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4. Solidago bicolor L. White Goldenrod. Stem rather 

 stout, hirsute-pubescent, sometimes glabrous, simple, or 

 branched, ^-4 ft. high. The basal and the lower leaves obovate 

 to broadly oblong, mostly obtuse, narrowed into long margined 

 petioles, dentate to dentate-crenulate, sometimes pubescent, 

 2-6 in. long, 1-2 in. wide; the upper leaves smaller, oblong to 

 lanceolate, often acute, mostly sessile and entire. Heads 

 crowded into a narrow terminal thyrsus, 2-7 in. long or clustered 

 in the upper axils; involucral bracts whitish, obtuse; rays 

 white. Achenes glabrous. In dry soil. July to September. 

 Columbiana, Geauga, Cuyahoga, Summit, Wayne, Erie, Fair- 

 field, Vinton, Jackson, Lawrence. 



5. Solidago hispida Muhl. Hairy Goldenrod. Stem densely 

 pubescent or hirsute, simple or branched, 1^-3 ft. high. The 

 lower and basal leaves oval, obtuse or acute, petioled, pubescent 

 on both sides, mostty dentate, 2-5 in. long, 1-2 in. wide; the 

 upper leaves smaller, oblong, sessile, acute, dentate or entire. 

 Heads crowded in a dense terminal thyrsus, also often in 

 racemose clusters in the upper axils; involucral bracts yellowish, 

 obtuse. Achenes with a few appressed hairs or glabrous. 

 In dry soil. August and September. Ottawa, Lake. 



6. Solidago erecta Pursh. Slender Goldenrod. A slender 

 rarely branched plant, 2-3 ft. high, glabrous or puberalent above. 

 Leaves firm, glabrous on both sides; ciliolate on the margins; 

 the lower and basal leaves oblong to oval, obtuse, crenate- 

 dentate, the upper lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, acute and 

 usually entire. Heads in a narrow terminal thyrsus, sometimes 

 with a few clusters in the upper axils ; rays light yellow ; bracts of 

 the involucre obtuse. In dr}- soil. August-September. Fair- 

 field, Hocking, Meigs. 



7. Solidago uliginosa Nutt. Bog Goldenrod. A rather 

 stout plant with simple glabrous stem, 2-4 ft. high with the 

 branches of the inflorescence somewhat pubescent. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, firm, glabrous, mostly ciliolate or 

 scabrous on the margins, few-veined, acute to acuminate, the 

 lower and basal ones 4-9 in. long, |-1^ in. wide, somewhat 

 serrate and narrowed into petioles; the upper, smaller, sessile 

 and entire. Heads in a terminal, oblong, dense thyrsus with 

 appressed branches; bracts of the involucre linear-oblong, 

 obtuse. Achenes glabrous. August-September. In swamps 

 and bogs. Lucas, Portage, Stark, Wayne, Licking, Franklin. 



