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fame manner as thofe from the root, and they 
are of the fame pale green. 
The flowers grow at the tops of the branches 
in little umbells, furrounded with numerous, 
jong, and flender leaves; forming a kind of ge- 
neral cup. 
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The feeds are fmall and ftriated. 
It is common on ditch-banks, and in garden- 
ground, and flowers: in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cicuta minor petrofelino fimi- 
lis. Others, Cicutaria, and Cicuta fatua minor. 
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WATER HEMLOCK. 
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4 Ree flowers are difpofed in large umbells on divided and fubdivided branches : there areno 
leaves at the bafe of the firft divifion; but feven ftand at the bottom of each of the fubdivi. 
fions: thefe are long and fharp-pointed. Each flower is compofed. of five petals: they are pointed, a 
little nicked at the top, and bent down. 
,and firm, 
The feeds are oval, and fmooth. The ftalk is very thick 
Linneus places this among the pentandria digynia 5 the threads being five, and the ftyles two in 
each flower. 
Water Hemlock. 
Phellandrium aquaticum. 
The root is compofed of numerous very long 
fibres. 
The firft leaves are large, and divided into a 
multitude of fmall, flender parts, and fplit as it | 
were at the ends: they are of a pale green. 
The ftalk is a yard high, and of a vaft thick- 
nefs: it is of a pale greens and toward the top 
divides into numerous branches. 
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‘The leaves on this refemble thofe from the root, 
and are of a faint green. 
The flowers are fmall and white; and they 
ftand in great umbells at the tops of the branches. 
The feeds are large and brown. aria: 
Tt is a native of the waters, and loves a foft, 
muddy bottom. We have it in all our fen-coun- 
ties, and in fome other places. It flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cicutaria paluftris tenuifolia. 
Others, Cicuta paluftris, and Phellandrium. 
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AS Tek Raga Genre 
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4 ew flowers are difpofed in umbells, on divided and fubdivided branches. There are no leaves 
at the bafe of the principal branches ; but at the places of their fubdivifion there fland feveral, 
which are long and flender. Each flower is compofed of five petals; and they are heart-fafhioned, 
and a little bent. The cup is very minute. 
and fmooth on the other. 
The feeds are oval, and convex, ftriated on one fide, 
Linneus places this among the pentandria digynia ; the threads being five, and the ftyles in each 
flower two. 
DEVS TON I 
Meadow-Saxifrage. 
Sefeli pratenfe vulgare, 
The root is long, thick, and hung with a few 
fibres: it is brown on the outlide, white within, 
and of an acrid tafte. 
The firft leaves are placed on long footftalks : 
and are large, and of a deep green: they are di- 
‘vided into very fmall, narrow fegments, 
The ftalk is upright, ftriated, and toward the 
top divided into branches: it is of a yellowifh 
green, and two feet high. 
BRITISH SPECIES. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches ; 
and are {mall and yellowifh 
The feeds are brown, and of an acrid tafte. 
The roots of this plant are diuretick ; and the 
feeds carminative, both in a very eminent de- 
gree. 
' It is common in our meadows, and flowers in 
une. 
J. Bauhine calls it Saxifraga Anglorum. Others, 
Sefeli pratenfis, and Silaus Anglicus. s 
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