194 MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



water in which the roots have been bruised by trampling. 

 The plant should be uprooted and destroyed wherever found. 

 Another herb closely similar to the water hemlock and too 

 common along waysides is the poi.son hemlock (Fig. 180). 

 This is most probal)ly the plant by which Socrates was poi- 



FiG. 180, I. — Poison Hemlock iCuni.um ruaculdlam. Parsley Family, f'^;- 

 belliferw). Flowering and fruiting top. (Bailloii.) — A biennial about 

 1-2 m. tall; stem, smooth, purple-spotted; Icaycs parsley-like, of 

 mouse-like odor when bruised; flowers white; fruit brownish. Natiye 

 home, Eurasia. 



soncd at the hands of the Athenians. Recent cases of poison- 

 ing have resulted from eating the root by mistake for parsnip, 

 the leaves for parsley, and the seeds for anise. ( 'hildren have 

 been poisoned by lilowing whistles made from the hollow 

 stem. 



