crorposiTK family 



4S. SoNCiius. — Bnu'ls imbricate in several rows ; ica'MairU'ildt, 

 naked, pitted ; fniil much flattened, net beaked ; pappiia of many 

 rows of white, simple, silky hairs. 



49. TRAGore'iGOX — Brads S — 10, long, narrow, united below; 

 receptacle naked ; jniit with longitudinal ridge's, and a long slender 

 beak : pappia of many rows of feather)' hairs. 



I. EuPATORiUNr (Hemp Agrimony). — Herbs or undershrubs ; 

 haves opposite ; /^eaJs in corymbose cvmes, ]iurplish, few-flowered ; 

 invohtcyal bracts imbricate, oblong ; receptacle fiat, naked ; florets 

 all tubular and perfect ; 

 styles much longer than 

 the florets ; pappus hairv. 

 (Name from Millirideiles 

 Ei'ipalur, who is said to 

 have brought the plant 

 into use. ) 



I. E. caiiuabiiniii! 



(Common Hemp Agri- 

 mony). — 'i'he onh' Brit- 

 ish species, a tall downy 

 plant, 3-6 feet high, 

 with a reddish stem ; 

 ixilmately 3 — 5-lobed 

 leaves with lanceolate 

 serrate leaflets ; and ter- 

 minal corymbs of small 

 crowned heads of dull 

 lilac fliiicers. remarkable 

 for their ver\' long, 

 deeply-cloven styles. — 

 Moist places : common. 

 Aromatic, and said to be 

 tonic. hi. |uly — Sep- 

 tember, l^erennial. 



:?. SoLiiiAC.o (Golden-rod). — Herbs or undershrubs ; leaves 

 cauline, scattered, simple : heads m branched cymes, yellow, with 

 ray-florets: bracts many, imbricate, adpressed ; receptacle ir3.ked : 

 pappus of one row of stiff' hairs. (Xame froin the Latin solidare, 

 to unite, from its supposed value in healing wounds.) 



T. 5. ]'irgaurea (Ciolden-rod). — The only f^ritish species, an 

 erect, little-branched plant. 2 — 3 feet high, with roughish, angular 

 steins : simple, lanceolate, entire or serrate leaves ; and con- 

 spicuous long terminal crowded clusters of small yellow heads. — 



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