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7. CONIUM, POISON HEMLOCK. (Greek name of the Hemlock by 

 which criminals and philosophers were pnt to death at Athens.) 



C. maeul&,tuin, Spotted H. Waste grounds, run wild, from Eu. : 

 a smooth, branching herb, with spotted stems about 3° high, very compound 

 leaves with lanceolate and pinnatifid leaflets, ill-scented when bruised : a virulent 

 poison, used in medicine : fl. summer. ® 



8. CICUTA, WATER-HEMLOCK. (Ancient Latin name of the true 

 Hemlock, transferred to some equally potsoiious plants.) El. summer. 21 

 C. macul&ta, Spotted Cowbane, MusquaSh-Root, Beaver-Poison, 



&c. Tall smooth stem sometimes streaked with purple, but seldom really 

 spotted ; leaflets lance-oblong, coarsely toothed or sometimes cut-lobed, veiny, 

 the main veins mostly running into the notches ; fruit aromatic when bruised ; 

 root a deadly poison. 



9. StUM, WATER-PARSNIP. (Old name, of obscure meaning.) y. 

 S. line^e, the common species, in water and wet places : tall, smooth, 



with grooved-angled stems, simply pinnate leaves, the long leaflets linear or 

 lanceolate, very sharply serrate and taper-pointed, and globular fruit with 

 wing-hke corky ribs : fl. all summer. Root and herbage also ;o(«sono!«. 



10. APIUM, CELERY, &c. (Old Latin name.) One species cult.: viz. 



A. gravdolens. A strong-scented, acrid, if not poisonous plant, of the 

 coast of Europe; of which thevar. dt5lce, Garden Celery, is a state rendered 

 bland and the base of the leafstalks enlarged, succulent and edible when 

 blanched, through long cultivation ; leaves pinnately divided into 3-7 coarse 

 and wedge-shaped cut or lobed leaflets or divisions ; umbels and fruits small. 

 Var. BApAcEnM, Turnip-booted Celery, is a state with the root enlarged 

 and eatable. ® 



11. CAB,UM, CARAWAY, &c. (Name perhaps from the country, Cana.) 

 § 1 . True Cabaw^ay, imth finely pinnately compound leaves, and white flowers. 

 C. C^ui, Garden Caraway : cult, from Eu., for the caraway-seed, the 



oblong highly aromatic fruit ; stem-leaves with slender but short thread-shaped 

 divisions. 



§ 2. Parsley or PETROSELiNUM, with coarser leaves and greenish flowers. 

 C Petroselinum (or Peteoselinum SATivnM), Parsley: cult, from 

 Eu., especially the curled-leaved state, for the pleasant-flavored foliage, used in 

 cookery, chiefly the root-leaves, which have ovate and wedge-shaped 3-lobed and 

 cut-toothed divisions ; fruit ovate. © 



12. PCENICtriiUM, FENNEL. (Name from the Latin /osnum, hay.) 

 P. vulg^re, Common F. Cult, from Eu., for the sweet-aromatic foliage 



and fruit : stout very smooth herb 4° - 6° high ; leaves with very numerous 

 and slender thread-shaped divisions ; large umbel with no involucre or involu- 

 cels ; fruit \' or \' long, in late summer. Jj. 



13. LEVISTICUM, LOVAGE. (Ancient Latin name.) One species. 

 L. ofiaein&.le, Garden L. Cult, in old gardens, from Eu. : a tall, very 



smooth, sweet aromatic herb, with large ternately or pinnately desompound 

 leaves, coarse wedge-oblong and cut or lobed leaflets, a thick root, and small 

 many-flowered umbels, y. 



14. ARCH ANGELIC A. (Genus established on a species of Angelica.) 

 Fl. summer. IJ. 



A. atropurptirea, Great A. Moist deep soil N. ; strong-scented, 

 smooth, with very stout dark-pui-ple stem 3° - 6° high, large leaves ternately 

 compound, and the divisions with 5-7 pinnate leaflets, which are ovate and 



