BICKNELL: FERNS AND FLOWERING PLANTS OF NANTUCKET 85 
LIGUSTICUM SCOTICUM L. 
In abundance along the shores of Baches Harbor and Polpis 
Harbor and on the western side of the island at Great Neck and 
Little Neck. It also grows at the ice houses by Maxcys Pond 
where it has doubtless come in with eel grass taken from the sea 
shore. On the south side of the island it was seen only by Made- 
quecham Pond, a single tuft. A dense cluster at Little Neck in 
1904 was six feet across. No flowers observed up to the first 
week in July; fruit in all stages of maturity may be found early 
in September and flowers until late in the month. Locally 
common along the shores of Edgartown Harbor, Marthas Vine- 
yard. 
* CORIANDRUM SATIVUM L. 
Well established through an abandoned weedy yard at the 
south end of the town; in full flower June 28, 1912. 
* COELOPLEURUM ACTAEIFOLIUM (Michx.) Coult. & Rose. 
At Wauwinet many plants of this stout umbellifer are scattered 
through the low bayberry thickets that clothe the bank above the 
harbor shore. They were in full flower July 11, 1912, and bore 
many umbels still undeveloped as well as others heavy with 
mature fruit. The largest plants were over four feet high. In 
the same thickets the cow parsnip (Heracleum) had long since 
flowered and was completely dried up. A single large plant of 
the Coelopleurum in flower and with young fruit was found at 
the border of a low field near the shore on Beach Street, 
June 6, 1911. It had doubtless been introduced there, more than 
probably from the Wauwinet locality some eight miles up the 
harbor. Nantucket seems to be the southernmost point to which 
this northern plant has made its way. 
* PASTINACA SATIVA L. 
A casual weed of fence borders and waste ground. It is of 
frequent occurrence by roadsides south of the town and about 
Milestone farm but is not often met with elsewhere; near Mill- 
brook swamp Aug. 9, 1906. First flowers June 12, 1909, June 19, 
1910." ; 
