No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 299 



Blowing- whistles made from the hollow stem has also been 

 reported as a cause of poisoning. 



PTILIMNIUM Raf. Mock Bishop's-weed. 



Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf. (hair-like). 

 Discopleiira capillacca DC. 

 Mock Bishop's-weed. 



Occasional to frequent in salt, brackish and fresh marshes 

 along the coast and within tidal influence a few miles inland ; 

 also extends up the Conencticut River as far as East Haddam 

 ( Dr. E. J. Thompson) . Late July — Sept. 



AEGOPODIUM L. Goutweed. 



Aegopodium Podagraria L. (pertaining to gout). 

 Goutweed. Goutwort. Herb Gerard. 



Rare. Yards, streets and waste places as an escape from 

 cultivation: East Windsor (Bissell). Hartford (Mrs. W. 

 Seliger), Norwalk (E. H. Baldwin). June. Adventive from 

 Europe. 

 ■ Occurs only in the variegated form. 



CICUTA L. Water Hemlock. 



Cicuta maculata L. (spotted). 



Spotted Cowbane. Musquash Root. Beaver Poison. Water 

 • Hemlock. 



Frequent. Swamps and borders of streams. July — Aug. 



One of the most dangerously poisonous of native plants, 

 and many cases of fatal poisoning to man have been reported. 

 As a rule the root has been mistaken for some edible or 

 innocent root like Horseradish, Sweet Cicely, etc. Cattle are 

 poisoned by eating the rootstock or by drinking water con- 

 taining juice from the bruised root. The leaves are used 

 medicinally. 



'Cicuta bulbifera L. (bulb-bearing). 

 Water Hemlock. 



Occasional or frequent. Banks of ponds and streams. 

 July — Aug. 



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