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Wronger, are more minutely divided, and are of a 
deeper green colour, than thofe of the cow-weed. 
Afterwards, indeed, they are more eafily distin- 
guished, as the Cicutaria flowers at the end of April 
and beginning of May, and the Cicuta not till June, 
when the other is pafl: : to fay nothing of the flower- 
ing flalK of the cow-weed being furrowed, and fome- 
what downey; and that of the hemlock, fmooth, 
even, and always fpotted. Thefe plants differ like- 
wise very effentially in their feeds, which in the 
cow-weed are long, fmooth, and black, when ripe • 
whereas thofe of the hemlock are fmall, channelled * 
and fwelling towards their middle. 
Befides the cow-weed, there is another plant in 
appearance very like the hemlock, although evidently 
differing from it in other refpe&s ; and, unlefs I am 
very greatly misinformed, quantities of this have been_ 
collected, and fold in London for the hemlock. This 
is more likely to be taken for the hemlock in fum- 
mer or autumn, as it is an annual plant, and is pro- 
duced and flowers late in the feafon. The plant 
here meant is the Cicuta minor of Parkinfon, or 
Cicutaria tenuifolia of Ray. This, however, is eaflly 
diftinguifhed from hemlock, by its leaves being of 
the colour and Shape of parfley, its flowering ffalks 
having no purple or other fpots, and not having the 
Strong Smell peculiar to hemlock. 
To the two plants before-mentioned, may be added 
a third, which very frequently, more efpecially about 
London, grows along, and is mixed, with the hem- 
t '-n ^ s ca ded, by the late excellent 
Mi. Ray, email hemlock-chervil with rouo-h feeds • 
and is denominated by Cafpar Bauhin, in his Pinax’ 
N a Myrrhis 
