COMPOSITAE. 



VOL. III. 



ig. Solidago Randii (Porter) Britton. Rand's 

 Golden-rod. Fig. 4231. 



Solidago Virgaurea Randii Porter, Bull. Torr. Club 20 : 208. 



1893- 

 Solidago Virgaurea Redfieldii Porter, Bull. Torr. Club 20 : 



209. 1893. 

 Solidago Virgaura monlicola Porter, Bull. Torr. Club 20: 



209. 1893. 

 Solidago Virgaurea Deanei Porter, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 320. 



1894. 

 Solidago Randii Britton, Manual 937. 1901. 



Somewhat pubescent, at least above, often glutinous; 

 stem usually simple, rather stout, s'-2 high. Basal 

 leaves oblanceolate, broadly spatulate, or obovate, 3'-8' 

 long, i' wide, or less, obtuse or acute, mostly dentate, 

 narrowed into margined petioles ; stem leaves few, ses- 

 sile, or the lower petioled, oblong-lanceolate to spatu- 

 late, acute; heads 3"-4" high, in a dense or interrupted, 

 rarely branched thyrsus and often in axillary clusters; 

 bracts of the involucre obtuse or acute; achenes more 

 or less pubescent. 



In dry, mostly rocky situations, Maine, New Hampshire, 



Vermont and northern New York to Michigan and on high mountains in Virginia.- Referred, in our 

 first edition, as by previous authors, to the Old World Solidago Virgaurea L. Aug.-Sept. 



20. Solidago racemosa Greene. River-bank 

 Golden-rod. Fig. 4232. 



S. racemosa Greene, Pittonia 3: 160. 1897. 



Nearly glabrous, sometimes glutinous; stems sim- 

 ple, usually somewhat glutinous, 6'-i8' high. Lower 

 and basal leaves oblanceolate, obtuse or acutish, den- 

 tate, or crenate, i|'-4' long, 2j"-4" wide, narrowed 

 into slightly margined petioles ; stem leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate, oblong or linear, numerous, crenate or 

 entire, mostly acute, smaller; heads about 3" high, 

 distinctly peduncled, in a terminal simple or branch- 

 ed thyrsus ; bracts of the involucre linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, or the inner acutish ; achenes striate, pubes- 

 cent. 



On rocky river-banks, Newfoundland to northern New 

 York, Vermont and Virginia. Described, in our first 

 edition, under the name S. Purshii Porter, which proves 

 to be untenable. July-Sept. 



Solidago chrysolepis Fernald, of Quebec, has bright 

 yellow acute involucral bracts. 



21. Solidago Gillmani (A. Gray) Steele. 

 Gillman's Golden-rod. Fig. 4233. 



5". humilis Gillmani A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17 : 



191. 1882. 

 6". Virgaurea Gillmani Porter, Bull. Torr. Club 20 : 



209. 1893. 

 S. Gillmani Steele, Contr. Nat. Herb. 13 : 367. 



191 1. 

 5". racemosa Gillmani Fernald, Rhodora 10: 91. 



1908. 



Glabrous, except the puberulent inflores- 

 cence ; stem erect or reclining, rather stout, 

 sometimes 3 long. Lower and basal leaves 

 spatulate or oblanceolate, dentate, 3'-i2' long, 

 narrowed into long narrowly margined peti- 

 oles ; upper stem leaves lanceolate to linear- 

 lanceolate, gradually smaller; inflorescence 

 narrowly thyrsoid-paniculate, sometimes 16' 

 long; heads distinctly peduncled, about 4" 

 high ; bracts of involucre oblong, scarcely 

 glutinous ; rays 6-10, deep yellow, 2" long ; 

 achenes sparingly pubescent. 



Sandy shores of Lakes Michigan and Superior. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



