No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 3O3 



places: Stratford and Bridgeport (Eames). July — Aug. 

 Fugitive or adventive from Europe. 



The seeds are commonly used as flavoring in confections, 

 pastries, liquors, etc. 



HERACLEUM L. Cow Parsnip. 



Heracleum lanatum Michx. (woolly). 

 Cow Parsnip. Masterwort. 



Occasional or frequent. Roadsides and waste ground in 

 moist soils. June — July. 



The root, leaves and seeds are medicinal. 



CONIOSELINUM Fisch. Hemlock Parsley. 



Conioselinum chinense (L.) BSP. 



Conioselinum canadense Torn & Gray. 

 Hemlock Parsley. 



Rare. Wet, cold woods and banks: Kent (E. H. Austin 

 & Eames), Cornwall (E. E. Brewster), Canaan (C. K. 

 Averill), Salisbury (Bissell). Aug. — Sept. 



ANGELICA L. Angelica. 



Angelica viilosa (Walt.) BSP. (hairy). 

 Angelica hirsuta Muhl. 



Moist or dry fields and woods. New Haven (D. C. 

 Eaton), Southington (Andrews & Bissell), and occasional 

 westward, becoming frequent near the coast. July — Aug. 



Angelica atropurpurea L. (dark purple). 

 Masterwort. Purple or High Angelica. 



Rare to occasional. Wet ground along streams. June — 

 July. 



The root and seeds are used medicinally. The fresh root 

 is poisonous. 



DAUCUS L. Carrot. 



Daucus Carota L. (classical name for the Carrot). 

 Wild Carrot. 



Common. Fields, roadsides and waste places. June — 

 Sept. Naturalized from Europe. 



One of our most persistent, troublesome and wide-spread 



