Cicuta

An Ethiopian of old seeing an European eat bread, wondered, quomodo stercoribus vescentes viverimus, how we could eat such kind of meats: so much differed his countrymen from ours in diet, that as mine [1446] author infers, si quis illorum victum apud nos aemulari vellet; if any man should so feed with us, it would be all one to nourish, as Cicuta, Aconitum, or Hellebore itself.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

The water hemlock (_Cicuta virosa_) produces symptoms not unlike those of hemlock; it has been mistaken for parsnip and celery.

Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

It is the _Cicuta maculata_ of the swamps -- a tall, coarse plant which has given rise to many sad accidents.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various

Was not Socrates who was preferred by Apollo, above all the wise men in the world, by envy and malice of wicked persons impoysoned with the herbe Cicuta, as one that corrupted the youth of the countrey, whom alwaies be kept under by correction?

The Golden Asse Lucius Apuleius

They employ the dried roots of the cowbane (_Cicuta virosa_), the bruised buds of the Dutch myrtle, and have discovered methods of dyeing with various lichens.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

In many _Umbelliferæ_, e.g. _Torilis Anthriscus_, _Cicuta virosa_, the central flowers are often male, owing to the suppression of the pistil.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

Likewise the _Cicuta virosa_, or Water Hemlock, has proved curative to many similar glandular swellings.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

_Cicuta_, a collection of epigrams, often referred to by Martial.

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

The buds on the stems of _Cicuta bulbifera_ develop into small bulbs, which readily separate from the plant.

Seed Dispersal 1878

Cicuta bulbifera (bulb-bearing water-hemlock), Penobscot and Chesuncook shore, 1853.

The Maine Woods 1858