300 COXXI-:c-TICUT 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). 

 Petroselinuni Pctroselinmn Karst. 

 Carum Petroselinnm Benth. & Hook. 

 Apiuni Petroselinnm 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. 



Sium cicutaefolium Schrank (hemlock-leaved). 

 Sinm 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 i 

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

 (Bissell). 



