FOOLSCAP

paper of the smallest regular size but one (about 134 by 164 inches); so called from its watermark in early times being the outline of a fool’s head and cap, for which British paper-makers now substitute the figure of Britannia. 56 5 FOOT FOOL’S PARSLEY, the popular name of Avthusa Cynapium, nat. ord. Umpbelliferz, a common British weed, growing in cultivated grounds. It is commonly believed to be poisonous, and serious accidents are said to have occurred from its being mistaken for parsley; but if poisonous, it is so only in certain localities. Its unilateral reflexed floral leaves distinguish it from most plants to which it is allied.