GOLDEN ROD. 494 
that it has for some time been an article of ex- 
portation to China, where it fetches a high price. 
BOTANICAL REFERENCES. 
Solidago odora, Arron, Hort. Kew. iii. 214.—Pursn, ii. 539. 
—Virga Aurea Americana, Tarraconis facie et sapore, panicu- 
la speciosissima? PLUKENET, Alm, 389, t. 116,f. 6. 
PLATE XX. 
Fig. 1. Solida odora. 
Fig. 2. A flower magnified. 
Fig. 3. A floret of the ray. 
Fig. 4. 4 floret of the disc. 
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