18G COMPOSITE. (COMPOSITE FAMILY.) 



5. KiTIINIA, L. KDHNJA. 



Heads 10-25-flo\vered : flowers perfect. Scales of the involucre few and 

 loosely imbricated, lanceolate. Corolla slender, 5-toothcd. Achcniu cylindrical, 

 mair'-striato. Pappus a single row of very plumose (white) bristles. A peren- 

 nial herb, resinous-dotted, with mostly alternate lanceolate leaves, and panicu- 

 late-corymbose heads of cream-colored flowers. (Dedicated to Dr. Kuhn, of 

 Pennsylvania, who brought the living plant to Linnaeus.) 



1. K. eupatorioides, L. Leaves varying from broadly lanceolate and 

 toothed, to linear and entire. Dry soil, New Jersey to Wisconsin and south- 

 ward. Sept. 



6. EUPATORIUlfl, Tourn. THQROUGHWORT. 



Heads 3 - many-flowered : flowers perfect. Involucre cylindrical or bell- 

 shaped. Eeceptacle flat. Corolla 5-toothed. Aehcnin 5-angled. Pappus a 

 single row of slender capillary barely roughish bristles. Perennial herbs, often 

 sprinkled with bitter resinous dots, with generally corymbose heads of white, 

 bluish, or purple blossoms, appearing near the close of summer. (Dedicated to 

 Eupator Mithridates, who is said to have used a species of the genus in medicine.) 



* Heads cylindrical, 5 - 10-flowered ; the purplish scales numej-ous, closely imbri<-<ih-d 

 in several rows, of unequal length, slightly stiiate : stout herbs, with aitijile mostly 

 whorled leaves, and jlesh-colored flowers. 



1. E. purpurcuili, L. (JOE-PYB WEED. TRUMPET-WEED.) Stems 

 tall and stout, simple ; leaves 3 - 6 in a whorl, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, point- 

 ed, very veiny, roughish, toothed ; corymbs very dense and compound. Varies 

 greatly in size (2- 12 high), &c., and with spotted or unspotted, often dotted 

 stems, &c., including many nominal species. Low grounds, common. 



* * Heads 3-2Q-JloLcered: involucre of 8- 15 more or less imbricated and unequal 



scales, the outer ones shorter : flowers white. 

 - Leaves all alternate, mostly dissected: heads panicled, vei'y small, 3 - 5-flowered. 



2. E. foeiliculaceum, Willd. Smooth or nearly so, pank-ulately 

 much-branched (3 -10 high); leaves 1 - 2-pinnately parted, filiform. Vir- 

 ginia, near the coast, and southward. 



- - Leaves mostly opposite and sessile : heads 5 - 8-flowered, corymbed. 



3. E. liyssopifoliimi, L. Minutely pubescent (l-2 high); /zrj 

 narrow, linear or lanceolate, elongated, obtuse, 1-3-nerved, entire, or the lower 

 sparingly toothed, often crowded in the axils or whorled, acute at the base ; 



of the involucrt obtuse. Sterile soil, Massachusetts to Virginia, E. Kentucky 

 nnd southward. 



4. E. Icucolepis, Torr. & Gr. Minutely pubescent, simple (l-2 

 high) ; leaves linear-lanceolate, closely sessile, l-nervcd, obtuse, serrate, rough both 

 niilis; corymb hoary; scales of the involucre with ir/u'tc and scarious acute tips. 

 Sandy bogs, Long Island, New Jersey, and southward. 



ft E* parvifloruill, Ell. Minutely velvety-pubescent, branching (2- 

 8 high) ; leaves lanceolate or oblong, triple-ribbtd and veiny, serrate above the 



