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COMPOSITE, 



Latin Names. 



English Names. Geolog'l Station. 



Elephant's foot. 



Veronnia, Schreb . . . Iron weed 



V.Noveboracensis, Willd., 2 



*V. Baldwinii, Tour., 



V. fasciculata, Mich., 



*V. Jamesii, T. & Gr., 



*V. Arkanseana, D C. 



Elephantopus, L., . 



E. Carolinianus, Willd., 



*E. tomentosus, L., 



Liatris, Schr., 



L. elegans, Willd., . 



L. squarrosa, Willd., 



L. cylindracea, Mich., 



*L. punctata, Hook., 



L. graminifblia, Willd., 



L. spicata, Willd., . 



L pycnostachya, T. & G 



L. scariosa, Willd., 3 



Kuhnia, L. 



K. Eupatorioides, . 



Eupatorium, Tour., 



? E. purpureum, L., 



? E. coronopifolium, Willd., 



E. hyssopifolium, L., 



E. altissimum, L., . 



E. perfoliatum, L., 



E. serotinum, Mich., 



E. ageratoides, L., . 



Conoclinum, D C, 



C. coelestinum, D C., 



Sericocarpus, Nees., 



L. solidagineus, Nees., 



Aster, L., 



*A. paludosus, Ait., 



A. sericeus, Vent., . 



A. patens, Ait , 



Composite. 1 



On every ground 



Button snakeroot. 



Rattlesnake's master, 



Snakeroot, 



Through wort. 



Boneset, 



White Snakeroot,* 



Mist flower. 

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White-topped Aster, 

 Aster. Starwort. 



Limestone, 

 Sand, 



Limestone, 



Natural Habitat. 



and station. 



Arkansas River. 



Gravel of White River. 



Arkansas River. 

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Alluvial bottoms. 

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Cherty Limestone, Prairies and barrens 



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Limestone, 

 Sandstone, 

 Limestone, 



Rocky woods and prairies. 



Arid plains. 



Pine barren, North. Arks. 



Prairies. 



High prairies. 



Rocky barren. 



Limestone, 

 Alluvial, . 



Sandstone, 

 Limestone, 

 Alluvial Lime., 



Alluvial Lime., 

 Chert and sand, 



Limestone, 

 Sandy, 



Barren and prairies. 



Low ground. 

 Barren and prairies. 

 Dry rocky barren. 

 Thickets around prairies. 

 Swampy and rocky ground, 

 Damp soil. [springs. 



Borders of rich woodland. 



Rich banks and bottoms. 



Dry rocky woods. 



Barren and prairies. 

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Woods and prairies. 



1 This family contains the greatest number of American plants. It has no remarkable properties. 

 Some species are bitter, tonic, sudorific, and their virtue has been advocated without apparent reason as 

 snake-roots, for curing the bite of snakes. No American tree belongs to this family. It has mostly use- 

 less weeds and some fine flowering plants. 



3 Over-credulous people have been induced to believe that the presence of this plant indicates copper 

 in the ground below. It grows everywhere, and on every soil. 



2 The root of this species and L. squarrosa is said to possess powerful diuretic properties, and is also 

 used in decoction as a gargle for sore throat. (Darby.) All the Liatris are diuretic. 



4 This species, as well as the Boneset, has been indicated as causing milk sickness. They are entirely 

 harmless plants, which cannot injure the cattle. They contain a bitter, tonic, and febrifuge principle, 

 and are much used as popular medicines. The leaves of the Boneset are united together at the base. 

 Both common plants, Avith white flowers in umbellate panicles. 



