WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 79 



BRISTLY SARSAPARILLA (Ar alia his pida). Parsley family. 

 Max. ht. 3 ft. ; stem with bristles; flower-stalk ter- 

 minal, umbels of small flowers ; leaves twice divided; 

 leaflets oblong to egg-shaped, pointed, sharply 

 toothed. Rocky and sandy places. Early summer. 



SPOTTED COWBANE. WATER HEMLOCK (Cicuta macu- 



lata). Parsley family. 



Max. ht. 6 ft. ; stem stout, with purple streaks; 

 leaves 2-3 times pinnately compound, the lower on 

 long stalks, with coarse teeth. Wet ground. Early 

 summer. 



Cow PARSNIP (Heracleum lanatum). Parsley family. 

 Max. ht. 8 ft.; stout, woolly, with grooved stem; 

 large leaves 3 times compounded, broad leaflets 

 irregularly cut, toothed; leaf -stalk clasping. Wet 

 ground. Early summer. 



HONEWORT (Cryptotaenia Canadensis). Parsley family 

 Max. ht. 3 ft., smooth; umbels with few rays; 

 leaves of 3 leaflets, egg-shaped, double-toothed. 

 Summer. 



PURPLE-STEMMED ANGELICA (Angelica atropurpured) . 



Parsley family. 



Max. ht. 6 ft. ; stout purple stem; leaves 23 times 

 pinnately compound; leaflets broad. River banks. 

 Early summer. 



WATER PARSNIP (Sium cicutaefolium) . Parsley family. 

 Max. ht. 6 ft.; stout; leaves pinnate; several 

 pairs of narrow leaflets. Wet places. Summer and 

 autumn. 



38. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) com- 

 pound or finely dissected, flowers in cluster, 

 leaves finely dissected. 



YARROW (Achillea Millefolium) . Composite family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers small, rarely pink, com- 

 posite, in flat-topped clusters (compound corymbs) ; 

 leaflets finely dissected. Common, fields and road- 

 sides. Summer and autumn. 



