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SIUM, L. Water-Paesnip. 



S. cicut3efoliuin,Gmelin. (S. lineare, Miclix.) Water-Parsnip. 

 Common, or frequent, throughout the state. 



BERULA, Koch. AVater-Par3nip. 



B. aiig-ustifolia, Koch. (Sium angustifolium, L.) Water-Parsnip. 

 Cold springs, Mankato and Kasota, Leiheiy. Iiitrcquent. South. 



CRYPTOT.55NIA, DC. Honewort, 



C. Canadensi.s, DC. Honewort. 



Common through the south part of the state, extendiag north to the upper Missis- 

 sippi river ; Fond du Lac, at west end of laice Superior, Mrs. Herricl;. 



OSMOBRHIZA, Raf. Sweet Cicely. 



O. longistylis, DC. Smoother Sweet Cicely. 

 Common throughout the state. 



O. brevistylis, DC. Hairy Sweet Cicely. 

 Frequent throughout tlie state. 



CONIUM, L. Poison Hemlock. 



C. macidatam, L. Poison Hemlock. 



Red river valley near Saint Vincent, Scott. Infrequent. 



ARALIACE^. Ginseng Family. 



ARALIA, Tourn. Ginseng. Wild Sarsaparilla. 



A. racemosa, L. Spikenard. 



Frequent throughout most of the state ; common in Todd, Stearns and Brown 

 counties ; rare far northward. 



A. hispida, Vent. Bristly Sarsaparilla. Wild Elder. 



Common along the north shore of lake Superior, Rohcrts, Jiuti; extending south to 

 the Falls of the St. Croix, Parry, a.nd to Dakota county (frequent), Upham. Northeast. 



A. nxidicaulis, L. Wild Sarsaparilla. 

 Common throughout the state. 



A. quiiiquefolia, Decaisne & Planch. Ginseng. 



Throughout the state, excepting perhaps northwestward; local, wanting in some 

 districts, rare far northward ; frequent, occasionally abundant, iu the region of the 

 upper Mississippi, and in Mille Lacs, Piue, Anoka, Hennepin and Brown counties. 

 Large quantities of the aromatic, medicinal root of this plant, mostly dug by the Chip- 

 pewa Indians, are bought every year in the north part of the state, the price being 

 about a dollar per pound. It is mostly exported to China ; and the annual exportation 

 of this article from the United States, mainly from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, 

 Micaigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, amounts to about .$700,i;00. U. S. Agricultural 

 Report for 1877, p. 545. 



A. trifolia, Decaisne & Planch. Dwarf Ginseng. Ground-nut. 



East part of the state, extending north to Pine county, Clark; lake Pepin, Miss 

 Manning; Nicollet county, Lfilxrg. 



