Composite ifamil^. 



Thoroughwort. Eupatoriwm perfoUatum. 



Boneset. 



Pound in roadside thickets, and the borders of copses, duiing July 

 and August. 



The simple stalk, commonly about 2 feet high, sometimes grows to 

 the height of 4 feet ; it is large, strong-fibred, round, and hairy to the 

 touch. In color pale green. 



The leaf is lance-shaped, with a long fine-pointed tip, and united 

 at the base to the opposite leaf, completely encircling the stalk as 

 though strung upon it ; the margin is finely notched, the midrib stout, 

 with many veins showing ; the upper surface is rough, the underside is 

 hairy. The color is a strong green. The pairs of leaves are set at right 

 angles with each other, and at a considerable space apart. 



The flowers are small and feathery ; greenish white. They are 

 gathered in small tuft-like heads, and arranged in loose, leafy, terminal 

 clusters, on short, stout, pale stems. 



A charming kink in the outline marks the joining of the leaves. 

 The pleasant perfume of the blossoms is proclaimed by the frequent 

 visits of the bees. Sometimes the flower-cluster spreads to an un- 

 expected size ; personal measurement has discovered a plant, but 18 

 inches in height, whose clustered bloom was fully a foot across. 



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