Bupleurum 



Umbelliferae 



721 



50 



Map 1531 



Bupleurum rotundifolium L. 



50 



Map 1532 



Zizia aurea (L.) Koch 



locally abundant along the old canal in Huntington, Wabash, and Miami 

 Counties and found, no doubt, farther down the canal. Noted along the 

 Ohio River in Dearborn County and as a weed in fields between Madison 

 and Hanover in Jefferson County. 



Nat. of Eu. ; N. S. to Out. and Mo., southw. to Del., Pa., and Tex. ; also 

 in Calif., Mex., and S. A. 



5994. BUPLEIJRUM [Tourn.] L. 



1. Bupleurum rotundifolium L. Hare's Ear. Map 1531. This 

 species was discovered in 1933 by Miss Edna Banta who says it is frequent 

 along Lost Fork Creek about 3 miles east of Brooksburg, Jefferson County. 

 She adds that the weed was known on her father's farm for at least 

 five years. 



Nat. of cent. Eu. to n. Africa and w. Asia; N. Y. to N. C, westw. to 

 Ind., Ky., Tenn., Mo., Ark., and S. Dak. 



6004. SPERMOLEPIS Raf. 

 See excluded species no. 478, p. 1078. 



6008. ZlZIA Koch 



Basal and cauline leaves 2-3-ternate; leaflets very acute; central flower of umbellules 

 sessile; fruit oval, about 4 mm long 1. Z. aurea. 



Basal leaves simple, suborbicular or broadly ovate; cauline leaves with 3-5 rather 

 bluntish leaflets; central flower of umbellules sessile; fruit ovate, about 3 mm 

 long 2. Z. aptera. 



1. Zizia aurea (L.) Koch. Golden Alexanders. Map 1532. Rather 

 frequent in moist soil in most parts of the state. Moist woodland and very 

 often in moist places along roadsides. Usually in small colonies. Gray, 

 Man., ed. 5 and Wood, Classbook of 1865 did not make the distinction 

 between this species and Thaspium trifoliatum var. flavum very clear and 

 both were known to authors as Thaspium aureum Nutt. Consequently both 



