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iii tlie European long exserted ; the American plant, generally, 
has white flowers, while those of the European are pale rose or 
pink. 
Order XXV JL Umbellales. 
Family 59. Umbel laceae. 
314. Daucus Carota, Lin. Carrot. 
Waste grounds. Common. 
315. Conioselinum Chinense (Lin.) B. S. P. Hemlock Parsley. 
Swamps. Common. 
316. Heracleum lanatum, Mx. Cow Parsnip. 
Swamps. Common. 
The root is a commercial drug under the name of Masterwort 
and is employed as a stimulant and antispasmodic in dyspepsia, 
epilepsy, asthma, palsy, etc. 
317. Taenidia integerrima (Lin.) Drude. Pimpernel. 
Open woods. Frequent. 
318. Uraspermum Claytoni (Mx.) Nutt. Sweet Cicely. 
Uraspermum aristatum (Thunb.) O. K. Rev. Gen. PL 270. 1891, 
but not the Chaerophyllum aristatum, Thunb. which is the next. 
Open woods and thickets. Common. 
The root is a commercial drug employed chiefly as an expector- 
ant and stomachic in coughs and stomach troubles. 
319. Uraspermum aristatum (Thunb.). Sweet Cicely. 
Chaerophyllum aristatum, Thunb. FI. Jap. 119, 1784. 
Mijrrliis longistylis, Torr. FI. U. S. 310, 1824. 
Thun berg’s description calls for a plant with a smooth and 
glabrous stem, villous leaves, divaricate styles, and biaristate fruit. 
This can be no other than Torrev’s M. longistyles. 
Open woods. Scarce. 
320. Zizia aurea (Lin.) Koch. Meadow Parsnip. 
Swamps. Common. 
321. Cicuta maculata, Lin. Water Hemlock. 
Swamps. Common. 
Poison. The leaf is a commercial drug and is often substituted 
for Connim, the Poison Hemlock. It is employed chiefly in nervous 
and sick headache. The root is tuberous and is often eaten by 
children for wild parsnip, with fatal effect. 
322. Deringa Canadensis (Lin.) O. K. Hornwort. 
Open woods. Common. 
Family 60. Cornaceae. 
323. Cornus alternifolia, Lin. f. Cornell, Dogwood. 
Swamps. Common. 
324. Cornus Amomum, Mill. Kinnikinnik. 
Thickets. Occasional. 
325. Cornus foemina, Mill. Dogwood. 
C. candid issima. Marsh. 
Low grounds. Common. 
326. Cornus stolonifera, Mx. Red Osier Dogwood. 
Low grounds. Common. 
The bark is a commercial drug and employed as a tonic and 
astringent in dropsy, ulcers and fevers. 
