Lilaeopsis UMBELLIFERAE Heracleum 



Lilaeopsis Greene. 



L. chinensis (L.) Ktze. (L. lineata (Mx.) Greene.) 



Frequent on coastal beaches; usually forming dense mats on salt- 

 marsh peat, just below the level of high tide, and commonly asso- 

 ciated with Scirpus americanus. On the Delaware Bay shore, its 

 range extends from a point about 3^ mile north of the mouth of Red 

 Lion Creek (NC) to 1^^ mi. south of Fraland Beach (K), an air- 

 line distance of about 23 miles. (See papers by J. M. Fogg, Jr. and 

 Esther L. Larsen, in Bartonia 16. 1934.) On the Chesapeake side, 

 it is found on the shores of North East and Elk Rivers, and in the 

 estuaries of Chester, Miles and Wicomico Rivers, several miles above 

 their mouths. Late June to mid-August. 



Coriandrum L. Coriander. 

 C. sativum L. 



Escaped from cultivation in waste ground at Wilmington and 

 Centre ville (NC). Adv. from Eurasia. 



Aethusa L. Fool's Parsley. 

 A. Cynapium L. 



In waste places in Wilmington, New Castle and Centreville 

 (NC). Nat. from Europe. 



Thaspium Nutt. Meadow Parsnip. 

 T. barbinode (Mx.) Nutt. 



Frequent in rich woods bordering the Brandywine and Red Clay 

 Creeks (NC). Mid-May to early July. 



Pastinaca L. Parsnip. 

 P. sativa L. 



Common in open ground, chiefly in the northern part of the 

 Peninsula. Nat. from Europe. 



Heracleum L. 

 H. lanatum Mx. Cow Parsnip. 



Common in low ground of the Piedmont; less frequent on the 

 Coastal Plain. May, early June. 



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