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Gray, Man. ed. 6,204. Chap. FI. 163. 
Alleghenian, 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, Tuscaloosa, Hale, and Mobile counties. ‘Flowers pale yellow, May, June. Not 
infrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality not specifically given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LIGUSTICUM FE. Sp. Pl. 1: 250. 1753. 
sien 20 species, temperate regions, North Hemisphere. ‘North America 9, chiefly 
western. 
Ligusticum canadense (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 240. 1894. 
CanaDA LovacE. Nonpo. 
Ferula canadensis L. Sp. Pl. 1:247. 1753. 
Ligusticum actaeifolium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:166. 1803. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,205. Chap. FI. 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. Pl. 1: 256. 1753. 
Aethusa cynapium L. Sp. Pl. 1: 256. 1753. Foor’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. 
CYNOSCYADIUM DC. Mém. Omb. 44, t. 77. 1829. 
Two species, Atlantic North America. 
Cynoscyadium pinnatum DC. Mém. Omb. 45, t. 11. 1829. 
PinnaTre Doe’s Parsiey. 
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 (£. 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. §p. Pl. 1: 232. 1753. Eryneo. 
About 100 species, chiefly perennials; temperate and warmer regions of the globe. 
North America 22, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. : 
Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:164. 1803. BUTTON SNAKEROOT. 
Eryngium 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. F].160. Coulter, Contr. 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. 
Econdmic uses: The root, called “corn snakeroot,” is used medicinally. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
