COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composites. 



florets, in terminal clusters, furnish an abundance of 

 nectar for the visiting honeybee the rule with all Eu- 

 patoriums and Vernonias. 2-5 feet high. Common 

 everywhere on wet ground. 



The most attractive and graceful mem- 

 Snakeroot ber f thia g enerallv coarse genus. The 

 Eupatorium large- toothed leaves are deep green, 

 ageratoides smooth, thin, slender-stemmed, and nearly 

 Whste heart-shaped. Flowers white (not dull) 



u ^~ and peculiarly downy, like the garden 



Ageratum. 1-4 feet high. Rich woods 

 and copses. Me., south to Ga., and west to S. Dak., 

 Neb., and La. 



A very similar species with short- 

 Eupatorium stem med leaves, dull-toothed and blunt- 

 aromaticum , a __ 



pointed ; the flowers a trifle larger. Near 



the coast, from Mass, to Ga. The name is misleading 

 it is not aromatic. 



A tall, stout, handsome species belong- 

 TaH Blazing ifig to ft beautiful genug The ghowy 



LiaMs scariosa flower-spike set with magenta-purple to 

 Magenta- pale violet, tubular, perfect flowers, the 



purple heads sometimes f inch broad. Leaves 



Se^ember deep & reen h ar y> narrow lance-shaped, 

 and alternate-growing. The flowers ex- 

 hibit many aesthetic and variable tints. 2-6 feet high. 

 In dry situations, by roadsides and in fields. Me. , south, 

 and west to S. Dak. and Tex. 



A lower species (beginning to bloom in 



Liatris June) with smooth or often hairy, stiff, 



squarrosa .. . . . _ 



linear leaves, and with the few flowers on 



the spike bright magenta-purple and fully an inch long ; 

 the scales enveloping them are leaflike with sharp, spread- 

 ing tips. 6-22 inches high. Pa., south, and west to 8. 

 Dak. and Tex. 



A commoner species, smooth or nearly 

 Liatris go> W j^j 1 ii ne ar leaves and a closely set 



flower-spike sometimes fully 14 inches 

 long ; the flowers, about f inch broad, range from pur- 

 ple to violet or rarely to white. 2-5 feet high. Moist 

 low ground. Mass. , south, and west to S. Dak. and Ark. 

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