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Gray, Man. ed. 6,204. Chap. FI. 163. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian area. Quebee, Ontario; Minnesota and 
Ohio Valley, south to Florida, west to Arkansas. 
ALABAMA! Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry copses, border of woods. Cull- 
man, Tuscaloosa, Hale, and Mobile counties. Flowers pale yellow, May, June. Not 
infrequent, Perennial. 
Type locality not specifically given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LIGUSTICUM Ff. Sp. Pl. 1:250. 1753. 
About 20 species, temperate regions, North Hemisphere. North America 9, chiefly 
western. 
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 240. 1894. 
CaNnaADA LOvAGE, NONDO, 
Ferula canadensis L. Sp. Pl.1: 247, 1753. 
Ligusticum actaeifolium Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1: 166, 1803. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,205. Chap. Fl. 163. 
Carolinian area. Ontario?; Virginia along the mountains to Tennessee, North 
Carolina, and Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich wooded hillsides, Dekalb County, Lookout 
Mountain; Mentone, 1,600 feet, and near Collinsville. Cullman County, 800 feet. 
Flowers June. Scattered; not infrequent. Three to 5 feet high. Perennial. 
Economic uses: The root, called ‘ white root,” is used in domestic medicine. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
AETHUSA I. Sp. Pl. 1: 256. 1753. 
Aethusa cynapium L. Sp. Pl.1:256, 1753. Foo.’s PARSLEY. 
Adventive from Europe, and naturalized northeast. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile, June, 1892-1894, A fetid poisonous weed. 
Annual. 
“Hab inter Kuropae olera,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
CYNOSCYADIUM PDC. Mém. Omb. 44, £77. 1829. 
Two species, Atlantic North America. 
Cynoscyadium pinnatum DC. Mém. Omb. 45, ¢. 77, 1829, 
PINNATE DoG’s PARSLEY. 
Aethusa pinnata Eat. & Wright, N. A. Bot. 116. 1840. 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 623; ed.3,180. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 143, 
Carolinian area. Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Walker County (2. A. Smith), August; local, rare. 
Perennial. 
A low depanperate form, 4 or 5 inches high. 
Type locality: “L’Amerique septentrionale, aux environs du fleuve Arkansa.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
ERYNGIUM L.. Sp. Pl. 1: 282. 1753. Erynco. 
About 100 species, chiefly perennials; temperate and warmer regions of the globe. 
North America 22, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
Eryngium yuccifolium Michx, Fl. Bor, Am. 1: 164. 1803. BUTTON SNAKEROOT. 
Eryngium aquaticum L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1:336. 1762. In part. Not ed.1, 1: 132. 
Ell. Sk. 1:342. Gray, Man.ed.6, 211. Chap. F1.160, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 143. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Missouri and Nebraska, south 
to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp or dry sandy and gravelly soil, Cullman, Bibb, 
and Mobile counties. July, August; common. Perennial. 
In the coast region stout and tall forms prevail, bearing the very numerous globose 
heads disposed in a compound umbel with the ultimate branches ternate. 
Economic uses: The root, called ‘‘corn snakeroot,” is used medicinally. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginia,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr, 
