474. 242. Eupator. 39. COMPOSITiE, C. PL ex. cat 



Enpatorimn cannaUnum. Hemp Dutch-agrimony, 



Leaves petioled, 5 -parted ; lobes lanceolate, serrated ; 

 middle long, largest. 



Euiiatorium cannabinum, Rail Syn. 179, 1 ; Park. 595; Lin. S. JP. 1173. 

 Eupatorium canBabinum mas, Ger. em. Ill, 2. 

 Herb agrimony. 



Spongy watery places ; perennial ; July and August. 



Stem 3 feet high; brandies upright; leaves 3 to 5-parted, 

 beneath pale ; calathides many, terminal, corymbose, downy; 

 Jlotvers 5 or 6 ; corollte purplish. — -Herb emetic and pur- 

 <;ative in small doses alterative; root diui'etic. 



^. lanceolatum,. Upper leaves lanceolate. 



Eii])atoriuin cannabinum folio integro, seu non digitato, Dilkn in Rait 

 Syn. 180, 1 *. 



Fam.V. 40. DIPSACE^. Jussieu. 



Floivers aggregate, on a common receptacle girt with a 

 many-leaved pericline ; calyx double ; outer calyx persist- 

 ent, not adherent to the ovary; inner closely adherent, 

 limb membranaceous or pappose; corollce inserted on the 

 apex of the inner calyx, l-petaled, tubijlar, 4< or 5-lobed, 

 often irregular; stamens 5^ inserted at the base of the tube, 

 as many as the lobes, alternating with them ; anthers dhr 

 tinct; ovary 1, in the contracted apex of the inner calyx; 

 style 1; stigma simple; akeniimi 1-seeded, inclosed in the 

 calyx; 5eef/ pendent; perisperm fleshy, firm; corculum 

 straight, radicle above; cotyledons oblong. — Stem herba- 

 ceous; leaves opposite. 



Inner calyx not cut; 

 peridine-scales unequal, long . . . ■ Dipsacus. 243. 



InJier calyx not cut ; 

 pericllne-scales equal , . Galedragon. 244. 



Inner calyx 5-toothed, bristlelikc ; 

 outer 5-toothed ; clinanthns chaffy Succisa. 245. 



Inner calyx 5-toothed, bristleshape ; 

 outer dilated ; clinanthm chaffy Columbaria. 246. 



Inner calyx many-toothed, bristleshape; 

 outer 4-toothed ; clinanthns hirsute ...... Scabiosa. 247 



I. 243. DIPSACUS. Dioscoridcs. Teasel. 



Peridine-scales many, inflected ; clinanthus long, chaffy ; 



chaffs spinous, longer than the flowers; calyx double; outer 



angular, inner pedicelled ; corolltc l-cut ; stamens 4, ex- 



