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7. Carum L. 

 1. G. Carvi L. Caraway. 



A weed by roadsides, in gravelly neutral or calcareous soils ; frequent. Fr. 

 July 15-Sepl. 



Rare near Ithaca and on the shore of Cayuga Lake, elsewhere frequent: Dry 

 Run, Spencer and near North Spencer ; s. w. corner of Enfield ; w. of Caroline 

 Pinnacles ; South Hill, s. of the marsh and s. of the " Incline " ; Brookton ; Casca- 

 dilla Creek ; Renwick woods ; near McGowan Woods ; Forest Home ; near Ring- 

 wood ; McLean; around schoolhouse n. of Esty ; and elsewhere. A northern plant, 

 more common on the higher hills. 



Newf. to S. Dak., southw. to Pa. and Colo. ; abundant as a weed northw. 

 Naturalized from Eu. 



The form with rose-colored flowers (forma rJiodochranthum A. H. Moore, see 

 Rhodora 11: 178, 1909) "near road from Danby to West Danby " (£>.). 



8. Sium (Tourn.) L. 



1. S. suave Walt. (See Rhodora 17: 131. 1915. S. cicutae folium of authors and of 

 Cayuga FL). Water Parsnip. 



In the shallow water of swamps, marshes, and ditches, in mucky or alluvial soils ; 

 frequent. Fr. Sept.-Oct. 



Inlet Marshes; iUalloryvillc Bog; Cayuga Marshes; Montezuma; and elsewhere. 



Newf. to B. C, southw. to Fla., La., and Calif.; frequent along the coast. 



A very peculiar plant, with flowers, fruit, and involucels of this species, but 

 with oblong-lanceolate, irregularly, coarsely, and less sharply toothed leaflets, the 

 terminal ones sometimes lobed, was found by Dudley in ditches near the fair 

 grounds (Cayuga Flora, no. 353). A specimen of this is in the herbarium of 

 Cornell University and another is in the Gray Herbarium. The form has not been 

 seen since, and neither have other specimens of a similar nature been seen in other 

 herbaria. 



9. Cryptotaenia DC. 

 1. C. canadensis (L.) DC. Honewort. 



Damp woods, shadv roadsides, and yards, in gravellv nonacid soils ; common. Fr. 

 July 20-Sept. 



N. K. to S. Dak., southw. to Ga., Mo., and Tex. ; occasional but rare on the 

 Coastal Plain. 



Cryptotaenia is in the list ot nomina conservanda of the International Code. 



10. Zizia Koch 



a. Basal and cauline leaves 2-3-ternate ; leaflets very acute ; fruit oval, 4 mm. long - . 



1. Z. aurea 

 a. Basal leaves suborbicular, cordate, unlobed, cauline leaves with 3-5 rather 

 bluntish leaflets ; fruit ovate, 3 mm. long. 2. Z. cordata 



1. Z. aurea (L.) Koch. (Thaspium aurcum, var. apterum, of Cayuga Fl.) Meadow 

 Parsnip. Golden Alexanders. 



Rich damp fields and roadsides, mostly in alluvial nonacid soils ; frequent. Fr. 

 July-Aug. 



Near Spencer Lake; below Newfield village; Negundo Woods (D.) ; Six Mile 

 Creek (DA); Renwick woods; n. end of Parkway, Cayuga Heights, abundant; Fall 

 Creek, above and below Forest Home; Ellis Hollow; e. of Etna (D.) ; Mud Creek, 

 Freeville; e. of Levanna (D.) ; Venice (D.) ; especially frequent in the McLean 

 region. 



E. Que. to Sask., southw. to Fla., Ark., and Tex. ; infrequent on the Coastal Plain. 



