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Pentandria . 
Heracleum Sphondylium , Common Cow-parsnepi 
Gen. char . — Fruit elliptical, compressed, striated, dila- 
ted with a margin ; flowers radiating ; petals inflected, 
emarginate j involucrum, not permanent. Spec. char . — 
Leaves pinnated, the leaflets pinnatifid, cut, and ser- 
rated. Biennial ; flowers in July, and is very common 
in hedges, on the borders of fields, and in moist mea- 
dows, where it is readily recognized by its tall stem, 
which rises to the height of four feet, and large leaves. 
Caucus Carota , Wild Carrot. Ge?i. char. — Invo- 
lucrum pinnatifid, flowers nearly radiated, fruit murica- 
ted. Spec. char. — Seeds rough, foot stalks of the leaves 
nerved beneath. Biennial ; flowers in June, and July, 
and is common every where in pastures and on the bor* 
tiers of fields.. 
B. With partial involucrum^ none universal. 
Cicuta Virosa, Water Hemlock. Gen. char . — Fruit 
nearly ovate, furrowed ; cor. regular. Spec. char. Um- 
bels opposite to the leaves, with obtuse stipules attach- 
ed to the foot- stalk. Perennial ; flowers in August, and 
grows in ditches and on the banks of rivers ; but as it 
is a very poisonous plant, it is fortunately not common-. 
It grows sparingly at the edge of Lochend lake near 
Edinburgh, and on the borders of one of the lakes at 
Uochmaben in the south of Scotland. 
-ZEthtjsa Cynapium, Fools’ Parsley, or Lesser Hem- 
lock. Gen. char . — Fruit striated, small involucruta, 
three leaved, pendulous. This species is easily distin- 
guished by its round, slightly striated stem, and smooths 
