The BRIT Te AE Bd 
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Geol bas Nwony 
§ XVII. 
SMA DD LssAo Gusk, 
AP LUM: 
(THE flowers ate difpofed in moderately large umbells, 
thefe have at the bafe of the divifion one {mill leaf, Each flower is 
and they are equal in fize, of a rounded form, and. fomewhat bent. 
can fearce be feen. 
ftyles two. 
perly difting. 
Common Smallage, 
Apium vulgare, 
The root is long, thick, and white ; fometimes 
fimple, fometimes divided, and of a pleafant 
tafte. 
The leaves are pinnated and large: they are 
compofed each of three or four pairs of pinnz, 
with an odd one at the end 3 and thefe are broad, 
ferrated, and in a manner divided into three 
parts. 
The flalk is thick, ftriated, branched, and two 
feet high. ; 
The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the 
root ; but they are fmaller, 
The flowers are {mall and white; and they 
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on divided and fubdivided branches « 
compofed of five petals ; 
The cup is fo minute, that it 
The feeds are two: they are of an oval form, and ftriated on one fide, 
Linnzeus places this among the pentandria digynia; the threads in the flower being five, 
He joins the common parfley or petrofelinum under the name apium; bur they 
and the 
are pro- 
ftand in thick umbells at 
branches. 
The feeds are brown. 
It is common about waters; and flowers jn ; 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Apizun baluftre feu oficinarum. 
the divifions of the 
This plant, cultivated in gardens, affords what 
we call celeri, by foriie diftinguithed under the 
name of apinm dulce, as if a different fpecies. 
The roots of finallage are diuretick ; and are 
good againft the gravel, and in obftruétions of the 
vifcera, The beft way of giving them is in a 
ftrong decoétion, : 
The feeds are warm and carminative, and alfo 
diuretick in a very confiderable degree. 
S XVIIL 
Te ReeM S1 Om CieK: 
CEs (Ge eT A, 
*PHE flowers are difpofed in large umbells, upon divided and fubdivided branches,’ Each flower 
is compofed of five petals ; and they are of an equal fize, bent down, and heart-fathionéd. The 
feeds are rounded, ftriated on one fide, and plain on the other. : 
Linneus places this among the pentandria digynia ; the threads being five, and the ftyles two in each 
flower. But he has introduced great confufion by his management of this genus. 
He divides the 
common and the fmall hemlock, not as fpecies, but into two genera; and he does not give the name of 
cicuta to either of them: the genus cothpreiiending the commion berilock is called conium; and that 
comprehending the {mall hemlock, ethufa. The name cicuta is given to a genus quite diftin@ from 
both, including the /ong-leaved water parfuip. 
The characters of this genus are not contrary to any of his diftin@ions: 
they belong both to the 
common and the final hemlock ; and they are propertly a generical mark. 
1. Common Hemlock, 
Cicuta vulgaris, 
The root is long, thick, and white. 
The firft leaves are extremely large, and of a 
-dark, blackith green: they are divided into innu- 
merable fmall parts, and ferrated at the edges. 
The ftalk is frm, upright, round, and fix feet 
high: it is of a dark green colour, ftained all 
over with fpots of purple. ‘ 
The leaves are placed irregularly on- it; and 
they are very large, and like thofe from the root : 
they ate deeply divided, and of a dark green. 
The flowers are fmall and white; and they 
ftand in large umbells. 
The feeds are brown, 
It is common in hedges, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cicuta major, 
Tt is underftood to be a poifonous plant; but 
there does not appear any thing certain on that 
head. \ Many authors of credit affirm that it is 
innocent, 
2. Sinall Hemlock, 
Cictita minor, 
The root is long, flender; white, and fur- 
nifhed with a few fibres. 
The firft leaves are divided into numerous 
{mall parts, which are deeply ferrated, of a pale 
green, and very like thofe of the common par- 
fley. 
The ftalk is round, upright, green, and a yard 
high. ; : 
The leaves on this are finely divided in the 
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