Family ASTERACEA 175 
1. Eupatorium maculatum L. Spotted Joe-pye Weed. 
Moist ground in the eastern part of the state. Burkett; Ft. Nio- 
brara; Nemaha; Valentine. 
2. Eupatorium purpureum L. Joe-pye or Trumpet Weed. 
In moist soil, mostly in the eastern part of the state. Bellevue; 
Dakota county; Dismal River; Long Pine; Paddock; Richardson 
county; Squaw canyon. 
3. Eupatorium altissimum L. Tall Thoroughwort. 
In dry soil in the eastern part of the state. Bellevue; Crete; Grand 
Island; Lincoln; Red Cloud; Weeping Water. 
4. Eupatorium perfoliatum L. Common Thoroughwort. 
Common in wet soil over most of the state. Anselmo; Dismal 
River; Endicott; Franklin; La Platte; Long Pine; Nebraska City; 
Plainview; Royal; Turkey creek; Valentine. 
5. Eupatorium urticefolium Reichard. 
In woods in the eastern part of the state. Carns; Crete; Lincoln; 
Long Pine; Nebraska City. 
2. Coleosanthus. 924. 
1. Coleosanthus grandiflorus (Hook.) Kuntze. 
In the southern and western part of the state. Banner county; 
Guide Rock; Red Cloud. 
3. Kuhnia. 924. 
Pubescence minute; leaves sparingly dentate or entire; heads 10 mm. 
or less high, 1. K. eupatorioides. 
More pubescent; leaves sharply serrate; heads over 10 mm. high. 
2. K. glutinosa. 
1. Kuhnia eupatorioides L. False Boneset. 
In dry soil over most of the state. Callaway; Crete; Lincoln; Loup 
City; Nebraska City; Peru; Weeping Water. 
2. Kuhnia glutinosa Ell. 
In dry soil all over the state. Banner county; Lincoln; Long Pine; 
Minden; Rock county; Scotts Bluff county; Thedford; Valentine; 
Whitman. 
4. Lacinaria (Liatris). 925. 
Iuvolucral bracts acute. 
Heads 16—60-flowered; bracts with spreading tips. 1. L. squarrosa. 
Heads 4—6-flowered. 
1.5-8 dm. high; bracts appressed, pappus very plumose. 
2. L. punctata. 
5-15 dm. high; bracts with spreading tips, pappus_ scarcely 
plumose. 3. L. pyenostachya. 
Involucral bracts obtuse. 
Heads 15-45-flowered, usually peduncled. 4. L. seariosa. 
Heads 5-13-flowered, mostly sessile. 5. L. spicata. 
1. Lacinaria squarrosa (L.) Hill. Blazing Star. 
Common in prairies all over the state. Anselmo; Dismal River; 
Indianola; Laurel; Long Pine; Nebraska City; Pishelville; Plummer 
Ford; Talmage; Valentine. 
2. Lacinaria punctata (Hook.) Kuntze. Snake-root. 
Common in dry soil over most of the state. Ayr; Bellevue; Carns; 
Deuel county; Hat Creek basin; Laurel; Lincoln; Plummer Ford; 
Valentine; Whitman; Wymore. 
