CARDUACEAE 1355 
long, 1.2-3 em. wide, obtuse or ec PER -ciliolate, entire: heads 5-7 mn 
high, in an elongate narrow panie , the branches short: involucral bracts ied 
rowly oblong-lanceolate 7 13, the ae 9 mm. long, oblong-oval: 
ng, % length of pappus, not narrowed S0.— 
34. S. Gattingeri Chapm. Stem 6-15 dm. tall, smooth and glabrous through- 
out: lower d des Moe Or narr rowly s spatulate, den shallowly 
serrate or entire: upper leaf-blades much sm Paper linear-oblanceolate, entire: 
panicle ie the branches w widely Spreading, g labrous, flower-bearing above 
the middle: heads 4—5 mm. high: s ois ee thick, narrowly oblong: 
achene sparingly silky aes —Limestone barrens, various provinces N of 
Coastal Plain, Tenn. to Tex. and Mo eun fall. 
9. S. pinetorum Small. Stem 4-11 dm. tall, smooth and glabrous through- 
out: lower leaf-blades mcus Sed co eronate- serrate above middle: 
upper leaf-blades smaller, narrower and entir P iele medium-sized, the 
nehes widely spreading, glabrous: heads 4- 5i high: unm bracts 
i oblong, the o a at apex: A Su. silky.—Pinewoods, 
Piedmont, N. C.— 
36. S. nemoralis Ait. Stem and res f plant grayish-green, 1-9 dm. tall, 
erect, E aa or rarely prostrate, ae short- oe ie lower ne blades 
oblanceolate or spatulate, 4-15 em. long, 1-2.5 ick, nate or 
crenate-dentate, rough gra ayish- pubescent Em both sides, e Men longer a 
the blade: upper leaf-blades ler, narrower and entire: 
medium-sized, jin aqu Ar, Or peu Eras sparingly p 
teolate: heads very numerous, 3 iom h, 1.5 m hick: involucral bracts 
rather thin: ree. of the T ray short.—Dry sunny situations, sube ides, banks, 
open no and especially in een various pro , Fla to Tex., Sask., 
and N. S.—Sum.—fall.—One of the most widely distributed. and abundant species 
of Solidago 
37. S. radula Nutt. Stem 3-11 dm. tall, erect or ascending, roughly short- 
a ia iut leaf- blades oblong-obovate, oblanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, 
4—8 c ong, 1-2.5 em. wide, firm, rough-hairy on both sides s, not at all hoary, 
ee. ae eae veined ben eath, nate-dentate, hui shallowly so, a 
nearly entire: upper leaf-blades modes maller: inflorescence narrow 
ample, the branches a erect to recurved-spr da ng: heads 4-6 m high: 
involucral bracts narrow, oe 1s Tigu les of the ray short.—Dry eens 
ledges, various provinces, N. C., . to Tex., Mo., and Ill.—Sum. -fal ll. 
. S. verna M. A. Cur Stem 5-9 dm. tall, p pubescent, sometimes 
almost villous: lower teat bla des 4- 9 em. long, 2-5 wide, tomentose be- 
neath, hispidulous above, acute, ind) vue. petioles as a as the blades 
or twice or thrice as long, stro ongly argined: orescence ae lax, the heads 
conspicuously peduncled: involucre broadly md cie 4—4.5 m igh; bracts 
linear, acutish: ray-flowers 10-12, the ligules linear- -oblong, bright. -yellow.— 
Pinelands, Coastal Plain, E N. C. 'and NE S. C.—Spr.—A very local species; 
rarely collected. 
9. S. da m Stem 5-9 dm. tall, ER below um inflorescence: 
lower leaf. blades 4-9 cm. long, 3—5 em. wide, e, glabrous on both sides 
dull-green a eeu -green du does pid serrate, aneqsiterity 
rounded at the base; petioles as long as the blades or up to eas | 
margined only: i typically somewhat lax, cu con- 
