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41. SOLIDAGO. | 
Solidago, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 995; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 256. 
A genus of about eighty species, herbaceous or, in a few instances, woody at the 
base. They are nearly all North-American, one of them being also widely dispersed in 
temperate Europe and Asia. Two or three are common in Extratropical South America ; 
and one (S. mexicana, Linn, ?) is naturalized (?) and very abundant in the Azores. 
1. Solidago californica, Nutt. in Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. n. s. vii. p. 238. 
CatirorniA.—Norta Mexico, Chihuahua (Thurber). 
2. Solidago marshalli, Rothr. in Bot. Wheeler’s Surv. 1878, p. 146. 
Norts Mexico, Chiricahua (Rothrock). 
3. Solidago mexicana, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 879; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iv. 
p. 104; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 211. 
Solidago limonifolia, Pers. Syn. ii. p. 449. 
South Mexico, between Chalco and Chapultepec, at about 7000 feet (Humboldé & 
Bonpland). 
There is some uncertainty regarding the native country of the plant described by 
Linneus under this name; and there are only cultivated specimens of it in the Kew 
herbarium. 
4, Solidago odora, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. p. 214; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 
li. p. 219. | 
Solidago puncticulata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 332. 
Solidago gonoclada, DC. Prody. v. p. 334 ? 
CanabDa southward.—Mexico, Zacuapan (Linden, 478), Jalapa, at 3000 feet ( Galeotti, 
2281), around the city of Mexico (Berlandier).—Also in Extratropical Sourn AmErica, 
on the west side. Hb. Kew. : 
5. Solidago paniculata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 340. 
Solidago mexicana, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iv. p. 104? 
Mexico (Alaman). : 
6. Solidago scabrida, DC. Prodr. v. p. 331. 
NortH Mexico, San Luis Potosi to Tampico (Palmer, 1098), valley of Mexico and 
Orizaba (Bourgeau, 376). Hb. Kew. | 
7. Solidago simplex, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iv. p. 103. 
SoutH Mexico, near Santa Rosa, at 7800 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland). 
8. Solidago spathulata, DC. Prodr. v. p. 839. 
Mexico (Henke). 
