Family UMBELLIFERA 167 
5. Musineon. 677. 
Stems leafy; branching from the base. 
Stems and fruits smooth. i ath divaricatum. 
Stems and fruits scabrous. poe. B hookeri. 
Acaulescent; fruits about 2 mm. long. 3. M. tenuifolium. 
1. Musineon divaricatum (Pursh) Nutt. ; 
On dry prairies in the western part of the state. Harrison; Whit- 
ney. 
2. Musineon hookeri (T. & G.) Nutt. 
Nebraska, according to Britton’s Manual. 
3. Musineon tenuifolium Nutt. 
In dry or rocky soil in the western part of the state; frequently in 
the bad-lands. Belmont; Harrison; Long Pine; Scotts Bluff county. 
6. Zizia. 678. 
1. Zizia aurea (L.) Koch. Golden Meadow-parsnip. 
Common in low meadows in the eastern part of the state. Edgar; 
Leshara; Ponea; Long Pine; Weeping Water. 
7. Cicuta. 679. 1073. 
Leaflets lanceolate. 1. C. occidentalis. 
Leaflets linear, the upper leaves small and bearing bulblets in their 
- axils. 2. C. bulbifera. 
1. Cicuta occidentalis Greene. Western Water-hemlock. 
Common in wet meadows throughout the state. The rhizomes and 
tuberous roots of these plants are very poisonous, 2-3 ozs. being 
enough to kill a sheep. See Bull. No. 100 of the Nevada Station. 
Cherry county; Hooker county; Kearney; Lincoln; Niobrara; Scotts 
Bluff; Simeon; Valentine. 
2. Cicuta bulbifera L. Water-hemlock. 
In swampy places, not common. Neligh; Simeon; St. Paul; Whit- 
man. 
8. Deringa. 679. 
1. Deringa canadensis (L.) Kuntze. Honewort. 
Cryptotznia canadensis (L.) DC. 
In woods in the eastern part of the state. Cass county; Lincoln; 
Nemaha; Newcastle; Wahoo. 
9. Sium. 680. 
1. Sium cicutzfolium Gmel. Hemlock Water-parsnip. 
In wet soil throughout the state. Atkinson; Kennedy; Kearney; 
Plainview; Whitman. 
10. Berula. 681. 
1. Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville. Cut-leaved Water-parsnip. 
In streams and ponds mostly in the western part of the state. 
Arcadia; Banner county; Bellevue; Belmont; Broken Bow; Cherry 
county; Paddock; Pauline; Plummer Ford; Scotts Bluff; Valentine. 
11. Feeniculum. 682. 
1. Feeniculum foeniculum (L.) Karst. Fennel. 
Feniculum vulgare Hill. 
Dorsey; Long Pine. 
