Pi^N'T.VXUItlA DIGYNIA 201 



Jfc SMxaKirM Tribb. Fruit turgid, laterally contract I. S ivjislje. DC. 



155. CONIUM. L. tfutt. Gen. 261. 

 [All ancient name, if rather i>bscurj Btyca ! y. See Jlccs % Cpchpad.] 



Calyx with the limb obsolete. Petals obcordato, with a sliort infie\e<4 

 acuinination. Fruit ovato, compress^] at the sides. Carpels with £ 

 prominent equal rib?, undulate-crcnulate when immature, the lateral 

 •ncs marginal. Channels striate, without vittce. Seed with a deep 

 narrow groove on the face. Involucre fcw-!eaveJ. Involucels dimi- 

 iiato, or unilateral, about 3-leaved. 



1. ('. tfAcuiATux, /,. Stem glabrous, spotted ; leaves pseado-trtpin* 

 nate; leaflets lanceolate, pinnatifid, with acute rad often incised seg- 

 ments ; leaves of the involuceh lanceolate, shorter than the umbellcts. 

 Beck, Hot. p. 150. 



Spotted Coxium-. Vulgd — Common Hemlock. 



Gallici-CigaB ordinaire. Gennanice-Dcr Schierling. Hisp.- Ceguda. 

 /?>>/ biennial, fusiform, often forke I downwards, whitish and fleshy. S/o:i 2 to 

 ' feet (in sims rich spots more than S feel) high, branched, fistular, terete, some- 

 what sukato, striate w ith qreen anil ye) low, often spotted with dark purple. Leave? 

 tiipitmtcly decompound ; common pel tales dilated, nerved, with scarious margins; 

 / ; njl da incised-pinnati fid, smooth. Umbels many-rayed, spreading. Involucre 2 

 to 5 leaved, mostly reilexed ; leaves lanceolate, often with a lorn* acuminatum. Um- 

 Ufui fnumerojs spreading rays. Involnrds halved, or unilateral, of 3 or 4 lin- 

 ear-lanceolate acuminate leaves. Petals white. Fruit ova* e, somewhat gibbous, 

 compressed at the sides, crowned with the dilated base of the diverging styles, 

 9 with the ribs wavy, especially while young ; the fares inclining to soparat* 

 between the apex and ba.se, when mature/ interstices tlatiish, striate, rcu-hish, 

 brown* 



ILib. Rich grounds: amon? rubbish : not common. Fl. June—July. />. F*\.\. 



Obs. This foreigner is naturalized in some localities ; but is not common. It is 

 •emewhat plentiful about G. Matlack's (late Hayman's), on the Philadelplwa r«>ad. 

 Ti».- plant, when bruised, has a heavy disagreeable odor. It is a powerful narcot. 

 ic; and the extrct was formerly celebrated as a remedy for scrophul.us diseases. 

 The green herb is sometimes employed, in popular practice, in the form of cata- 

 plasm, for painful ill-conditioned ulcers. The root is said not to be poisonous. No 

 •the;- species is known in the U. Stales. 



Sro-OnD. III. Seed -with the base and apex of the face curved in* 



\eard. CcBI>08PZRMJB. DC* 



17. Coriandrttm Turn. Fruit globose ; the primary and secondary ribs \\ ingless, 



and often scarcely distinct* Ccbiaxdre.b. DC* 



15f>. CORIANDKUM. I. DC. Prodr. i.p. 250. 

 [Greek, Koris, a bug ; the bruised leaves having the odor of a bed-bug.] 



Calyx 5-toothed ; teeth conspicuous, acute, unequal, persistent. Petals 

 obcordatc, with an inllexed acumination; the outer ones radiate, bitid. 

 Fruit globose. Carpels cohering, scarcely separating, each with 5 un- 

 gulate depressed primary ribs, of which the lateral ones arc placed in 

 Uw\t of an accessory margin ; the 4 secondarv ribs more prominent. 



