No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 



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Blowing whistles made from the hollow stem has also been 

 reported as a cause of poisoning. 



PTILIMNIUM Raf. Mock Bishop's-weed. 



Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf. (hair-like). 

 Discopleura capillacea DC. 

 Mock Bishop's-weed. 



Occasional to frequent in salt, brackish and fresh marshes 

 along the coast and within tidal influence a few miles inland : 

 also extends up the Conencticut River as far as East Haddam 

 (Dr. E. J. Thompson) . Late July — Sept. 



AEGOPODIUM L. Goutweed. 



Aegopodium Podagraria L. (pertaining to gout). 

 Goutweed. Goutwort. Herb Gerard. 



Rare. Yards, streets and waste places as an escape from 

 cultivation: East Windsor (Bissell), Hartford (Mrs. W. 

 Seliger), Norwalk (E. H. Baldwin). June. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



Occurs only in the variegated form. 



CICUTA L. Water Hemlock. 



Cicuta maculata L. (spotted). 



Spotted Cowbane. Musquash Root. Beaver Poison. Water 



Hemlock. 



Frequent. Swamps and borders of streams. July — Aug. 



One of the most dangerously poisonous of native plants, 

 and many cases of fatal poisoning to man have been reported. 

 As a rule the root has been mistaken for some edible or 

 innocent root like Horseradish, Sweet Cicely, etc. Cattle are 

 poisoned by eating the rootstock or by drinking water con- 

 taining juice from the bruised root. The leaves are used 

 medicinally. 



Cicuta bulbifera L. (bulb-bearing). 

 Water Hemlock. 



Occasional or frequent. Banks of ponds and streams. 

 July — Aug. 



