COMPOSITAE. 



Vol. 111. 



13. Solidago multiradiata Ait. Northern 

 ( iolden-rod. Fig. 4225. 



Solidago multiradiata Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 218. 1789. 



Stem glabrous or somewhat pubescent above 

 rather slender, 6' -15' high. Leaves firm, glabrous 

 or very nearly so, the basal and lower ones spatu- 

 late or oblanceolate, entire, or sparingly serrate, 

 obtuse, finely reticulate-veined, 3'-s' long, 3"-cj" 

 wide, the upper smaller, narrower, sessile, en- 

 tire; beads about 4" high, usually few in a termi- 

 nal rather compact, corymbose cyme, but the in- 

 florescence sometimes elongated and thyrsoid; 

 bracts of the involucre thin, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute or acutish ; glabrous; rays 8-15, prominent, 

 linear, achenes pubescent. 



Labrador and Hudson Bay to British Columbia, the 

 Rocky Mountains and Colorado. July-Aug. 



Solidago decumbens Greene, of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, with broader involucral bracts is recorded from 

 Mt. Albert, Quebec. 



14. Solidago puberula Xutt. Downy 



Golden-rod. Fig. 4226. 



Solidago puberula Nutt. Gen. 2: 162. 1818. 



Minutely puberulent, or glabrous, usu- 

 ally simple, rather slender, i2-3 high, 

 leafy. Stem leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 sparingly serrate or entire, \'-2 long, ses- 

 sile, or the lower petioled, basal leaves and 

 sometimes the lowest ones of the stem 

 spatulate. obtuse, often sharply serrate, 2'-^ 

 long, narrowed into margined petioles ; 

 heads about 2*" high, in a terminal, often 

 leafy thyrsus, the branches of which are 

 spreading or ascending; bracts of the invo- 

 lucre subulate, very acute ; achenes gla- 

 brous ; heads rarely a little secund. 



In sandy soil. Prince Edward Island to 

 Florida and Mississippi, near the coast and on 

 sandstone rocks in the Appalachian mountain 

 system, west to Tennessee. Minaret-golden- 

 rod. Aug.-Sept. 



15. Solidago stricta Ait. Wand-like or 

 Willow-leaf Golden-rod. Fig. 4227. 



Solidago s ricta Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 216. 1789. 



S. virgata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 117. 1803. 



Glabrous throughout, slender, erect, simple, 

 2-8 high. Basal and lowest stem leaves ob- 

 long, or somewhat spatulate, with few lateral 

 veins, obtuse, entire, or very sparingly dentate, 

 S'S' long, l'-l' wide, narrowed into long peti- 

 oles ; upper stem leaves abruptly smaller, nar- 

 rowly oblong, spatulate or linear, appressed, 

 the uppermost very small and bract-like ; heads 

 about 3" high, in a dense simple, or some- 

 times branched, naked thyrsus; bracts of the 

 involucre oblong, obtuse, or the inner acutish ; 

 achenes glabrous, or sparingly pubescent. 



In wet sandy pine-barrens. New Jersey to Flor- 

 ida and Louisiana. Also in western Cuba. Aug.- 

 Oct. 



