PAESLEY FAMILY. 643 



Gray, Man. ed. 6. 204. Chap. Fl. 163. 



Allegheuian, Carolinian, and Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario ; Minnesota and 

 Ohio Valley, south to Florida, west to Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry copses, border of woods. Cull- 

 man, Tnscaloosa, Hale, and Mobile counties. Flowers pale yellow, May, June. Not 

 infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality not specifically given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LIG-USTICUM B. Sp. PI. 1 : 250. 1753. 



About 20 species, temperate regions, North Hemisphere. North America 9, chiefly 

 western. 



Ligusticum canadeiise (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 240. 1894. 



CANADA LOVAGE. NONDO. 



Ferula canadensis L. Sp. PL 1 : 247. 1753. 



Ligusticum actaeifolium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 166. 1803. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 205. Chap. Fl. 163. 



Carolinian area. Ontario?; Virginia along the mountains to Tennessee, North 

 Carolina, and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich wooded hillsides. Dekalb County, Lookout 

 Mountain; Mentone, 1,600 feet, and near Collinsville. Cullman County, 800 feet. 

 Flowers June. Scattered; not infrequent. Three to 5 feet high. Perennial. 



Economic uses : The root, called " white root," is used in domestic medicine. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AETHUSA L. Sp. PI. 1:256. 1753. 



Aethusa cynapium L. Sp. PL 1 : 256. 1753. FOOL'S PARSLEY. 



Adventive from Europe, and naturalized northeast. 



ALABAMA : Fugitive on ballast. Mobile, June, 1892-1894. A fetid poisonous weed. 

 Annual. 



"Hab inter Europae olera." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CYNOSCYADITJM DC. M^m. omb. 44, t.n. 1829. 



Two species, Atlantic North America. 



Cynoscyadium pinnatum DC. Me"m. Omb. 45, 1. 11. 1829. 



PINNATE DOG'S PARSLEY. 



Aethusa pinnata Eat. & Wright, N. A. Bot. 116. 1840. 



Chap. Fl. Suppl. 623 ; ed. 3, 180. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 143. 



Carolinian area. Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Lower hills. Walker County (E. A. Smith). August; local, rare. 

 Perennial. 



A low depauperate form, 4 or 5 inches high. 



Type locality : "L'Amerique septentrionale, aux environs du fleuve Arkansa." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ERYNGIUM L. Sp. PL 1 : 232. 1753. ERYNGO. 



About 100 species, chiefly perennials; temperate and warmer regions of the globe. 

 North America 22, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



Eryngium yuccifoliuni Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 164. 1803. BUTTON SNAKE ROOT. 



Eryngiu.ni aquaticum L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1 : 336. 1762. In part. Not ed. 1, 1 : 132. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 342. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 211. Chap. FL 160. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 143. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Missouri and Nebraska, south 

 to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp or dry sandy and gravelly soil. Cullman, Bibb, 

 and Mobile counties. July, August; common. Perennial. 



In the coast region stout and tall forms prevail, bearing the very numerous globose 

 heads disposed in a compound umbel with the ultimate branches ternate. 



Economic uses: The root, called "cornsnakeroot," is used medicinally. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 



