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nonias are not so conspicuous a part of the flora as in many parts 

 of the state, and nearly all are confined to moist or wet ground. In 

 some places iron-weeds grow in upland pastures and become a nuis- 

 ance but this is not the case about the lake. In flower from July 

 26 to September 13 ; seeds ripening by September 22. Some of 

 the plants had galls formed at the bases of the flowers. 



755. JOE-PYE WEED; TRUMPET-WEED 



EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM L. 



Quite common ; noted on the grassy marshy flat south of Outlet 

 Bay, west of the Palmer House, on the marshy shore south of the 

 lake, in the low woods by Overmyer's field, and in Farrar's woods. 

 In some parts of the state this plant is so abundant that the 

 patches, where they grow in low flats, form a single mass of purple 

 in early autumn. 



Though sober in hue of blossom, this tall stately plant, hand- 

 some in the symmetry produced by its large whorled leaves and the 

 mass of flowers in its ample corymb, adds to the attractiveness of 

 the landscape on autumn days. When it grows in clumps of half 

 a dozen stalks, each reaching to the height of 10 to 15 feet and 

 topped with a large flat-topped cluster of flowers, it is one of the 

 most conspicuous features of the landscape. It is becoming less 

 common as lands are being drained and pastured. 



756. BONESET 



EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM L. 



Quite common in low flat places where not too sedgy. Noted 

 in Green's marsh, back and north of Winfield's, in the flat east of 

 Lakeview Hotel, between the wall and water line at the Palmer 

 House, on the Academy grounds, on Overmyer's springy hill, 

 and by Norris Inlet. Common on the way to Hibbard. In the 

 height of the flowering season about August 19 ; going out of 

 flower by September 13. Often so abundant on the flat moist 

 prairies as to give the dingy gray color of its blossoms to the whole 

 landscape. "Boneset tea" is a famous remedy in parts of the 

 country for malaria and other indefinite and vague disorders going 

 under that name. 



757. WHITE SNAKE-ROOT 



EUPATORIUM URTICAEFOLIUM Reichard 



In low woods south of the lake, a rather common but widely 

 scattered plant in shady woodlands; one of the daintiest of our 

 autumn flowers. 



