 

 Carpels with five prominent waved, crenulate, equal 

 ridges, of which the lateral ones are mai'ginal. Channels 

 with many striae, destitute of vittae. Seed with a deep 

 narrow furrow. — Involucres of three to five leaves, 

 partial on one side. 



Spec. Char. Stem branched, shining, spotted. Partial 

 Involucre shorter than the umbellules. 



SYNONYM ES. 



Greek xuviiov ; xomov. 



f Cicuta major. Bauh. Pin. IGO. Cord. fol. 162. 



I Cicuta. Gm^m. 1061. Raii Syn. 2\b. Fuchs,m^J. Tragus, 



] 474. Dod. Pempt. 458. 

 * ■ " ] Cicuta vulgaris major. Park. Theatr. 933. 



I Conium maculatum. Lm. Sp. PI. 349. Eng. Bot. t. 1191. 



'^Coriandrum maculatum. Rolh. fl. germ. i. p. 130. 

 French. . . . Cigue ; Grande Cigiie ; Cigue ordinaire. 

 Italian. . . . Cicuta ; Cicuta grande. 

 Spanish .... Cicuta; Cicuta manchada. 

 Portuguese. Ciguda. 

 German . . . Schierling ; Erdschierling ; Geflechter Schierling. 



Dutch Scheerling ; Dalle-Kervel. 



Danish .... Scharntyde. 

 Swedish . . . Sprceclig odcert. 

 Bohemian . . Bolehlaw. 



Polish Swinia wesz. 



Russ Boligalow. 



Description. — The root is biennial, somewhat fusiform and 

 branched, whitish, about the thickness of the little finger, from 

 eight to ten inches long, and exudes, when young, a milky juice. 

 The stem is erect, cylindrical, smooth, fistulous, striated, of a 



