PARSLEY FAMILY. G47 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb, Mohr. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europae cultis, agris, ruderatis.” 
Economic uses: An extremely poisonous herb, the ‘‘Conium” of the United States 
Pharmacopwia. 
SIUM L.Sp. Pl.1:251. 1753, 
About 10 species, temperate regions. Europe, South Africa. North America, 3. 
Sium cicutaefolium J. F.Gmel. Syst. 2:482. 1791. WATER PARSNIP. 
Sium lineare Miehx. F1. Bor, Am. 1: 167, 1803. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 207, Chap. Fl. 162. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 146. 
EASTERN RusstA, NORTHERN ASIA, 
Throughout North America from Labrador to the Gulf; from Florida to California. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Deep marshes. Mobile County. Flowers in June; 
locally frequent. Perennial. Four to 6 feet high, submerged leaves pinnately 
dissected. 
Type locality (J. G. Gmel. Fl, Sib.):  Nascitur ab Obo fluvio in omni ulteriori 
Sibiria tam humidis quam siccis locis.”’ 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
APIUM L. Sp. Pl. 1: 264. 1753. CELERY. 
Fourteen species, Europe. 
Apium ammi (L.) Urban, Fl. Bras. 11, pt.1: 341, 1.92. 1879. Mars PaRSLEY. 
Sison ammi L. Sp. Pl. 1: 252. 1753. 
Heliosciadium leptophyllum DC, Prodr. 4: 105, 1830, 
Apium leptophyllum F. Muell.; Benth, I'l. Austral. 3:372. 1866. 
Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 178. Coulter, Contr. Nat, Herb. 2: 147. Griseb, F1. Brit. W. Ind, 308. 
Wesr Inpies, Mexico TO ARGENTINA, CHILE, AUSTRALIA. 
Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana and western Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. A weed in damp waste places 
and on borders of low fields. Tuscaloosa County. Flowers April, May; abundant 
near the coast. Aunual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Apulia, Aegypto.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
ZIZIA Koch, Novy. Act. Caes. Leop. Acad. 12: 128, 1824. 
Three species, Atlantic North America. 
Zizia cordata (Walt.) DC. Prodr. 4: 100. 1830, CORDATE-LEAVED ZIZIA. 
Smyrnium cordatum Walt. Fl. Car. 114. 1788. 
Thaspium trifoliatum var. apterum Gray, Man. ed. 2, 156, 1856. 
El. 8k.1:359. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 20%. Chap, I'L ed. 3, 180. 
Carolinian area. West Virginia along the Alleghenies to Georgia. ; 
ALABAMA: Mountainregion. Rich shady woods. Dekalb County, Lookout Moun- 
tain, near Mentone, 1,600 feet. Lee County. Flowers yellow; June. Rare. Per- 
ennial. 
Type locality: South Carolina, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CICUTA IL. Sp. P1.1:255. 17538. 
About 12 species, temperate Europe, Asia, Mexico, North America, 8. 
Cicuta curtisii Coult. & Rose, Contr, Nat. Herb. 7: 97, 1900. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Virginia, southern Kentucky, North 
Carolina (altitude 4,500 ft.) to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Inswamps. Talladega County, Sylacauga (Pollard J: 
Maxon). Tuscaloosa and Mobile counties. 
Type locality: ‘Banks of streams, Duval County, Florida; collected by Curtiss.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DERINGA Adans. Fam. Pl. 2:498. 1763. 
(CRYPTOTAENIA DC, Mém. Omb, 42. 1829.) 
One species. 
Deringa canadensis (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:266. 1891. HORNWORT. 
Sison canadense L. Sp. PL 12252. 1758. 
Chaerophyllum canadense Crantz, Class, Unb. 19. 1767. 
