^nC) CoN'I'KIHrTloNS KUoM 'INK NATIONAL II KKIiAini'M. 



castle, NCIir. (('/inniils ill I,S1»;;); llclcliii, Miiiit. ( h'llm 1/ in I SSS ) ; UiiniH N'isla, ('ulii. 

 (CruiiiliiU \\\ is'.t?); I'nivn, Itiili (././//..sin l.s'.M); Ncviuia ( ir../.s.»// in J.sil.Si; Sisixiy.pii 

 ("omity, ('ill. [ l'<tliiiii'\u I.SU'J); I'ifiTf ('.unity, Wasli. (/'///./•in IS.Sii). 



■_'(). HERACLEUM I,, .^p. I'l. 1: I'lll. 17r>:i. — Fur .U-.scripti.m .. I' p'hiis iin<l native 

 sjiecies see |ia!.'e L'-lS. 



IIkkai'I.kim si'iiondviii \i I.. S|.. I'l. 1: "JIH. IT.").'!, a native nf l'',nni|ie, and the 

 lirst species cite.l nmler the Lreiiiis, has heeii I'lMind nii liallast near New York ('ily 

 liy Aihllsiiii liniiiii. 



Ti. DAUCUS I.. S|.. I'l. l:-_'ll.'. 17."):;.- I'"iir.leseii|iti<in nfixenns ami native specie- 

 see |iaue -!4!>. 



|)ai ( IS cAKiriA L. Sp. I'l. 1 : L'lL'. IT."):!, the (irij,'iiial nl' the cnltivateil carnit, and a 

 native (if iMiiiipe anil .\sia, has heconie excee.linjxiy CDiiiinun in Ndrtli .Vnierica, 

 often liein.LC "iie nl' the niii>t Inml ilesmne weeds. .Vs e. iiitraste.l with l>. jinxilliitt \\ 

 may he rec<ijj;nizeil hy its iiiiuh inoti' nihnst luihit, hi.iader leal' sediments, anil iiinch 

 laijj;er lunhels. It is iieeille-.s til cite the spi'cinieiis eNaniiiied, as tlieycnine t'lniii 

 (.'Very jiart <il the Iniled Stales, especially the niii'thetii purtinii. The llnwers are 

 usually white, with the central niie of each uinhel purple, hut in specimens frmii 

 Ithaca, X. Y. {limrln in l.sitj ), tin- wlmle umhel is a hriyiit canary yelluw, while 

 near Washinjiton, D. (". [ Wmil in LS77 and .I/./n./.v in hS97) there ncciir fnriiis wilh 

 all the Mowers of the umhel imrple. A id.><e-colored form is reported hy ]\Iillspan'_'h 

 as common in West N'iririnia anu puhlished hy him as "forma rosea" in West N'a. 

 Agr. J'lxp. Station iJull. 24 : oGU. ISlC 



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