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"Fever-root", the common name of Liatris on the
continent, is also known in Nantucket. Sept. 1888 -

Miss Mary Foster Coffin reports one plant of
Eupatorium purpureum, L- found by herself near
Miacomet Pond, Aug. 28, 1891 - The plant six or seven
feet high.

Mikania, Willd.
M. scandeus. L. One plant on the border of
Gibbs's Swamp. L.L. Dame, 1895.