Class XIX. Order II. 195 



hairy, branching at top. Leaves numerous, sessile, lanceolate, 

 rough, irregularly veined, serrate or toothed, the serratures di- 

 vergent. Panicle consisting of many recurved branches, with 

 the flowers tending upward ; the whole inclining to one side. 

 Flowers numerous, yellow. September. Perennial. 



SOLIDAGO C^ESIA. Ait. Blue stemmed Golden rod. 



Stem glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate, glabrous, paler underneath ; racemes axil- 

 lary. 



An elegant species, remarkable for the brightness and vari- 

 ety of its colours. Stem slender, smooth, of a dark bluish col- 

 our, someAvhat flexuous. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, tapering 

 to a long point, smooth, green above, pale, and somewhat glau- 

 cous underneath. Racemes numerous, situated, one in the ax- 

 il of each leaf, for a great length upon the stem. Flowers of a 

 very bright and durable yellow. Woods. September. Per- 

 ennial. 



SOLIDAGO L^EVIGATA. Mt. JIursh Golden rod. 



Stem erect, smooth ; leaves lanceolate, fleshy, 

 entire, smooth in all parts ; racemes panicled, 

 erect ; peduncles scaly, villous ; ligules elongated. 

 Mi. 



A tall, rank inhabitant of the borders of salt marshes, where 

 its large, yellow tops are very conspicuous in September. Stem 

 thick, round, smooth, leafy, from four to six feet high. Leaves 

 thick, fleshy, perfectly smooth, and without serratures. Ra- 

 cemes numerous, crowded, somewhat recurved. Flowers 

 large, yellow, the ligules of the ray nearly as long as the disc. 

 Perennial. 



SOLIDAGO BICOLOR. L. White, Golden rod. 



Stem and leaves hairy ; leaves elliptical. HIP 



