Genus 22. 



THISTLE FAMILY 



22. Solidago sciaphila Steele. Shadowy 

 Golden-rod. Fig. 4234. 



5 1 . sciaphila Steele, Contr. Nat. Herb. 13: 371. 1911. 



Glabrous, except the ciliate leaf-margins and pu- 

 berulent inflorescence, 2-3i high, light green. 

 Leaves thin in texture, sparingly faintly veined, the 

 lower spatulate to broadly oblanceolate, obtuse, 3 '-5' 

 long, narrowed into long petioles, the upper oblong 

 to oblong-lanceolate, sessile, smaller ; heads race- 

 mose on the slender branches of the narrow thyrsus, 

 on peduncles as long, as the involucre or longer ; 

 involucre campanulate, about 3" long, its bracts 

 linear-oblong, obtuse ; rays about 5, light yellow, 

 short. 



Shaded cliffs of the Wisconsin River, Sauk County, 

 Wisconsin. Aug.-Sept. 



23. Solidago sempervirens L! Sea-side 

 Golden-rod. Fig. 4235. 



Solidago sempervirens L. Sp. PI. 878. 1753. 

 5". angustifolia Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2 : 38S. 1824. 

 Not Mill. 1768. 



Stem stout, leafy, usually simple, 2-8 high, 

 glabrous or slightly puberulent above. Leaves 

 thick, fleshy, entire, with 2-5 pairs of lateral 

 veins, the lower and basal ones oblong, spatu- 

 late or lanceolate, mostly obtuse, sometimes i 

 long, narrowed into long petioles; upper leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute ; 

 heads 3"-s" high, in secund racemes of a large 

 terminal often leafy panicle; rays 8-10, showy; 

 bracts of the involucre lanceolate, acute. 



On salt marshes, sea-beaches, along tidal rivers 

 and in sandy soil near the sea. Nova Scotia and 

 New Brunswick to Florida and Mexico. Also in 

 Bermuda. Salt-marsh or beach golden-rod. Aug.- 

 Dec. 



24. Solidago odora Ait. Sweet or Anise- 

 scented Golden-rod. Fig. 4236. 



Solidago odora Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 214. 1789. 

 Solidago odora inodora A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 244. 

 1867. 



Slender ; stem simple, glabrous, or minutely 

 pubescent above, 2-4 high. Leaves usually 

 punctate, anise-scented when bruised, or some- 

 times inodorous, lanceolate, quite entire, acute 

 or acuminate, 2'-4' long, 3" -8" wide, sessile, 

 or the lowermost petioled ; heads 2"-2l" high, 

 secund on the spreading racemes of the termi- 

 nal, usually ample panicle ; rays 3 or 4, 2" -3" 

 long; bracts of the involucre oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, the inner much longer than the 

 outer. 



In dry soil. Nova Scotia (according to Som- 

 mers) ; New Hampshire to Florida, New York, 

 Kentucky, Missouri and Texas. Blue mountain- 

 tea. True golden-rod. July-Sept. 



