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Sweet Cicely

Osmorrhiza longistylis. Parsley Family.

One to three feet high. Root.--Thick; aromatic; edible. Leaves.--Twice or thrice-compound. Flowers.--White; small; growing in a flat-topped cluster. This is one of the earliest-flowering of the white Parsleys. Its roots are prized by country children for their pleasant flavor. Great care should be taken not to confound this plant with the water-hemlock, which is very poisonous, and which it greatly resembles, although flowering earlier in the year. The generic name is from two Greek words which signify scent and root.