COMPOSITE. 200 SOLIDAGO. 



pubescent. Leaves small, rigid, nearly entire, curved backwards. Flowers 

 in long racemes constituting a diffuse panicle. Hanging-Leaved Goldearod. 



§ § § § Heads in secund racemes. * * Leaves veiny, t all entire. 



19. S. sempervi'rens. 



Stem erect, smooth ; leaves lanceolate, somewhat succulent, smooth, entire, 

 rough-edged, closely sessile; racevies paniculate ; pe^/untZes pubescent. In 

 swamps and on river banks. Stem ',\ — 5 feet high, purplish, somewhat 

 glaucous, with numerous long and narrow leaves. Heads large. Rays about 

 b, long and narrow. Sept. Evergreen Goldenrod. 



20. S. odo'ra. 



Stem pubescent, slender ; leaves linear-lanceolate, very entire, smooth, 

 punctate with pellucid dots, rough-margined; ractincs paniculate, secund. 

 In dry, fertile woodlands and sunny hills. The only species of Solidago 

 whicli has properties generally considered either agreeable or useful. The 

 leaves have a pleasant aromatic taste and smell, and yield by distillation a 

 fragrant volatile oil, which resides in the pellucid reservoirs with which they 

 are tilled. When properly dried they are also said to be a good substitute for 

 tea. Stem 2 — 3 teet high, slender, furrowed and pubescent above. Panicle 

 usually one-sided. Racemes 2 — o inches long, spreading horizontally, each 

 generally with a leaf at base and a single row of flowers on the upper side. 

 July — Sept. Sweet-scented Goldenrod. 



§ § § § Heads in secund racemes. ** Leaves veiny, 1 1 lower ones serrate. 



21. S. PA'TULA. Muh. 



Stem erect, smooth, striate ; Icnvcs elliptical, serrate, rough on the upper, 

 smooth on the under surl'ace, lower ones oblong-spathulate ; rwccnies panicu- 

 late, spreading, secund ; ;jerf?<«c/e.<; pubescent. In moist woods, &c. Stem 

 2 feet high, virgate, angular, with leafy branches at top. Stem leaves sessile, 

 an inch long; root leaves quite large. Racemes short, on the ends of the 

 leafy branches, with large flowers. Sept. Spread Goldenrod. 



22. S. negle'cta. t. 4- G. 



S/em smooth; /eares rather thick, smooth, varying from ovate-lanceolate to 

 narrow-lanceolate, tapering to both ends, feather-veined, entire, the lower 

 and radical ones subserrate; rarcjnes secund, dense, somewhat spreading, on 

 elongated, slender, suberec.t branches, which are somewhat leafy at base ; 

 orhetiia smooth. Grows in swamps. Stems 2 — 4 feet high, straight, round, 

 dividing at top into several nearly erect branches forming an elongated 

 panicle. The leaves are sometimes nearly tripli-nerved, often very scabrous 

 on the margin. Racemes short. Heads middle-size, 12 — 25 (8 — 12, Gray.) 

 flowered. Scales obtuse. Aug. Sept. 



23. S. argu'ta. 



Stem erect, straight, smooth; leaves smooth, acutely and unequallj' serrate 

 with diverging teetli, cauline ones elliptical, sessile, highest ones entire and 

 small, radical ones oblong-ovate, attenuate at base into winged petioles; 

 racemes paniculate, secund, dense; heads small, numerous; rrt//5 about 10. 

 In meadows and woods. A smooth plant 2 — 3 feet high, with a large, dense, 

 corymbose panicle of very numerous small heads. Racemes recurved, a 

 finger's lengtli, the compound pedicels roughish, bracted. Aug. Sept. 



Shurp-nutchcd Goldenrod. 



p. juncea; leaves lanceolate, lower ones serrate, upper ones entire; sttvi 

 brownish, striate; rays tv.'ice as long as the involucre; jwnicle less dense. 



