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Tori.is Noposa (L.) Gaertn, Pract. 1: 82. pl 20. £6. 1788 ( Tordylinm nodosum Le 
Caucalis nodosa Scop.) , a native of Kurope and northern Africa, has been introduced 
into Chile and Peru, and thence introduced and naturalized in California, from 
whence our specimens have been collected as follows: Near San Francisco, Jones 
3265, May 16, 1882; near Chico, Butte County, Palmer 2073, June 7-12, 1892; same 
station, Mrs. Rh. M. Austin 684, May, 1896; Amador County, Hansen 1713, June 7, 1896; 
near Clear Creck, Butte County, Brown 192, April 1-15, 1897; Santa Lueia Mc vuntains, 
Monterey County, Plaskett, April, 1898. Collected also in Texas by Hall (no. 259), 
near Austin, May 16, 1872, and apparently naturalized; also on ballast ground at Port 
Eads ( Langlois), Baltimore (Foreman in 1876), and Philadelphia (Martindale) ; and 
reported from Ames, Iowa (Burgess). 
TorILis ANTHRISCUS(L.) Gmel. Fl. Bad. 1: 615. 1805 ( Tordylium anthriscus L.; Cau- 
calis anthriscus Huds.), a European species, seems to be naturalized near Buffalo, 
N.Y. (Clinton), Cincinnati, Ohio ( Lloyd in 1879), and Painesville, Ohio (Werner). It 
is reported also from ballast at Baltimore (So/lers in 1890), and from dumps near Wash- 
ington, D. C. (Miss Dorsey in 1894). 
7. CAUCALIS L. Sp. Pl. 1: 240. 1753.—For description of the genus and native 
species, see page 69. 
CAUCALIS LATIFOLIA L, Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 2: 205. 1767, a species of Europe and 
temperate Asia, with umbels on slender peduncles, and large spiny fruit, has been 
collected on ballast near Philadelphia (Martindale in 1877). 
8. CORIANDRUM L. Sp. Pl. 1: 256. 1753.—A genus resembling Bifora in gen- 
eral habit, but the fruit is globose and not at all constricted at the commissure. An 
Old World genus of two species, represented in our flora by the following garden 
form. 
Cortanpru sativum L. |. ¢., the common coriander of the eastern Mediterranean 
region, has frequently escaped from cultivation, and is probably established. Our 
specimens are as follows: Statesville, N. C., /fyams, in 1879; Marthas Vineyard, 
burgess, in 1893; Brookings, 8. Dak., Williams, in 1893; Unionville Valley, Nevada, 
Watson in 1868; Los Angeles, Cal., Hasse, in 1888. Collected also on ballast at 
Philadelphia (Martindale) and Portland, Oreg. (Tlenderson). 
9. BIFORA Hoffm. Umb. Gen. ed. 2. 191, 1816.—For description of the genus 
and native species, see page 70, 
Birora RADIANS Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. Suppl. 233. 1819, a species of the Medi- 
terranean region, was collected on ballast near Philadelphia (Martindale) and Provi- 
dence (Bennett), but has not been reported since. 
10, CONIUM L. Sp. Pl.1: 248. 1753.—A genus of poisonous biennials, with spot- 
ted stems, large decompound leaves with lanceolate pinnatifid leaflets, involucre and 
involucels of narrow bracts, white flowers, and ovate glabrous fruit with prominent 
avy ribs and no oil tubes, 
Coxtum MacuLatum L. 1. c., a large branching European species, and the type of 
the genus, is naturalized in waste places throughout the Northeastern States and 
Canada; also found in California. Our material is as follows: Ontario, Macoun 4973, 
August 18, 1894; Manchester, Vt., MW. cA. Day in 1898; Ithaca, N. Y., MeCarthy, 
Rowlec; Lancaster, Pa., Small, June, 1893: San Francisco, Cal., Nellogg & Harford 
303, June 12, 1868; near Chico, Butte County, Cal, Palmer 2093, June 7-12, 1892; 
Truckee, Cal., Sonne 5, July, 1892; Sacramento River, California, Mrs. Austin 270. 
11. BUPLEURUM IL. Sp. Pl. 1: 2386. 1753.—For description of the genus and 
native species see page 84. , 
BurteuruM rorunpirotium L, Sp. Pl 1: 236. 1753, with ovate pertoliate leaves, is 
introduced from Europe, and is common in fields and cultivated ground, from New 
Hampshire to North Carolina, and westward to South Dakota, Missouri, and Arizona, 
Our material is as follows: Lancaster County, Pa., Carter, in 1864; Capitol View, Md., 
