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in an article * on the Cicuta, states that the North American 

 species — Cicuta maculata, the spotted cowbane, or beaver 



Fig. 29.— Cicuta Virosa (Cowbane). 

 (From Smith's 'Veterinary Hygiene.') 



poison— has in its seeds a volatile alkaloid, resembling 

 conine. 



* Pharmaceutical Journal, 1911, p. 480. 



