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flowers white, in long racemes; pistillate inconspicuous, suc- 

 ceeded by spongy, cucumber-like fruit, containing four seeds. 

 Occasionally cultivated. July. August. {Echinocystis lobata 

 T. it (i.) 



AIZOACE/E. 



MOLLTGo L. 



M. verticillata L. CARrKX-WKED. Indian Cmickwkki). An 

 abundant weed in cultivated fields, along railroads and on 

 sandy river shores. Not reported northeast of Broome county. 

 Plant much branched, flat on the ground, forming circular 

 patches. Leaves spatulate in whorls at the joints ; flowers in- 

 conspicuous. 



UMBELLIFER/E. 



DAUCUS L. 



D. Carota L. Wild Carrot. Bird's-nest. Queen Anne's Lace. 

 An abundant and well-known weed in fields. Flowers white, 

 or occasionally pink, in fiat-topped, lace-like umbels. 



ANGELICA L. 



A. villosa (Walt.) B. S. P. Wood Angelica. Hairy Angelica. 

 Common in woods. {A. hirsuta Muhl. ) 



A. atropurpurea L. Pl'ri'le-stai.ked An(;elica. Abundant 

 along streams. Often eight feet high, with a purplish, hollow 

 stem, ample leaves and large, globular umbels. Our largest 

 Umbel wort. 



hp:racleum l. 



H. lanatum Michx. Cow Parsnip. Common in low grounds. 

 Flowers white, in large umbels, very conspicuous when in 

 bloom. June. 



PASTINACA L. . 



P. sativa L. Wild Parsnii-. Avery common and troublesome 

 weed along roadsides, river banks and all waste places. Flowers 



