300 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBulL 



CARUM L. Caraway. 



Carum Carvi L. (^classical name for this species). 

 Caraway. 



Occasional or local. Escaped from cultivation to fields 

 and roadsides. June — July. Adventive from Europe. 



The seeds are much used to flavor cakes and cookies and 

 are eaten as a carminative. 



PETROSELINUM Hoffm. Parsley. 



Petroselinum hortense HofTm. (of gardens). 

 Petroselinum Petroselinum Karst. 

 Carum Petroselinum Benth. & Hook. 

 Apiuni Petroselinum L. 

 Common or Garden Parsley. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to waste ground in 

 Bridgeport and Stratford (Eames). July — Aug. Adven- 

 tive from Europe. 



SIUM L. Water Parsnip. 



Slum cicutaefolium Schrank (hemlock-leaved). 

 Siuin lineare Michx. 

 Slum Carsonii Durand. 



Occasional. Swamps and along streams in wet places. 

 June — Sept. 



CRYPTOTAENIA DC. Honewort. 



Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. 

 Deringa canadensis Kuntze. 

 Honewort. 



Frequent. Moist shady places. June — July. 



ZIZIA Koch. 



Zizia aurea (L.) Koch (golden). 



Golden Alexanders. Golden Meadow Parsnip. 



Common. Low fields and wet meadows. May — June. 



The var. obtusifolia Bissell (blunt-leaved), occurs at 

 South Windsor and Canaan (A. W. Driggs), and Salisbury 

 (Bissell). 



