The BRITISH HERBAL. 
GENUS xvir. 
smallage. 
A P 1 V M. 
fT'HE flowers are dlfpofed in moderately large umbells, on divided and fubdivided brandies ; 
thefc have at tlie bale of the divifion tone fmall leaf. Each flower is compofed of five petals ; 
and they are equal in fize, of a rounded form, and fomewhat bent. The cup is lo minute, that it 
can fcarce be feen. The feeds are two : they arc of an oval form, and ftriated on one fi le. 
Linns-US places this among the ^mW™ ^/fe™ ; the threads in the flower being five, and the 
ftyles two. He joins the comnuM farficy or petrifelinum under the name apum ; but they are pro- 
perly diltindi:. 
Common Smallage. 
Jpium vidgare. 
The root is long, thick, and white ; fomctimcs 
fimple, fometimes divided, and of a pleafant 
tafte. 
The leaves are pinnated and large : they are 
compuled each of three or four pairs of pinna;, 
with an odd one at the end ; and thefc are broad, 
fciT.i[td, and in a manner divided into three 
parf.. 
1 he flalk is thick, ftriated, branched, and two 
feel h:gh. 
The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the 
foot ; but tliey arc fmaller. 
The flowers are fmall and white ; and they 
ftand in thick umbells at the divifions of the 
branch's. 
The feeds are brown. 
It is common about waters, and flowers in 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Aphim pahifire feu officbiarum. 
This plant, cultivated In gardens, affords what 
we call cekri, by fome diftmguifhed under the 
name of apium dulce, as if a different fpecics. 
The roots of fmallage are diuretick ; and are 
good againfl; the gravel, and in obflruflions of the 
vifcera. The beft way of giving them is in a 
ftrong dccoiftion. 
The feeds are warm and carminative, and alfo 
diuretick in a very confiderable degree. 
GENUS xvin. 
HEMLOCK. 
C I C U A. 
HpilE flowers are difpofed in large umbells, upon divided and fubdivided brandies. Each flower 
is compofed of five petals ; and they are of an equal fize, bent down, and heart- fafhioned. Thfe 
feeds are rounded, ftriated on one fide, and plain on the other. 
Linnffius places this among the pentandria drgynia ; the threads being five, and the ftyles two in each 
flower. But he has introduced great confufion by his management of this genus. He divides the 
common and rhe fmall hemlock^ not as fpecies, but into two genera ; and he does not give the name of 
cicttta to either of them: the genus comprehending commcn hemlock is called conium; and that 
comprehending the fmall hemlock, ^ihufa. The name cicuta is given to a genus quite diftindl from 
both, including the long-leaved 'u^ater parfnip. 
The characters of this genus are not contrary to any of his diftinflions : they belong both to the 
cmmon and the fmall hemlock ; and they are properly a generical mark. 
I. Common Hemlock. 
Cicuta vulgaris. 
I'he root is long, thick, and white. 
The firfl: leaves are extremely large, and of a 
dark, blackifh green : they are divided into innu- 
merable fmall parts, and ferrated at the edges. 
The ftalk is firm, upright, round, and fix feet 
high : it is of a dark green colour, ftained all 
over with fpors of purple. 
The len.vcs are placed irregularly on it ; and 
tiicy are very large, and like thofe from the root : 
they are deeply divided, and of a dark green. 
The fiowers are fmall and white; and they 
ftand in large umbeih. 
The feeds are brown. 
It is common in hedges, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ciaita major, 
Tt is underllood to be a poifonbus plant ; hut 
there does hot appear any thing certain on that 
head. Many authors of credit affirm that it is 
innocent. 
2. Small Hemlock. 
Cicuta minor. 
The root is long, flender, white, and fur-- 
nifiied with a few fibres. 
The firft leaves are divided into numerous 
fmall parts, which are deeply ferrated, of a pale 
grecuj and very like thofe of the common par- 
ney. 
The ftalk is round, upright, green, and a yard 
high. 
The leaves on this are finely divided in the 
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