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150 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



27. Joe-Pye-weed. Trumpet-weed 



Eupaidrium purpureum. — Family, Composite. Color, 

 crimson. Leaves, rough, pointed, wh ^^led, 4 to 6, toothed, 

 sometimes spotted. Time, late summer. 



Corollas, tubular. A very tall plant, reaching 1-2 feet in 

 height. Flowers, in dense, compound corymbs. Stem some- 

 times spotted or dotted, hairy, and rough. 



Conspicuous, and common in low grounds. 



28. Boneset 



E. perfoliaium. — Family, ComTposxie. Cc^/i?r, white. Leaves, 

 opposite, clasping, or joined at base, serrate, wrinkled ; often 

 several inches long. Time, summer. 



A well-known plant, formerly much used as tea for me- 

 dicinal purposes by home practitioners. Flotuers, in large 

 corymbs. 2 to 4 feet high. 



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E. tencrifhliufn has large, veiny, ovate leaves, toothed or cut 

 near the base, not clasping. The lower are often in threes ; 

 the upper, alternate. 2 to 8 feet high. 



30. Aster Tradescanti 



Family, Composite. Color, white, sometimes tinged with 

 pink. Leaves, lance-shaped, several inches long, with a very 

 slender point. 



A rather tall aster, 3 to 4 feet high. Heads of flowers nu- 

 merous, in panicled clusters. Stem, smooth and slender. The 

 flowers grow upon the upper side of the branch, which they 

 quite cover with soft, white bloom. 



31. Aster paniculktus 



Color, white or pale violet. Leaves, long and pointed, the 

 lower with toothed margins; the upper, entire. 



