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CORNACEAE 



Heracleum 



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 Map 1552 



Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.var. typica Fern. 



and railroads, in bottom land along streams, in hayfields, pastures, and 

 waste places. The parsnip is common in cultivation. 



The juice of this plant is said to be poisonous to the skin (Rhodora 4: 

 188. 1902.) 



Nat. of Eu. ; in all parts of N. A. 



6122. HERACLfiUM L. 



1. Heracleum lanatum Michx. Cow Parsnip. Map 1550. An infre- 

 quent or rare plant in moist, rich soil along streams, about lakes, and 

 along roadsides. 



Lab. to Alaska, southw. in the mts. to Ga., Nev., Kans., Utah, and Calif. 



6142. DAUCUS [Town.] L. 



1. Daucus Carota L. Common Carrot. Map 1551. Infrequent to 

 common in all parts of the state but rarely found in a prairie habitat. 



The flowers vary in color from white to yellow; 11 of my 33 specimens 

 have one or more purple flowers in the inflorescence ; rarely there is an 

 inflorescence with rose colored flowers. Millspaugh has named the rose 

 colored form, forma rosea. Farwell calls the form without purple flowers, 

 forma epurpurata. (See Grier. Variation in the flower of the wild carrot. 

 Torreya 22: 64-66. 1922.) Often called Queen Anne's-lace. 



Nat. of Eurasia ; throughout N. A. 



229. CORNACEAE Link. Dogwood Family 



Flowers 5-merous, polygamo-dioecious ; leaves alternate ; stone of fruit oblong, about 

 7 mm long 6151. Nyssa, p. 729. 



Flowers 4-merous, perfect; leaves opposite except in Coi-nus alternifolia which has a 

 fruit with a suborbicular stone about 5 mm long 6159. Cornus, p. 729. 



