(• 395 .) 
CICU'TA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Digy'ma. 
Natural Order. Umdelu'ff.u.k+, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 1 1 1 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. 
of Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 
517. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 235. — Mack. 
F!. Hibern. p. 1 13. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 408 . — Umbellate, 
Linn. — Rosales ; sect. Angelicin.f. ; type, Angelicace.f. : sub- 
type, Angelicid.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 700, 773, 
and 774. 
Gen. Char. Flowers (see fig. 2.) uniform, perfect, and nearly 
regular. Calyx (see fig. 1.) a 5-toothed, somewhat leafy margin. 
Corolla (fig. 2.) of 5, inversely heart-shaped petals, with an in- 
flexed point. Filaments (see fig. 2.) 5, thread-shaped, spreading, 
about as long as the corolla. Anthers roundish. Germen (see fig. 1 .) 
inferior, hemispherical, compressed, ribbed. Styles (see figs. 1 & 3.) 
2, thread-shaped, short, upright, scarcely tumid at the base; sub- 
sequently elongated, spreading, and permanent. Stigmas blunt, 
almost capitate. Floral Receptacle depressed, withering. Fruit 
(see fig. 3.) roundish, contracted at the sides, double. Carpels with 
5 flattish, equal ribs, of which the 2 lateral ones form a margin. 
Channels (interstices) with single vittce, which fills them, even in 
a dried state, but then less elevated than the ribs. Commissure 
(juncture or point of union ) furnished with 2 vittce; vittce under 
a loose membrane. Carpophore (receptacle of the fruit) 2-parted. 
Transverse section of seed nearly round. Universal Involucrum 
of few leaves, or wanting ; partial of many leaves. F'lowers white. 
The roundish fruit, compressed at the sides, of 2, almost glo- 
bose carpels, with 5 broad, flattish, equal ribs, and evident single 
vittce in the interstices ; the 5-toothed, leafy calyx; and the in- 
versely heart-shaped petals, with an inflexed point ; will distinguish 
this from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
CICU'TA VIRO'SA. Poisonous Cowbane. Water Cowbane, 
Long-leaved Watercress. Long-leaved Water Hemlock. 
Spec. Char. Trunk of root hollow, divided into cells by trans- 
verse dissepiments ; fibres disposed in whorled fascicles. Leaves 
twice ternate; segments spear-shaped, serrated. Umbels opposite 
the leaves, and terminal. 
Engl. Bot. t. 479.— FI. Dan. t. 208.— Woodv. Med. Bot. Suppl. t. 2G8.— Linn. 
Sp. PI. p. 366. — Iluds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) p. 122. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. ii p. 
1445. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 322. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 62. — With. (7th edit.) v. ii. 
p. 385. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 507. — Lindl. Syn. p. 123. — Hook. Brit. PI. p. 
129. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 97. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. 
p. 275.— Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 164.— Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 65.— Part. Midi. FI. 
v. ii. p. 748. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 122. — Thornt. Fam. Herb. p. 315, with 
Fig. 1. Germen, Calyx, and Pistils. — Fig. 2. A Flower. — Fig. 3. A Fruit. — 
Fig. 4. Transverse section of ditto . — All magnified. 
* So called in reference to the interuude or space between the joints ; as in a 
reed or Pan’s pipe. Withering, 
t See folio 18, note t. 
t Sec folio 235, a. 
