308 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



LEVISTICUM. LovAQE. 



L. OFFICINALE (L.) Koch. LovAGE. — ( Hipposelinwm Levisticum 

 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 



Occasionally established about old house sites. Monterey; Mt. 

 Washington (Knowlton). 



OSMORHIZA. Sweet Cicely. 

 (Washingtonia III. Fl. ed. 2.) 



0. Claytoni (Michx.) Clarke. Sweet Cicely. — Rich woods; 

 common in the valleys. Altitude 1800 feet, Adams. 



O. longistylis (Torr.) DC. — Rich woods and thickets; occasional 

 in the valley. North Adams (Burnham) ; Stockbridge; West Stock- 

 bridge; Monterey; Great Barrington (Walters). 



PASTINACA. Parsnip. 



P. SATiVA L. — Wild Paksnip.— Waste places, roadsides and fields ; 

 common. The juice is poisonous to the touch. 



SANICULA. Black Snakeeoot. 



S. gregaria Bicknell.- — Damp rich woods; frequent in the valley. 



S. marilandica h. — Woods and thickets; common. 



S. trifoliata Bicknell.- — Rich woods; frequent in the valley. 



SIUM. Water Parsnib. 



S. suave Walt. — (S. cicutaefolium Man. ed. 7; vid. Rhodora, 17: 

 131, 1915.) 

 Muddy shores; common. 



ZIZIA. 



Z. aurea (L.) Koch. Golden Alexandees. — Meadows, borders 

 of woods and roadsides; common. 



CORNACEAE. DOGWOOD FAMILY. 

 CORNUS. Cornel; Dogwood. 



C. alter ni folia L. f.— Open woods, clearings and fence rows; 

 common in the valley, occasional on the plateau. 



