XCVII. 

 EUPATORIUM CANNABINUM. 



Common Hemp- Agrimony. 



Class XIX. Syngenesia. — Order I. Polygamia 



^Equalis. 



Nat. Ord. C0MP0SIT.E. 



Gen. Char. Involucre imbricated, oblong. Florets few. 

 Receptacle naked. Pappus rough. 



Spec. Char. Leaves opposite, subpetiolate, three or five 

 partite ; segments lanceolate, deeply serrate. 



SYNONYMES. 



'Eupatorium cannabinum mas. Ger. Em. 71 1. 

 Hepatorium vulgare. Dod. Pempt. 28. 

 Latin <l -Eupatorium adulterinum. Fuchs. 266. c. 101. 



I Eupatorium cannabinum. Bauh. Pin. 320. Rail Syn, 



I 179. Lin. Sp. Fl. \\^X Eng. Fl. iii. jp. 400. Eng. 



L Bot. t. 428. 



rEupatoire ; Eupatoire commun ; Eupatoire a feuilles de 

 t rench <j chanvre ; Eupatoire d'Avicenne ; Herbe de Sainte Cune- 



^ gonde. 

 Ital. ^ Span. . Eupatorio. 



German Wasserhanf ; Wasserdost ; Kunigundenkraut. 



Dutch Boelkens-kruid ; Koninginne-kruid. 



Danish Kunigundsurt. 



Sivedish Floks. 



Polish Sandriek. 



Description. — The root is perennial, oblique, moderately 

 thick, and furnished with many whitish fibres. The stem is 

 erect, cylindrical, tomentose, green, tinged with purple, full of 

 white pith, branched, and from three to four feet in height. 

 The leaves are shortly petiolate, opposite, divided into three or 



