Hemlock, Conium maculatum.

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Hemlock, Conium maculatum. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, engraved by Cellai, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.

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