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EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN. 



Fig. 224 (195). 



Horse-weed. Mare's-tail. A Fleabane. Erigeron canadensis L. (Leptilon canadense 

 (L.) Britton.) Erect, bristly-hairy, 60-270 cm. high; leaves very numerous,, very nar- 

 row; heads very numerous, bearing very short rays on the margins. A native plant 

 now of wide distribution at home and abroad. Waste places, "common and abundant. 

 Sometimes cut and distilled for the oil. 



