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

 which criminals and pliilJisophers were put to death at Athens. ) 



C. macul^tum, 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-HEMCLOCK. (Ancient Latin name of the true 

 Hemlock, transferred to some equally poisonous 'plants.) El. summer, y. 



C. maculkta. Spotted Cow^ane, Musquash-Eoot, Beaver-Poison, 

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

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

 the main veins mostly running into tlje notches ; fruit aromatic when })ruised ; 

 root a deadly poison. 



9. SIUM, WATER-PARSNtP. (Old name, of obscure meaning.) ^ 

 S. line&re, 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-like corky ribs : fl. all summer. Boot and herbage also-poisonoas. 



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



A. grav^olens. A strong-scented, acrid, if not poisonous plant, of the 

 coast of Europe ; of which the var. Dtli.CE, Garden Geleky, 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. KAPiCEnM, Tuknip-rooted Celeky, is a state with the root enlarged 

 and eatable. ® 



11. CARUM, CARAWAY, &c. (Name perhaps from the country, Can'a.) 

 § 1. True Caraway, wiiti finely pinnately compound leaves, and white flowers. 

 C. C&rui, 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 Petroselinum sativum). Parsley : cult, from 

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

 cookpry, chiefly the root-leaves, which have ovate and wedge-shaped 3-Iobed and 

 cut-toothed divisions ; fruit ovate. @ 



12. FOENiCULUM, FENNEL. (Name from the Latin /tcnwm, hay.) 

 F. vvdgkre. Common F. Cult, from Eu., for the sweet-aromatic foliage 



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

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

 cels ; fruit i' or J' long, in late summfer. y. 



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

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



smooth, sweet-aromatic herb, with large ternately or pinnately decompound 

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

 many-flowered umbels. 2/ 



14. ARCHAITGELICA. (Genus established on a species of Angelica.) 



Fl. summer. 2/ • ' ' 



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

 smooth, with very stout c(j.rk-purple stem 3° - 6° high, large leaves tcm.ntely 

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



