( 303 .) 
CONI'UM* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Umbelh'feRveJ, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — 
Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 111.; Introd. to Nat. 
Syst. of Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit, 
p. 515. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 235. — Mack. 
FI. Hibern. p. 113. — Hook. Brit. FJ. (4th ed.) p. 408 . — Umbel- 
lat JE,Linn. — Rosales; sect.ANGELiciNAi; type,SMYRNUCE,E; 
subtype, Scandicidas ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 770, 
780, & 781. 
Gen. Char. Flowers (see fig. 1.) all perfect, slightly irregular. 
Calyx obsolete. Corolla (see fig. 1.) superior, of 5 inversely heart- 
shaped petals, with an acute, indexed point (see fig. 2.) ; the outer- 
most rather the largest. Filaments (see fig. 1.) 5, hair-like, 
scarcely so long as the corolla. Anthers roundish. Germen (fig. 3.) 
egg-shaped, somewhat compressed, furrowed, wrinkled. Styles 
(see fig. 3.) 2, thread-shaped, elongated, spreading, a little swelled 
at the base, proceeding from the dilated, depressed, wavy, perma- 
nent floral receptacle. Stigmas blunt. Fruit (see figs. 3 & 4.) 
broadly egg-shaped, slightly compressed, with 10 prominent, acute 
ribs, wavy in an unripe state, crowned with the dilated undulated 
floral receptacle , and the shortish, permanent, spreading styles. 
Carpels ( seeds of Linn.) half egg-shaped, tumid, each with 5 pro- 
minent, waved or crenated ridges, becoming finally straight and 
even. Interstices with many striae, without vittcc. Seed with a 
sharp narrow groove in front. Universal involucrum of few leaves ; 
partial one of 3 leaves on one side. 
The oblolete calyx; the inversely heart-shaped petals with an 
inflexed point; the broadly egg-shaped fruit; and the carpels 
with 5 prominent, waved or crenated ridges ; with the interstices 
without vittce ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same 
class and order. 
One species British. 
CONI'UM MACULA'TUM. Spotted Hemlock. Common 
Hemlock. Homlock. Kex. Herb Bennet. 
Spec. Char. Stem smooth, polished, and spotted, much 
branched. Leaves of involucels spear-shaped, shorter than the 
umbellules. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1191. — Curt. FI. Loud. t. . — Jacq. FI. Austr. v. ii. p. 36. t. 156. — 
Woodv. Med. Bot. v. i. p. 62. t. 22.— Steph. and Church. Med. Bot. v. i. t. 13. — 
Linn. Sp. PI. p. 349.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 1 15. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. II. 
I). 1395. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 302. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 65. — With. (7th ed. ) v. ii. 
p. 370. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 513. — Lindl. Syn. p. 126. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 
Fig. 1. A Flower, showing the Petals, Stamens, and Pistils. — Fig. 2. A separate 
Petal. — Fig. 3. An unripe Fruit. — Fig. 4. A transverse section of a ripe Fruit. 
* Koneion , Gr. of Theophrastus, from konos, Gr. a cone, or a top, whose 
whirling motion resembles the giddiness produced on the human constitution by 
the poisonous juice of this plant. Hooker. 
+ See folio 18, note +. 
J Sec folio 235, a. 
