Conium

Fruit of the C. maculatum, supposed to be the IMG:content-0956.png:[graphic][subsumed] IMG:content-0957.png:[blocks in formation] secting straight lines. -ANALYTICALLY. A curve the distances of any point of which from a fixed point and a fixed line are in a given ratio. If this ratio = 1, the curve is a Parabola; 1, an Hyperbola; if the line distance is infinite, the curve is a circle; if the point distance is infinite, or if the point is on the fixed line, the curve is a straight line.