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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



The lesser Hemlock or Fool's Parsley alone represents tlie genus 

 jEthusa (fig. 105-108). The flowers have no calyx, five petals, 



JEthusa Cynapium. 



Fig. 105. Floriferous branch {%). 



very unequal at the circumference of the umbels, large and depressed 

 stylopods. The fruit is ovoid, short or nearly globular, with an 



