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COMPOSlTiE. [Solidago, 



the Saskatcbavvan specimens appear to be yellow, as do some from Dr. Short (Kentucky) ; while others 

 in the same Collection seem to be white. 



16. S. lanata; tota arachnoldeo-lanata, foliis spathulato-lanceolatis adpresso-serratis 

 inferioribus petiolatis superioribus parvis integerrimis, racemis erectis terminalibus subsim- 

 plicibus, involucri foliolis obtusis glabriu sculls. 



Hab, Plains of the Saskatchawan, near the Rocky Mountains. Drumwoncf.— There is only one specimen 

 of this very well marked species in the Collection. It will rank between ^S". bicolor and S, petiolaris, 



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17. S. stricta; caule erecto glabro, foliis caulinis lanceolatis integerrimis glabris margine 

 scabris, radicalibus serratis, racemis paniculatis erectis, pedunculis glabris. Ait Hort, Kew. 

 ed, 1. V. 3. p. 216, Purshy FL Am. v. 2. p. 540. Elliott^ Carol, v. 2. p. 383. Rich, in 

 Frankl. \st Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 33. 



Hab. Lake Huron. Dr, Todd, Woody country between lat. 54° and 64^^. 7>r. Richardson, Carlton 

 House on the Saskatchawan. Drummond. 



18. S. confertijlora ; (Nutt MSS. in Herb. BoottJ robusta, caule crasso superne pubes- 

 cente, foliis glabris inferioribus latissimis ovali-spathulatis serratis acutis marginibus scabris, 

 superioribus sessilibus lanceolato-ellipticis integerrimis, racemis glomeratis rigidis pubescen- 

 tibus, involucri multiflori foliolis sqviamosis, radiis elongatis 10-12. — S. squamosa. Nutt. 

 Gen. Am. v. 2. p. 161. (non MtiAL) — S. glomerata. Mich.? (Boott.) Elliott^ Carol, v. 2. 

 p. 387? 



Hab. Canada. Mrs. Sheppard. Mr, Goldie. Lady Dalkousie. — I have received this very fine and dis- 

 tinct species from about Boston, (JB. D, Greene, Esq.^^ia^ from New- York and New-Jersey. (2?r, Torrey,) 



19. S. IcBvigata; caule erecto laevi, foliis lanceolatis camosis integerrimis undique 

 Isevibus, racemis paniculatis erectis, pedunculis squamosis villosis, ligulis elongatis. Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. 1, v. 3. p. 215. Purshy FL Am. v. 2. p. 541. 



Har. Canada. Pursh, — My specimen from the New England States, which has been compared with the 

 one in the Banksian Herbarium, does not appear to me to differ from S. Mexicana^ L., of which, too, Pursh 

 seems to consider it a variety. 



20. S. viminea; caule erecto subpubescente, foliis lineari-lanceolatis membranaceis basi 

 attenuatis glabris margine scabris, infimis subserratis, racemis erectis, ligulis elongatis. 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 215. Purshy FL Am. v. 2. p. 541. 



Hab. Canada. Pursh. 



21. S. macrophylla; foliis inferioribus ovatis acuminatis attenuatis inaequaliter argute 

 serratis glabris, caulinis lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis subsessilibus serratis, racemis axil- 

 laribus pedunculatis foliosis longltudine foliorum, involucris oblongis turgidis multifloris, 

 ligulis subelon gatis. Herb. Banks. MSS. — Pursh, FL Am. v. 2. p. 542. 



Hab. Canada. Herb. Banks. (Ph.) 



22. S. flexicatdis ; caxde (plerumque) flexuoso glabro angulato, foliis serratis glabris, race- 

 mis erectis glomeratis axillaribiis folio multo brevioribus — a. foliis lanceolatis. — S. flexicaulis. 

 Linn. Herb, (fide Boott.) Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. \.v. 3. p. 317* Purshy FL Am. v. 2. 

 p. 542. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 386. — S. axillaris. Herb. Banks.— Purshy FL Am. v. 2. 



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