Eupatorium

[Derived by Linnæus from Mithridates Eupator, who first used it as a counter-poison.] ( Bot. ) A genus of plants, order Aster a cere. They are perennial herbs, with opposite or verticillate leaves. Heads corymbose. Flowers of the cyanic series, that is, white, blue, red, ., never yellow. The leaves of E. glutinosum constitute a sort of matico, which is employed as a styptic. E. ayapana and per folia tum are employed as antidotes to the bites of venomous reptiles. There are no le than 17 species of this genus in America, the most familiar of which are E. fistulosum, the Trumpetweed; E. maculatum, the Spotted Eupatorium; E. rotun difolium, the Hoarhound; E. per folia tum, the Thoroughwort, or Boneset; E. ager a to ides, the nettle-leaved Eupatorium; and E. a rom at i cum, the Aromatic Eupatorium. Eu'patrid, n. [Gr. eu, well, and pater, a father.] A person who is well-born. Eupen, ( oi'pen ,) a flourishing manufacturing town of Rhenish Pru ia, on the Weeze, 10 m. from Aix-laChapelle. Manuf . Woollens, soap, paper, . Pop . 14,224. Eu'pepsy, or Eupep's ia, n. [Gr. eupepsia - eu , and peps is , digestion, from pes so , pep to , to digest.] ( Med .) Good digestion or concoction in the stomach; good digestion.