218 COMPOSITiE. Solidago. 



49. S. amplexkaulis (Martens?) : stem velvety-pubescent, loosely branched 

 above ; leaves (thin) very veiny and reticulated, softly pubescent beneath, 

 scabrous above, serrate, acute or acuminate; the radical ovate or oblong, 

 abruptly narrowed into a slender margined petiole ; the lower cauline con- 

 tracted as if into a winged petiole, with a dilated auriculate-clasping base; 

 the upper ovate-lanceolate, somewhat panduriform, auriculate-clasping; the 

 uppermost usually entire ; racemes loosely paniculate, secund ; scales of the 

 involucre lanceolate; achenia minutely and softly pubescent ; disk -flowers 

 5-8; rays 1 or 2. — S. amplexicaulis, iVZartms, mem. acad. sci. Bruxelles, 

 1841 ? fide L'Institut, May 13, 1841 ; but we merely judge from the appro- 

 priates of the name, having seen no description. 



Louisiana, Dr. Leavenworth! Missouri, Mr. Duerinck? (Also? Mid- 

 dle Florida, Dr. Chafman!) Sept.-Oct.— A singular species (2-4 feet 

 high), very remarkable on account of its auriculate-amplexicaul leaves, 

 which are not unlike those of Aster prenanthoides, or A. patens var. phlogi- - 

 folius. Those of the stem are about 3 inches long, an inch and a half wide 

 in the middle, tapering to an acute apex, abruptly contracted below (the con- 

 tracted portion entire), and again much dilated at the insertion; this clasping 

 portion being either entire, or sharply serrate : the lowest leaves are similar, 

 except that the contracted portion is longer and narrower ; while the upper, 

 gradually reduced in size and often entire, are less contracted below. Ra- 

 cemes small, irregular. Heads small. Scales of the somewhat pubescent 

 involucre narrow, rather loose. "We more commonly observe but a single 

 ray-flower. 



50. S. brachyphylla (Chapman ! mss.) : stem scabrous-pubescent, often 

 virgately branched above, very leafy; leaves glabrous, with ciliate-scabrous 

 margins, obscurely veiny ; the lowest oblong-spatulate, tapering into a short 

 margined petiole, appressed-serrate ; the others oval or ovate, short, closely 

 sessile, often nearly entire ; the secund racemes disposed in a virgate pani- 

 cle; scales of the 'involucre oblong, obtuse; achenia minutely canescent; 

 disk-flowers 5-6 ; rays none ! 



Middle Florida, in fertile soil. Dr. Chapman! Dr. Alexander! Georgia 

 & Alabama, Baldwin! Le Conte /—Stem 4-6 feet high, often much branched 

 above; the branches elongated, erect. Leaves pale beneath, somewhat 

 shining above; the lower a'bout 3 inches long; the upper and those of the 

 branches an inch to half an inch in length, half an inch or less in breadth, 

 elliptical, ovate, or roundish, entire or sparingly serrate, sometirnes mucronu- 

 late-acute, the lower surface rather obscurely reticulate-veined. Heads 

 about the size of those of S. altissiraa. Scales of the involucre glabrous, very 

 minutely ciliate ; the exterior very short. — We find no rays in this well- 

 marked species; but some of the exterior flowers are occasionally destitute 

 of stamens. 



51. S. EllioUii: smooth and glabrous throughout; leaves very numerous, 

 oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, mucronate-acute or somewhat acuminate, ses- 

 sile, veiny, the margins scabrous, serrate with small appressed teeth, the up- 

 per often entire ; heads in crowded recurved racemes, forming a pyramidal 

 panicle; scales of the involucre linear, obtuse ; rays 8-10, scarcely longer 

 than the (5-7) disk-flowers; achenia minutely pubescent. — S. elliptica? 

 Ell.! sk. 2. p. 376 (founded on a branched specimen, with the panicle more 

 leafy and irregular than usual), not of Aii. 



Damp rich soil, in the low country of the Southern States, from Cape Fear 

 River, North Carolina, Mr. M. A. Curtis! & Paris Island, Elliott! to 

 Georgia, Lc Contc! (& herb. Z. Collins!) Sept.-Oct.— Stem 3-6 feet high, 

 simple, or sometimes branched above, the branches or summit angled ; the 

 peduncles and pedicels more or less pubescent — Allied to S. pilosa, and 

 very similar in the inflorescence, heads, &c. but differs in the smooth stem 



