480 AMMIACEAE 



So far as our range is concerned, known only from the region 

 within the influence of the tide, and at New Egypt, Ocean Co., 

 N. J. inland.* 



15. Lilaeopsis Greene. 



I. L. lineata (Michx.) Greene. In salt and brackish marshes and 

 on river shores: N. H. to Fla., west to Miss. 

 Conn. Rare along the coast in New London Co., increasing but 



never common in the coastal marshes westward. 

 N. J. At the foot of the Palisades in Bergen Co., a little south of a 



point directly opposite Hastings-on-Hudson and opposite Mt. 



St. Vincent; also very rare in the coastal marshes of Ocean and 



Atlantic counties; and in Cape May Co. 

 N. Y. Fort Washington Point, and Spuyten Duvil Creek, N. V. 



City, and Smithtown, L. I. 



A very rare and local plant whose distribution is not understood. 



16. Ligusticum L. 



1. L. scoticum L. Along salt marshes: Conn, to Lab., also on 



the Pacific Coast and in northern Europe and Asia. 



Known only from East Lyme, eastward in Conn, and from Fisher's 

 Island in L. I. Sound, and in N. Y. 



17. Thaspium Nutt. 



Leaves mostly ternate; segments crenate, thickish. I. T. trifoliatum. 



Leaves mostly biternate; segments incised or lobed, rather thin. 2. T. harbinode. 



i. T. trifoliatum (L.) Britton (T. trifoliatum aureum Britton). 

 In woods: N. J. to Tenn. and Mo. 

 N. J. Union, Mercer and Middlesex counties, southwestward, but 



not in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Northampton, Bucks, Delaware and Chester counties. 



Distribution not fully understood. 



2. T. barbinode (Michx.) Nutt. Along streams: Ont. to Minn., 



Kan., Fla., Ky. and Ark. 

 Conn. Near Canaan, Litchfield Co. 

 N. J. Known only from Hunterdon Co. 



Pa. From Northampton and Montgomery counties southward. 

 Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, perhaps rare, but probably not in the 

 region: Older Formations, increasing northward. 117-220 days. 

 Sea level-3,200 ft. 

 * See Introduction paragraph 21. 



