L^t h u s a c y n a p i u m . F o o l ’s P a r s l e y .
ÆTHUSA Linnoei Gen. PL Pentandria Digynia.
Raii Syn. Gen. n . Umbelliferæ Herbæ.
ÆTHUSA (Cyuapium) foliis conformibus. Limai Sy/i. Vegetab.p. 236. Fl. Suède, p. 9a. ÆTHUSA. Haller. Hiß. n. 765. r y
! CICüTA minor petrofelino fimilis. Baubin. Pin. p . 160, I CICUTARIA Apii folio. I. Baubin. I CICUTARIA tenuifolia. Gerard, emac. 1063.
ICICin-A minor five fatua. Parkinfin933 RaiiSyn.p. 215. the leffer Hemlock or Fool’s Parfiey Scotoli
■ ■ HudfonFl.dugl.p.toy. Hill’s Briuß Herbal, {mM B j M r M B
ufiformis, alba, minimi digit! craffitudine, g ROOT annual, tapering, of a white colour aboutihe
paucis fibris inftrufta. f M n e fs of tb f little finger, furniihed w th f t t
1 lift» if* 11 ? fibres.
3JLIS pedalis ad bipedalem, ereftm ramofus, ftriatus, | STALK from one to two feet, high, upright branched
fiftulofus glaucus, verfus bafin fcpe purpnreus, J Mated or (lightly grooved, hollow covered
“ ■ « 1 ■ | with a blueifS kind8 of g g | w Sch eaffly
I wipes off, towards the bottom frequently of a 1 3 . . , . , i purple cdlour, but not /potted.
LIA radicaha et ramea conform*, laivia, fuperne | LEAVES : the bottom leaves and thofe of the branches
W m m ln.fer“ PaIhdl.°,r?.’ n,tent?> ■ %>'- I M a r , cato-pinuata, pinnis pinnatifidis, profunde in- fmooth, on the upper fide of a t r i
cifis, pinnulisovato-acutis, mucronatis. Vagina
ad bafin petiolorum parvæ, læves, marginibus
membranaceis.
triOLI erefti, fulcati.
1BELLA univerfaliS' patens, radiis interioribüs per
gradus brevioribus, intimis breviffimis ; partialis
univerfali fimilis.
WOLUCRUM univerfale nullum, partiale dimidiatum,
extus pofitum, Joliolis tribus longijjimis linearibus
pendu lis, Jig. i .
10LLA : Pet ala quinque, alba, obcordata, in-
J æqualia, apice inflexa, exteriora majora, Jig. 2.
JÂMINA: Filamenta quinque, alba, longitudine
corollæ, inflexa: A ntheræ albæ, nonnun-
quam rubellæ, Jig. 3.
ILLUM: Germen inferum, glandulâ virefeente
corônatu.m: St y l i duo, primum eredti, dein
deflexi: Stigmata obtufa, Jig. 4.
jUCARPIUM nullum : F ructus ovato-fubrotundus,
ftriatus, bipartibilis, Jig. 5.
^UNA duo, pallide fufea, hinc convexa, profunde !
ftnata, hinc plana, figurâ ovato-acutâ notata, :
W- 6. :
- » — r r * 1 * *“ ui a aara
green colour, underneath paler and fhining
twice pinnated, the leaves pinnatifid and deeply
cut 111, the fmall leaves or pinnule oval and
terminating in a fine point. The Sheaths at
thebafeof the foot-folks fmall, fmooth, and
membranousiat the edges.
m iS ? iSTAt ^ S the flowers, upright and grooved.
UMBEL: the umverfal umbel fpreading, the iuner
radii gradually (horter, the inmoft very (hort; .....___the partial umbel like the univerfal.
INVOLUCRUM : the umverfal Involucrum wanting,
the partial one placed externally, and only
furrounding one half of the umbel, compofed of
nnBrcl / f « urry long, linear, and pendulous leaves,fig. I
UJKOLLA i five unequal, heart-fhaped, white Petals
■ vrj»mi5enr “ atl:0.p’ the outer ones larged, fig. 2.
