A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



812. BoNESET. Eupatorium pcrfoliatum. A coarse, rough, 

 hairy plant, 2-6 ft. high. Leaves opposite, the stem passing 

 through their bases, lance-oblong, 4-8 in. long, taper-pointed, 

 and rough beneath. Flowers tubular, white, the much 

 branched cluster of heads flattish, often 4-7 in. wide. In 

 moist places, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to Florida, 

 and westward. Very common. August. Fig. 812. 



813. White Thorough wort. Eupatorium album. Suggest- 

 ing No. 814, but only 1-3 ft. high, and much less hairy. In 

 dry sand. Long Island, N. Y., to Florida, west to Tenn., 

 Arkansas and Louisiana. August. 



814. \^ERVAiN Thorough WORT. Eupatorium verhenae folium. 

 A coarse, rough-hairy perennial, 3-6 ft. high. Leaves oppo- 

 site, stalkless, oval-oblong, 2-4 in. long, blunt-pointed at the 

 tip, rounded at the base, regularly blunt toothed. Flowers 

 tubular white, the heads about }i in. high, in a branched, 

 scarcely flat-topped cluster. In moist places. Mass. to Florida, 

 and westward. August. Fig. 814. A related species, E. scssili- 

 foliujH, is wholly without hairs and is found in dry woods 

 from New England to Georgia, and westward. 



815. JoE-PvE Weed. Eupatorium purpurcum. Smooth or 

 nearly smooth and 3-8 ft. tall. Leaves stalked, in clusters 

 of 3-6, lance-oval, coarsely and sharply toothed, pointed both 

 ends, 4-10 in. long. Flowers tubular, pink-purple, the heads 

 small, but arranged in immense, almost dome-like, branch- 

 ing clusters. In moist open places. New Brunswick to Mani- 

 toba, south to Florida and Texas; very common. August. 



