. The drug plants of Illinois . GIGUTA MAGULATA L. Hemlock, water hemlock, musquash root. Um- belliferae.—An erect, stout, branched, smooth herb 3 to 6 feet tall, perennial; roots' fleshy, tuberous; stems pointed, purple-streaked, hollow but with internal partitions at the base; leaves ternately de- compound, often 1 foot long, alternate; leaflets lanceolate, serrate, acuminate, 1 to 5 inches long, the veins leading to the marginal notches; flow^ers white, small, in compound, loose, terminal umbels; seeds broadly oval, flat on one side, 5-ridged on the other side. Roots, rootstocks, and seed c
. The drug plants of Illinois . GIGUTA MAGULATA L. Hemlock, water hemlock, musquash root. Um- belliferae.—An erect, stout, branched, smooth herb 3 to 6 feet tall, perennial; roots' fleshy, tuberous; stems pointed, purple-streaked, hollow but with internal partitions at the base; leaves ternately de- compound, often 1 foot long, alternate; leaflets lanceolate, serrate, acuminate, 1 to 5 inches long, the veins leading to the marginal notches; flow^ers white, small, in compound, loose, terminal umbels; seeds broadly oval, flat on one side, 5-ridged on the other side. Roots, rootstocks, and seed collected. Widespread, occasional, or, sometimes, abundant in wet meadows and pastures throughout the state. Contains a yellowish aromatic oil and the resinlllfe poison cicutoxin. Used, though rarely, because of Its extreme polsonousness, In cases of barbital poisoning.
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