1358 CARDUACEAE 
. S. dispersa Small. Stem 7-12 dm. tall, glabrous or sparingly wd eds, 
pope in the inflorescence: lower leaf- blades oblong-oblanceolate, 8—15 e 
ong, glabrous or sparingly hairy on the wd o y crenate- -serrate, shin m 
i above, duller beneath, tapering to a margined petiole-like base; upper 
leaves much reduced: thyrse ‘lo ong and narrow, ie heads little secund, or with a 
few long n spreading paar flower-bearing towards the end and the 
heads secund: heads 6 . high: involucre turbinate- ‘eampanulate ; bracts 
ee i bins achene E pM) obseurely ribbe d.—Low 
andy open woods, Coastal Plain, Miss. to Tex.—Sum.-fall. 
52. S. kama L. ate 3-25 dm. b strongly pubescent above, with the 
hairs stiff, pustular, glabrate towards the base, closely leafy larger leaf- 
blades oblanceolate = - oblong -lanceolate, 5-10 em. long, 1.5-2 c i Wide, sharply- 
serrate, acuminate, thi n, prominently veined and Sacs hairy be- 
neath, A prs mae viue dm. long, Ed branches few to ae í 
peduncles moderately bracteolate: s small, 3-4 mm. high: involucre cylin- 
drie: involueral bracts few, rather thin, the inner pore mostly obtusish: 
achene appressed-hairy, obseu urely few-ribbed. [S. ru gosa Mil. S. Earlei 
Small]— "ax. pod and woodlands, dry soil, often very abundant, various 
provinces, Fla Mo., Ont, and Newf. — Sum.-fall—One of our most 
abundant and ideo distributed i of Solidago 
53. S. celtidifolia Small. Stem 6—20 dm. tall, eel doe re a eria 334 
short pubeseent above, glabrate towards bas m-hair 
y : 
1.5-2.5 em. w e 
sile or very short-petioled, very conspicuously veined especially below, the 
petiole somewhat glandular: thyrse variable, us aly very large: peduncles 
usually strongly bracteolate: heads small, 4—5 mm. high, involucre turbinate- 
cylindric; bracts few, firm, the inner linear, acutish: achene hairy, obscurely 
few-ribbed.— Wind soil or dry woodlands, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex., Ark., 
and Ga.—Sum.-fal 
54. S. Elliottii T. & G. Stem 8-18 dm. tall, pele striate or striate- oe 
usually simple below the inflorescence: cauline leaves numerous; blades aren 
or nearly so, 5-10 em. long, acute or slightly ae bluntly serrate, thic 
glabrous, sometimes scabrous on the margins, somewhat veiny, igne or dese 
so: thyrse rather crowded, the branches glabrous pd nearly so, with broad, 
entire or obscurely toothed, acute, foliaceous bracts a mong ihe : secund err 
peduncles glabrous or nearly so: involucre nearly eylindri c, 5-6 mm. high; 
bracts thick, the outer ovate, obtuse or acutish, the inner linear or slight tly 
linear- -spatulate, with D erect tips: ray- -flowers about 8; disk-flowers abou t 
4, usually 2 or 3, nad than the ray- -flowers ; achenes very sparingly hispidulous, 
sharply ribbed.—Damp rich soils, Parris Isla nd, S. C., and doubtless at other 
points along the SO er Atlantic coast.—Fa 1l. — This species ee to be 
known only from the original specimen from Parris Island, S. C. Specimens 
ranging all the way from eastern Georgia to eastern Canada have been errone- 
ously referred it. 
55. S. Edisoniana Mackenzie. Stem 12-50 dm. tall, glabrous below, often 
sparingly n ne rather pte o idged abo ove, often irregularly 
branched: cauline leaves very numerou ri rege elliptic, ‘sometime es elliptic- 
oblanceolate m the lower part of the stem ara eer aa above, 5-17 
. long, usually a shallowly a, eae above, pubescen t with 
sca ae red hairs beneath, finely v Hiper. sessi ile: media e densely flowered, the 
branches elose 2 fine- pubescent, with rather aA finely toothed and scabro ous- 
ma d acute bracts among the oad heads: pedu m minutely pubescent: 
once broadly campanulate, 5 mm. high; up thin but firm, the outer ovate- 
