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FIG. 347. Conium maculatunt, showing the large decompound leaves with pinnatifid 

 leaflets, and the compound umbels of flowers, with detached, enlarged views of umbels and 

 a" compound umbel. From Bulletin No. 26, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



The fresh juice of Conium maculatum was used in the preparation of the famous hemlock 

 potion which was employed by the Greeks in putting their criminals to death. This is not 

 the same plant under the name of Conium which is referred to in Roman and mediaeval Latin 

 literature, the latter being Cicula virosa, which does not grow in Greece and in Southern 

 Europe. 



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