30O CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



CARUM L. Caraway. 



Carum Carvi L. (classical name for this species). 

 Caraway. 



Occasional or local. Escaped from cultivation to fields 

 and roadsides. June — July. Adventive from Europe. 



The seeds are much used to flavor cakes and cookies and 

 are eaten as a carminative. 



PETROSELINUM Hoffm. Parsley. 



Petroselinum hortense Hoffm. (of gardens). 

 Petroselinum Petroselinum Karst. 

 Carum Petroselinum Benth. & Hook. 

 Apium Petroselinum L. 

 Common or Garden Parsley. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to waste ground in 

 Bridgeport and Stratford (Eames). July — Aug. Adven- 

 tive from Europe. 



SIUM L. Water Parsnip. 



Siutn cicutaefolium Schrank (hemlock-leaved). 



Si Jim lineare Michx. 

 Sium Carsonii Durand. 



Occasional. Swamps and along streams in wet places. 

 June — Sept. 



CRYPTOTAENIA DC. Honewort. 



Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. 



Deringa canadensis Kuntze. 

 Honewort. 



Frequent. Moist shady places. June — July. 



ZIZIA Koch. 



Zizia aurea (L.) Koch (golden). 



Golden Alexanders. Golden Meadow Parsnip. 



Common. Low fields and wet meadows. May — June. 



The var. obtusifolia Bissell (blunt-leaved), occurs at 

 South Windsor and Canaan (A. W. Driggs), and Salisbury 

 (Bissell). 



