386 PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Coriandrum. 
iETHU'SA.* Flowers somewhat radiate, all fertile: Involucel - 
lum extending half way round, three-leaved, deflexed: 
Fruit nearly globular, deeply furrowed. 
JE. cyna'pium. (Leaves uniform: leafits wedge-shaped, decurrent, 
with spear-shaped segments. E.) 
Curt. — Kniph. 12— Riv. Rent. 76. Cynapium. — (E. Bot. 1192. E.)— Ger.Em. 
1061. 1— Park. 933. 2—Pet. 28. 3— Blackw. 317 —H. Ox. ix. 7. n. 2. Jig. 
1st. 
( Root tapering, whitish, E.) From one foot and half to two feet high, 
branched (striated, often purplish. E.l Leaves doubly winged, smooth, 
glossy, of dark lurid green. Leafits divided into three segments, which 
are again subdivided into three or five. Umbel spokes often eighteen or 
more. Involucellum three very long and slender leafits. Flowers whitish. 
(Plant strong smelling. The few long pendulous bracteas , under each 
partial umbel 3 distinguish it from all its tribe. Sm. E.) 
Fool's Parsley or Cicely. Lesser Hemlock. (Welsh: Gauberllys. 
E.) Corn-fields and kitchen gardens. A. Aug.—Sept.t 
CORIAN'DRUM.J Blossom radiate; centre ones barren : 
Petals incurved, emarginate: Tnvolucrum one leaf: In¬ 
volucel. extending but half way round: Fruit globular, 
smooth. 
C. sati'vum. (Two hemispherical seeds, forming one globe: leafits of 
the lower leaves wedge-shaped. E.) 
Woodv. 181— E. Bot. 67— Kniph. 10— Ludw. 37— Riv. Pent. 70. Coriandrum 
— Blackw. 176— Fuchs. 343— J. B. iii. 2. 89— Dod. 302. 1 and 2 — Lob. 
Obs. 403, and Ic . i. 705. 2— Ger. Em. 1012. 1 and 2—Park. 918 and 2 — 
Ger. 859— Matth. 763— Trag. 115— Lon. 79. 
Whole plant smooth, (twelve to eighteen inches high. E.) Leaves cut into 
very slender strap-shaped segments. Proper calyx five leaves, perma¬ 
nent, more distinctly formed than is usual in umbelliferous plants. 
Styles permanent, reflexed. Outer florets of the umbellules barren; 
petals larger^ radiate, expanding; central florets fertile, petals equal, 
incurved. Flowers white, sometimes tinged with red. 
* (From ouQvcriru), to make warm, as does the pungency of the plant. E.) 
-j* This plant, from its resemblance to common Parsley, has sometimes been mistaken for 
it, and when eaten it occasions sickness. (Baron Haller does not hesitate to attribute 
to it qualities absolutely poisonous, a report confirmed by Dr. Lempriere, who states that it 
“ causes vomiting, intoxication or delirium, numbness of the extremities, and often death.” 
Lect. p.225. We cannot be too particular in discriminating these deleterious herbs, 
especially as they may be found growing intermixed with culinary vegetables. The leaves 
of common Garden Parsley are yellowish green, those of Fool’s Parsley very dark green, 
and much more finely divided; the former when bruised gives out a strong and peculiar 
odour; the latter has very little smell. Fool’s Parsley may be distinguished from Hemlock 
not only by its being in every respect smaller, but by its wanting the strong disagreeable 
scent, and the spotted steal of Hemlock. ( Con , mac.) E.) If the curled-leaved Parsley 
only was cultivated in gardens, no such mistakes could happen. Cows, horses, sheep, 
goats, and swine eat it. It is noxious to geese. 
f (From xoprg, a bug; the leaves when bruised smelling like that insect. E.) 
