Watfon, 299 
But that which attrafted the attention of 
foreign botanifts particularly, was his de- 
fcription of a rare and elegant fpecies of 
Fungus, called from its form Geajler (J), 
This was written in Latin, and accompa- 
nied vv^ith an engraving. It has iince been 
called Lycoperdon forjiicatum. 
In the fame volume are inferted fomc 
very inftruilive obfervations on the Cicuta, 
or Comm.on Hemlock ; occalioned by the 
death of two of tht Dutch foldiers, quartered 
at V/altham Abbey ^ in Ejj'ex ; which hap- 
pened in confequence of their having eaten 
this herb inftead of Greens (<?). 
The death of two of the French prifoners 
in 1746, occafioned by their eating the 
roots of the Hemlock Dropworty produced 
from Mr. Watson a paper, which in an 
eminent manner exemplified his {kill in the 
knowledge of plants. It abounds with 
curious and critical obfervations on that 
plant, and on the Slum Frucce folio of Caf 
par Bauhine (Cicuta virofa Fln}j with 
vvhich it had been frequently confounded ; 
[d) PhiU Tranf. Vol. xliii, p. 234. t. 2. f. II. 
{.) Ibid. 
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