SI AMINA: five white Filaments the length of the
Corolla, bending in : A nther« white, fome-
times reddilh, Jig. 3.
PISTILLUM: Germen placed below the corolla, and
crowned by a glandular fubftance of a greenifh
colour : two Styles firft upright, afterwards
V F « F tnS dow.nward = SJ-gmata blunt, fig. 4.
SELL-VESSEL wanting : the F ruit or unripe feed of
an oval roundifh fhape, ftriated, and dividing
;; into two parts, Jig. c. °
SEEDS two, of a pale brown colour, convex and deeply
ftriated on one fide, flat on the other, and
marked with a figure of an oval-pointed fhape,
e + Jig. 6.
J a iW B S K M M X I S S K K ^0m.rBotan^ ts £he 1 Pertaining thole plants
j f kinds of Herbs^erow in the are ,known ^ ^ poifonous.- It not unfrequently happefis, that both
Ippearance that the i | l § P ■ 5 my'c ° ften 111 the fame bed together; and fo fimilar are they in their gene-
S S « feil „ T lnat'Ugreye °-f the C0mm0" obferver 1 1 1 i B l 'he one for the other and
Plants, is n o t ^ r b u f i j d o * . T ° P°int °U' * “ ^ ™ a °hvi™ between
L V aliJ I I B i Senerally “ 1 be a plant which poffeffes poifonous qualities.
I f‘ties to fhew that this^uhnSnf l l ^ of pa\ns, to c° lle£t what has been laid concerning it, and quotes many
hasf been produftive of the moft violent fymptoms, fuch as
|ufpeas, howfver that the on eu f°r the fpace of three moiiths, ftupor, vomiting, convulfions, and death -
Is" Authors, that the F o n l h . l“ ]0? ™ y F°?t‘lmes £ & j had a aaK in producing thefe fymptoms. as he
« this might be owinv h! 5 e:y ljatl been ufed by a whole fiimily without any bad effeft, although he
E thf T T V * ™ - AS 3 corr°borating proof of its H
Ithoup-hif ’ vaE,lC proves fatal to geefe if they happen to eat it.
^ A to confideMt\t7ucf 1u.«iiefutr > S fo.Poifc»°ua to mankind as is reprefented, yet it will perhaps be
i'flants to which this hearJVh ! A T determine its effefts with more certainty. 1 | B refemblance are common Garden Parfiey and commonHemlock,,clium macu-
> a kind of | H u L d by m°ft ? 0tamc Wnters; 1° ” = o f whom have called it a kind of Hemlock
>f«fficie,,f,odi£„^imTrfromTVnr c°f derably from both thefe Genera. The colour of its leaves alone
f of a Wry dark v r T flom,Parney :,th°fe ° f common Parfiey are of ayellowijbgreen colour, thofe o f Fool’s
E X j thofe^of Fool"sd^ h fine,y dl.v id e d .'be leaves o f Parfiey when bruifed have afirong but not
Thefemarks, if attendedto, arefufficient
gP S'W together i„ 0 ^ 5 ’ and ‘i1 ^ate °(lea,res they a'e mod liable to be taken for one another
W famine8theHerbsptevious to^th^ Pa' a=y 18 ” fe,d- ^ Miftrefs of the houfe therefore would do
but the precaution will be always to fow that
V d,ltmmi(hej f, & 7 ” ch cannot be miftaken for this or any other plant.
1 ‘S a a ilt t the e uy berogiu every refpe® fmaller, and not having that firong difagreeable finell
^ “Iked from .// our umbelpfer^^ F T h t-kewife is not fpotted as in Hemlock^ and, laftly, it is
and Which T W M m m pI? " ts by th? ,hm S narrow, pendulous leaves, which compofe its oa tial
I ,0w>v«v h’Ch arf placed a' 'be bottom of each of the fmall Umbels. P P 1
| on in Gardens, and all kinds of cultivated ground, and flowers in July and Auguft.