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PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Class V. 
O w 
3599 rigidum W. 
SeOOFalcaria W. 
3601 s'lculum W. 
647. SFSON. W. 
3602 Amomum W. 
3603segetum W. 
3604 inundatum W. 
3605 verticillatum W. 
SeOfisalsum JV. 
648. CICU'TA. TV. 
3607 virosa W. 
3608 maculata W. 
649. CO'NIUM. W. 
3609 maculatum W. 
3610 africanum W. 
650. SMYR'NIUM. W. 
3611 perfoliatum W. 
3612 Olusatrum TV. 
3613 apiifolium W. 
3614 cordatum Ph. 
Thdpsia trifoliata W. 
3615 aCireum W. 
3616 integerrimum W. 
651. A'PIUM. W. Parslev. 
3617 Petroselmum W. garden 
3618 graveolens W. Celery 
652. ^GOPO'DIUM. W. Gout-weed. 
3619 Podagraria W. common 
653. ME'UM. Jacq. Bawd-money. 
3620 BCinius Jacq. Coriander-lvd. ^ Q) w 
3621 Mutellina P. S. alpine A or 
3622 athamanticum Jac. common A w 
3e02 
3600 
Virginian 
decurrent 
Sicilian 
HONEWORT. 
hedge 
corn 
water 
whorl-leaved 
fine-leaved 
COWBANE. 
long-leaved 
spotted 
Hemlock. 
common 
Rue-leaved 
Alexanders. 
perfoliate 
common 
Smallage-lvd. 
heart-leaved 
golden 
entire-leaved 
2 jl.au W 
2 jl.au W 
1 jl.au Y 
Umbelliferce. 
3 jl.au W 
2 jl.au W 
1 my.jn W 
1 jl.au W 
1 jl.au P.Y 
Umbelliferce. 
3 jl W 
li jl.au W 
Umbelliferce. 
5 jn.jl W 
3 jn.s W 
1774. 
1726. 
1686. 
hed. 
ch.fi. 
dit. 
Virginia 
Europe 
Sicily 
Sp. 5—16. 
Britain 
England 
Britain 
Britain m. me. 
Siberia 1804. 
Sp. 2—5. 
Britain ditch. 
N. Amer. 1759. 
Sp.Q—3. 
Britain hed. 
C. G. H. 1759. 
D s.p Moris, s. 9. t.7.f.l 
D s.p Jac. aust. 3. t.257 
D s.p Jac.vind.2.t.l33 
S m.s Eng. hot. 954 
S m.s Eng. hot. 228 
S aq Eng. hot. 227 
D m.s Eng. hot. 395 
D CO P.a.p.l779t8.fl.3 
D m.s Eng. bot. 479 
D CO PI. aim. t. 76. f. 1 
C s.l 
Eng. bot. 1191 
Jac. vin. 2. 1. 194 
:^ A cul 
^ Q) cul 
:^ A cu 
A or 
:^ A cu 
^ A w 
* O) cul 
^ Q) cul 
A w 
Umbelliferce. Sp. 6—1. 
3 my Y Italy 1596. D s.l PI. rar. h. 1. 1. 23 
4 my.jn G Britain sea co. S s.l Ki g. bot. 230 
1 my.jl P.Y Candia 1731. D s.l 
li jn.jl D.Pu N. Amer. 1597. D s.l 
1 my.jn Y 
Ifjn Y 
Umbelliferce. 
3 jn.jl I>.Y 
4 jn.au W 
Umbelliferce. 
2 my.jl W 
Umbelliferce. 
1 jl W 
1 jl.au Pu 
1^ ap.jn P.Y 
N. Amer. 1699. 
N. Amer. 1759. 
Sp.2—5. 
Sardinia 1548, 
Britain ditch. 
Sp. 1. 
Britain 
D r.m 
D r.m 
S r.m 
S m.s Eng. bot. 1210 
sh. pi. D m.s Eng. bot. 940 
Sp. 3—7. 
Pyrenees 1778. S co Jac. vin. 2. 1. 198 
Austria 1774. D co All. pe. t. 60. f. 1 
Britain me.pa. D m.s Jac. aust. 4. t.303 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
Withering, the juice, in doses of from two to four ounces, either alone or with milk, every morning, is an excel- 
lent alterative in cutaneous diseases. 
S. sisarum (from Dgizer, its Arabic name, in which language it signifies carrot), Chervis, Fr., Zuckerwiirtzel, 
Ger., and Sisaro, Ital., is cultivated for its roots or tubers, which, boiled and eaten with butter, are sweet and 
agreeable. A crop may either be raised from seed or offsets ; if from the former, sow in March or the begin- 
ning of April, and when the plants come up, whether in rows or broadcast, thin them, so as nine or ten square 
inches may be allowed to each plant. With the usual summer culture the roots will have attained their full 
size in September, and may be taken up as wanted for use. In growing from offsets, allow about the same dis- 
tance planting about the end of April, and giving the usual culture afterwards. 
647. Sison. From the Celtic sixun, which signifies a running stream. Many of the plants grow in such 
situations. This genus is called Honewort, from its being used formerly to cure a swelling ip the cheek called 
the Hone. 
648. Cicuta. A word used by Virgil {Eel. 2 and 5.), but of unknown meaning. C. virosa is poisonous to 
mankind and kine, but not to horses, sheep, or goats ; the smell being weak in the spring, cows are apt to be 
killed by it, but afterwards the odour enables them to avoid it. C. maculata is used in medicine like 
Conium maculatum. 
649. Conium. Said by Linnseus to be derived from xovig, powder, dust ; but the application of the term is 
not evident. C. maculatum is a well known poisonous plant, lately admitted into the Materia Medica. Ac- 
cording to Linneeus, sheep eat the leaves, but horses, cows, and goats refuse them. Ray informs us, that the 
thrush wili feed upon the seeds, even when corn is to be had. Curtis says hemlock is eaten by few or no 
insects. The dried fistulous stalks of this and several other umbelliferous plants are called by the country 
people kecksies. As a medicine, hemlock seems to act on the constitution in a great measure like opium. 
650. Smyrnium. 'S/ut^v^vot, is a synonym of fx,v^^(x,, myrrh. Its juice smells like myrrh, saith Pliny. Maceron, 
Fr., Smyrnerkraut, Geic, and Macerone, Ital. S. perfoliatum and olusatrum are or may be cultivated as 
Asparaginous and salad plants, though they are now almost entirely supplanted by the celery, which they some- 
what resemble in flavour. The seeds are sown in March in rows two feet apart, and afterwards thinned out 
to six inches. As the plants advance, they are earthed up like celery, and, like it, are ready for use during 
autumn and winter. Olusatrum is from olus, pot-herb, and atrum, black, from the dark colour of its foliage. 
Our English name, Alexanders, is certainly a mere corruption of Olusatrum. 
651. Apium. From apon, water, in Celtic ; from the place where the plant'grows. A. Petroselinum, (irer^ee, 
stone, and selinum — Stone Selinum) Persil, Fr., Peter silie, Ger., and Petroselina, Ital., is a well known season- 
ing herb, and it is also sown among pasture grasses as likely to counteract the liver rot in sheep. There is a 
vaFiety called the Hamburgh or large rooted parsley, which is cultivated for its roots, which, as well as the 
