CLXXXV. 

 CICUTA VIROSA. 



Water -Hemlock, or Cowbane. 



Class V. Pentandria.— Order II. Digynia. 

 Nat. Ord. Umbeilifer^. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of five teeth, leafy. Petals obcor- 

 date, with an inflexed point. Fruit roundish, con- 

 tracted at the sides, didymous. Carpels with five, 

 nearly plane, equal ridges, of which the lateral ones 

 are marginal. Channels with single vittae, elevated 

 nearly to the ridges. Seed terete. — General Involucre 

 of few leaves or none ; partial of many leaves. 



Spec. Char. Leaves biternate ; segments lanceolate, 

 serrated. Umbels opposite the leaves and terminal. 



SYNONYMES. 



f Sium erucas folio. Bauh. Pin, 154. ,-/. 



Sium alteram olusatri facie. Ger. Em. 256. Raii ( Hist 

 450 ; Syn. 212. Lob. ic. i. 208. 



Sium majus alteram angustifolium. Park. Theatr. 1241. 



Cicuta aquatica. Wepfer. Hist. 4. 



Cicutaria aquatica. Lam. Diet. ii. p. 2. 



Coriandrum Cicuta. hoih. Germ. i. p. 130. 



Cicuta virosa. Lin. Sp. PI. 368. Eng. Fl. ii. p. 62. Eng. 

 . Bot. t. 479. Blackw. Herb, t.574. (Ed. Fl. Dan. t. 208. 

 Cigue aquatique ; Cicutaire aquatique. 

 Cicuta aquatica. 

 Cicuta aquatica. 

 Cegude aquatica. 



Wasserschierling ; Wiiterich; Wuthschierling. 

 Water-Scheerling ; Dolle-Kervel. 

 Skarn-tyde; Wandpastinak ; Sprengrod. 

 Sprcengcert. 

 Wodna Cykuta. 

 Omeg. 



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Polish 



Buss 



Description. — The root is perennial, very thick, hollow, 



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