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COMPOSITAE. 



Vol. III. 



31. Solidago Elliottii T. & G. Elliott's 



Golden-rod. Fig. 4243. 



Solidago Elliottii T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 218. 1841. 

 Solidago elliptica Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2 : 376- 

 1 824. Not Ait. 1789. 



Stem glabrous, or minutely puberulent 

 above, stout, 3-6 high, simple, or branched 

 at the inflorescence. Leaves firm, oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, rarely ovate-oblong, acute 

 or acuminate, sessile by a broad base, or 

 sometimes narrowed below, finely serrate, 

 crenate-serrate, or the upper entire, rough 

 on the margins, pinnately veined, glabrous on 

 both sides, or puberulent on the veins be- 

 neath, l'-S' long, 4"-l2" wide ; heads about 

 3" high, more or less secund on the short, 

 spreading or recurving branches of the nar- 

 row panicle ; bracts of the involucre linear- 

 oblong, obtuse ; rays 6-12, short ; achenes pu- 

 bescent. 



In swamps, Nova Scotia (?), Massachusetts 

 to North Carolina and Georgia, mainly near the 

 coast. Sept.-Oct. 



32. Solidago neglecta T. & G. Swamp 

 Golden-rod. Fig. 4244. 



Solidago neglecta T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 213. 1841. 



Stem glabrous, or slightly rough above, simple, 

 rather stout, 2-4 high. Leaves firm, the basal 

 and lower ones lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 large, sometimes 12' long, acute or acutish, closely 

 serrate or serrulate, tapering into margined peti- 

 oles, rough on the margins ; upper leaves smaller, 

 lanceolate, acute, sessile, serrate or nearly entire; 

 heads about 2I" high, more or less secund on the 

 short branches of the thyrsoid panicle; rays 3-8, 

 small ; bracts of the involucre thin, linear-oblong, 

 obtuse ; achenes glabrous, or nearly so. 



In swamps and bogs, Maine to Vermont, Michigan, 

 Maryland, Illinois and Wisconsin. Recorded north 

 to New Brunswick. Forms with the heads little 

 secund resemble 5. uliginosa. Pyramid-golden-rod. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



33. Solidago uniligulata (DC) Porter. 

 Few-rayed Golden-rod. Fig. 4245. 



Bigelovia (?) uniligulata DC. Prodr. 5: 329. 1836. 

 Solidago linoides T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 216. 1841. 



Not Soland. 

 Solidago neglecta var. linoides A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1 : 



Part 2. 154. 1884. 

 5. uniligulata Porter, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 320. 1894. 



Stem simple, slender, ii-2i high, glabrous, or 

 slightly pubescent above. Leaves firm, obscurely 

 pinnately veined, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 finely and sharply serrate, acute or acuminate, the 

 lower long-petioled. 4 '-9' long, 4"-g" wide, the 

 upper sessile, the uppermost very small and erect: 

 heads about 2" high, densely secund on the short 

 spreading or recurving branches of the small 

 naked panicle: rays 1-4: bracts of the involucre 

 firm, linear-oblong, obtuse ; achenes glabrous. 



In bogs and swamps, Newfoundland to New York, 

 New Jersey, Ontario and Illinois. Aug.-Sept. 



