80 I. VEGETABLES.— .UMBELLIPER.E. 



aquaticum ; — P. mutellina ; — *Wateii drop-wort, CEnanthe 

 aquaticaf (E, Jistulosa ; — *Hemlock drop-wort, (E. cicutcE facia, 

 (E. crocata. Acrid, poisonous, especially the roots, emetic, and 

 act upon the nervous system : used externally are powerfully re- 

 solvent, anodyne, and used in scrofulous and scirrhous tumours, 

 and in inflammation of the penis; juices yellow, poisonous. 



*QEnanthe peucedanifolia ; — *Parsley water drop-wort, 

 CEnanthe pimpinelloides. Roots used as potherbs. 



*Hemlock, Cicuta, Conium maculatum. Very poisonous in 

 warm countries, but less active in cold ones, powerfully narcotic, 

 used in many obstinate disorders, as scirrhous cancer, chronic 

 rheumatism, ill-conditioned ulcers, and glandular tumours; dose 

 of the dried leaves, cicutce folia, conii folia, in powder, gr. j, gra- 

 dually increased to 3j, every four hours, to be exhibited with 

 caution, especially when a fresh parcel of powder is used : seeds, 

 conii semina, less uncertain in their effects. Officinal prepara- 

 tion, — Tinct. conii, D. Succus spissatus con., D. E. Extractum 

 conii, L. Unguentum conii, D. Cataplasma conii, D. 



Cumin, Cyminum, Curninum ct/minum. Seeds, cumini semina, 

 aromatic, carminative ; imported from Sicily and Malta. 



Wild cumin, Curninum sylvestre, Lagoecia cuminoides ; — Ma- 

 cedonian parsley^ Petroselinum Macedonicum, Bubo?i Macedonicum, 

 Seeds carminative. 



BuEON galbanum; — B. yummiferum. Yields galbanum. 

 Officinal preparation. — Pil. galb. comp., L. D. Tinct. galb., D. 

 Pil. foetid, comp., E. 



Ammi verum, Sison ammi ; — *Common amomum, Bastard 

 stone parsley, Amomum vulyare, Sison amomum. Seeds warm, 

 aromatic ; used in Venice treacle. 



*CoRN hone-wort, Sison seyetum. Useful in indolent tu- 

 mours. 



Skirret, Sisarum, Sium sisarnm. Root used as a potherb, 

 stomachic ; a specific against the bad effects of quicksilver ; sugar 

 is made from it. 



NiN SING, Ninzen, Nisi, Sium Ninsi. Alexiterial and aphro- 

 disiac, and thought to lengthen life ; frequently confounded with 

 ginseng, as in the Pharm. Lond. 17^0. 



*Great water parsnep, Pastinaca aquatica, Sium latifo- 

 lium; — Upright water parsnep, Siumherula. Roots poison- 

 ous ; leaves aperitive, diuretic, antiscorbutic. 



*Creeping water parsnep, Sium iwdijiorum. Juice used in 

 cutaneous diseases ; dose for children iij tea-spoonfuls twice a-day, 

 and for adults Jiij every morning. 



*Angelica, a. archangelica. Root stomachic, carminative, 

 aperitive, diaphoretic, useful in typhus fever. Seeds aromatic. 



