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teen,) eight to ten flowered, leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, pubescent, imbri- 
cate. Corolla small, white, glabrous. Style nearly twice as long as the 
corolla, two-cleft, stigmas simple. Seed angular, pappus scabrous. 
A decoction of this plant is much used and recommended in fevers; it 
acts as an emetic or sudorific, according to the constitution of the patient. 
Grows in wet soils. 
Flowers September— October. 
17. Ceanothifolium. 
Foliis petiolatis, o- 
vatis, acuminatis, den- 
tatis, triplinervibus, 
sub glabris; involucris 
5 — 10 floris, squamis 
subaequalibus. 
Muhl. 
Leaves on petioles, 
ovate, acuminate, too- 
thed, triplinerved, some- 
what glabrous; involu- 
crum 5 — 10 flowered, 
scales nearly equal. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1755. Pursh, 2. p. 514. 
Stem two to three feet high, sometimes slightly pubescent. Leaves opposite, 
on petioles about an inch long, ovate-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, dentate, 
triplinerved, strongly veined, slightly scabrous, and pubescent along the veins, 
very obtuse at base. Flowers in terminal corymbs. Involucrum ten-leaved, 
five to ten flowered; leaves nearly equal, one or two sometimes smaller than 
the rest, all linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla white. Style longer 
than the corolla, two-cleft. Seeds angled. Pappus hairy, less scabrous 
than usual in the preceding species. 
From my much valued friend Dr. Schweinitz, I received under the name 
ofE. Melissoides, a plant nearly allied to this. It differs however by its 
leaves, moie pubescent, more acuminate, less scabrous, and less obtuse 
at base, and its florets generally more numerous, eight to twelve in each 
capitulum. It may prove a distinct species, but it is scarcely the E. Melis- 
soides described by Willdenow. It was collected around Salem, N. Carolina, 
Grows in shaded rich soils. Paris Island, near Beaufort, 
Flowers September. 
18. Ageratoides. 
E. foliis petiolatis, 
ovato-lanceolatis, acu- 
minatis, triplinervibus, 
grosse serratis, glabris; 
corymbo multifloro; 
Leaves on petioles, 
ovate-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, triplinerved, 
coarsely serrate, gla- 
brous; corymb many 
