112 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



with panicle much-branched, branches erect, much resembling 

 S. juncea, Ait., var. ramosa, Porter & Britt., in clearings. 

 Sunken Heath, and elsewhere (Rand). A form with inflores- 

 cence axillary, much prolonged, Emery District, and elsewhere 

 (Rand;. 



S. rugosa, Mill. S. altissima, T. & G., non L. 



Fields, thickets, and roadsides ; common. 



S. neglecta, T. «& G. Swamp Golden Rod. 



Swamps, bogs, and meadows. Especially common in sphag- 

 num bogs. 



Var. linoides (T. & G.), Gray. 



Sphagnum bogs; infrequent. Great Heath; The Heath, 

 Great Cranberry Isle (Rand). 



S. juncea, Ait. Early Golden Rod. 



Dry ground; common. The earliest flowering species of the 

 genus on the Island. A form more or less pubescent, Hio, 

 Southwest Harbor (Rand). A form approaching var. ramosa, 

 Porter & Britt., Jordan Mt. (Rand). 



S. serotina, Ait. 



Rare. Copses, Long Pond meadows (Redfield) ; — Salisbury 

 Cove (Clara L. Walley). 



Var. gigantea (Ait.), Gray. 



Copses and low grounds ; frequent. A low form. Long Pond 

 meadows (Redfield). A form approaching S. ruj^estris, Raf., 

 Long Pond meadows (Redfield). 



S. Canadensis, L. 



Roadsides, fields, and thickets; common. 



Var. glabrata, Porter. 



Low, slender 2°-3° high, stems glabrous or glabrate below, 

 puberulent above; leaves numerous, crowded, linear-lanceolate, 

 tapering into a long acumination, upper ones entire, lower ones 

 with a few sharp serratures, scabrous on the veins beneath; 



