a figure. — Hook I’l. Scot. l>. 92.— Gtev. Pi. Edin. p. 66. — Jolmst. PI. Berw. v. i'i. 
)>. 277. — Winch’s PI. of Northuraberl. and Durh. p. 19. — Lindl. FI. Med. p. 34. — 
1’amp. PI. of Battersea, p. 6. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 21.; Prim. FI. Sam. p. 42. — Irv. 
Loud. FI. p. 197. — Mack. Catal. PI. of Irel. p. 29.; FI. Hibern. p. 124. — Cicuta 
nquatica Gesneri, Bauh. Hist. v. iii. pt. n. lib. 27. p. 175., with a figure. — Sium 
alterum Olusatri facie, Johns. Ger. p. 256. — Bay’s Syn. j>. 212. 
Locai.itifs.— In ditches, and about the margins of river and lakes ; not com- 
mon.— Bedfordsh. Oakley Springs: Rev. C. Abbot. — Cambridgesh. Fens 
between F.ly and Prickwillow, in a creek over against the Tiled House on 
Rimney Bank : Rev. R. Relhan. In tile river about a mile from Prickwillow 
Bridge: B. G. — Cheshire; Pits near the Little Moor, a mile from Stockport; 
Pond two miles from Norwich, on the road to Chester; and Brereton Mere: 
B. G. On the side of a pit, in a field in the township of Pool, near Nantwich : 
Rev. Mr. Giutton. — Cumberland ; Keswick; banks of the Irthing at Walton', 
and Irthington: B. G. — Herefordsh. Hereford, on the river-banks, in the 
Walks: N.B.G. — Kent ; In running water at Canterbury and Ashford: B.G. — 
Lincolnsh. In the Last Ken, c hiefly on the edges of the narrow channels, called 
Rows, which communicate the deeps with each other : B. G. — Middlesex ; Near 
Hounslow; Denham; and in one of the ponds near the road at Hayes, three 
miles from Uxbridge : B. G. — Norfolk ; In the river above Norwich ;. Old Wal- 
singham ; about Yarmouth, not uncommon ; near Filby Broad ; and on Hovelon 
Common: B. G. — Northumb. In a bog at Learmouth, near Cornhill : N.B.G. 
— Notts: In Nottingham Paik: B. G. — Shropsh. In Mr. Slaney’s Pool Dam 
at Hatton; and in a rivulet near Bildwas: li. G. Wbiston Marsh: H. Bid- 
wh.l. F.sq. Ellesmere Mere : Rev. A. Bi.oxam. Oxen Pool, near Shrewsbury, 
&c. : N. B.G. — Somersetsh. In some boggy grounds near Shipton Mallet ; and in 
Buttle Moor, plentifully : B.G. In the Canal near Bathampton : FI. Bath. — 
Slaffordsh. Kingston Pool near Stafford: B.G. — Suffolk; Near Temple 
Bridge, Cavenham ; banks of the Waveney between Eeccles and St. Olave’s ; 
Oulton Broad; Oulton Hike; B-radwell ; and elsewhere about Yarmouth, not 
uncommon; side of Fritton Broad: B.G. — Surrey; Battersea: B.G. — In 
Worcestershire : N. B. G. — Yorksh. By the river at Scroby Bridge near Baw- 
trv ; and Newsham Carr neat Thirk : B.G. Near Northallerton : M. N. II. 
v. iii. p. 168. — SCOT LA ND. In the counties of Berwick ; Dumbarton ; Dum- 
fries; Edinburgh ; Fife; Forfar; Lanark; Roxburgh ; and Sterling ; but 
not common. — In IRELAND; but rare. 
Perennial. — Flowers in July and August. 
Root tuberous, hollow, divided into cells by transverse partitions ; 
fibres cylindrical, slender, in whorled fascicles. Stem from 2 to 4 
feet high, hollow, leafy, branched, furrowed, smooth, often reddishy 
its lower part divided by transverse partitions into large cells. 
Leaves on long petioles, twice ternate, bright green ; leaflets spear- 
shaped, poinled, sharply and deeply serrated, from 1 to 2 inches 
long, more or less remarkably decurrent ; those of the upper leaves 
very narrow. Umbels upright, large, many-rayed, partly terminal, 
partly opposite to the leaves ; umbellules of very numerous slender 
rays. Partial involucrum of many small, pointed leaves. Flowers 
white; petals small, equal, much indexed ; anthers and styles red- 
dish. Fruit compressed, roundish, smooth, ribbed, almost black. 
This plant is a native through all Europe and Siberia, also of North America, 
between lat. 54°. and 64°. It is one of the rankest of our vegetable poisons, pro- 
ducing effects similar to those of hydrocyanic acid. Numerous instances ate 
recorded of its fatality to the human species, in a treatise upon it by Weffeii, 
Hali-eh, and others, and in the Phil. Trans, by I^r. Watson. Strong emetics, 
administered as soon as possible, are the most approved antidote. It is a certain 
anti fatal poison to cows ; yet goats devour it greedily, and with impunity. Horses 
and sheep also eat it with safety. In the moist pastures of Sweden it used to 
occasion a yearly plague amongst lurrned cattle, until the cause was poinled out, 
and a preventitive suggested by Linn eus. See Lachesis Lappotuca, or a Tout iu 
Lapland, translated from tire MS. Journal of Linn.-i.us, by Sir J. E. Smith (1811), 
v. ii. pp. 1 36 — 140, whete a full account of the plant, and of the disease, is given. 
'The accompanying Plate is Irom a very correct and beautiful Drawing, kindly 
presented to me by Dawson TcnNitt, Esq. F. It. S., &«. of Yarmouth ; to whom 
1 am also indebted for specimens of the plant. I have also been favoured with line 
specimens of it from the Rev, Mr. G uliton, of Nantwich, Cheshire. 
