COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



13. EUFATO'RIUM, Tuuru. 



1. E. purpu'reum. L. (JoK-Tvn WKKD. Titr ,^ KT-V 

 Stem tall ami simple. Leaves petioled, 3-6 in a whorl. 

 purpl'idi. or j!<*h- coloured. Heads in dense corymbs. Low 

 grounds. 



2. E. perfolia'tum, L. (BONESET.) Stem short, hairy. Leaves 

 myose, connate-perfoliate, taperiny. Flowers whitish. Corymbs 

 very large. Low grounds. 



3. E. ageratoi'des, L. (WHITE SNAKE-BOOT.) Stem very 

 smooth, commonly branching, 2-3 feet high. Jvm/v.s />//" 

 petioled, broadly ovate, pointed, coarsely serrate. Flowjrs white, 

 in corymbs. Low rich woods. 



14. SENE'CIO, L. GROUNDSEL. 



1. S. VUlga'ris, L. (COMMON GROUNDSEL.) Ray-Jlorets want- 

 ing. Stem low, branching. Leaves pinnatifid and tooth tl, 

 clasping. Flowers yellow, terminal. Cultivated and waste 

 grounds. 



2. S. au'reus, L. (GOLDEN RAGWORT. SQUAW- WEED.) Ray., 

 8-12. Stein smooth, or woolly when young, 1-2 feet high,, Root- 

 leaves simple, rounded, usually cordate, crenately toothed, low/- 

 petioled. Stem-leaves sessile, lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid. H 



in a corymb nearly like an umbel. Swamps, and often in gardens. 



15. IN'TJLA, L. ELECAMPANE. 



I. Hele'nium, L. (COMMON ELECAMPANE.) Stem stout, % J f> 

 feet high. Koot-leaves very large, ovate, petioled. Stem-leave .s 

 clasping. Rays numerous, narrow. Roadsides. 



16. SOLIDA'GO, L. GOLDEN-ROD. 

 * Heads clustered in the axils of the feather-veined leaves. 



1. S. SquaiTO'sa, Muhl. Stem stout, 2-5 feet high, simple, 

 hairy above. Scales of the involucre irilh r<jl< .*< <L } rhawonx tij>*. 

 Leaves large, oblong, serrate, veiny ; the lower tapering in; 

 long-winged petiole, the upper sessile and entire. Heads in 

 racemose clusters, the whole forming a dense, leafy, interrupted 

 compound Kji'ikf. Rocky woods. 



2. S. ti'color, L. Stem hoary-pubescent, usually simple. 

 Leavea oval-lanceolate, acute at both ends ; the lower oval and 



