Class XIX. Order II. 191 



EUPATORIUM VERTICILLATUM. MM. Whorled Eupotorium* 



Leaves petioled, in whorls of three or four, 

 ovate-lanceolate, wedge-shaped at base, unequally 

 serrate, smoothish ; stem solid, smooth. Willd. 



Syn. EuPAfORIUM PURPUREUM. Mich. 



A very tall species, much resembling the last -in habiu 

 Stem smooth, round. Leaves about four in a whorl, large and 

 spreading, serrate, the lower part entire, and tapering to the 

 petiole. Flowers in a large, terminal corymb. Flowering 

 branches also proceed from the axils of the upper leaves. 

 Calyx whitish. Corollas purplish. Wet thickets. August, 

 September. Perennial. 



SUPERFLUA. 

 229. CONYZA. 



CONYZA OAMPHORATA. Mukl. Spicy ConyzU. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, somewhat pubescent, 

 acute, serrate, serratures mucronate ; flowers in 

 crowded corymbs. 



Syn. ERIGERON CAMPHORATUM. L. 

 CONTZA MARILANDICA. Mich. 



An erect, rather succulent plant, of low stature. Stem 

 thick, fleshy, pubescent. Leaves alternate, sessile, ovate. 

 Branches axillary, leafy, bearing close corymbs of oblong, pur- 

 ple flowers. The plant when bruised exhales a strong, spicy, 

 but rather disagreeable odour. Salt Marshes. Cambridge- 

 port. August. 



230. GNAPHALIUM. 

 CTNAPHAHUM MARGARITACEUM. Common Life everlasting, 



Herbaceous ; leaves linear lanceolate, acumin- 



