ORD. Ill. COMPOSITA DISCOIDEA. 
SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA. COMMON GOLDEN-ROD. 
SYNONYMA. Virga Aurea vulgaris latifolia. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 1062. f. 
Virga aurea. Raii Syn. 176; Camer. Epit. 748, 749, f.f.; Park. 542; 
Ger. Em. 430. f.; Matth. Valgr. v.2. 354. f.; Dod. Pempt. 142. f. Soli- 
dago, v.69. Hall Hist.v. t.29. Solidago virgaurea. Lin. Sp. Pl. 1235. 
Hook. Scot. 244; Stokes, v. 4.219; Fl. Brit. 889; Engl. Bot. t.301; Engl. 
Fil. v.3. p.438 ; Hook. Br. Fl. p.362. Small, with broader radical leaves. 
S. cambrica Huds.; Willd. v. 3. 2065: Wither. Arrang. of Brit. Pl. v. 4; 
Solidago vulgaris. Gray, Nat. Arr. of Brit. Pl. v. 2. p. 465. 
Class Syngenesia. Ord. Polygamia Superflua. 
Nat. Ord.. Composite, discoidie, Linn. Corymbifera, Juss. 
Gen. Char.. Receptacle, naked. Seed, downed, simple. Calyx, imbricated, 
with close scales. Florets of the Radius, about five (yellow.) 
Sp. Char. Stem slightly zigzag, angular. Clusters, downy, panicled, crowded, 
erect. Upper leaves, lanceolate. Lower leaves, elliptico-lanceolate, hairy, 
partly serrated. : 
THE Solidago Vigaurea is the only species* of the genus that is indigenous 
to Britain.t It is a perennial plant, flowering in July and August; inha- 
* Withering says that “ these plants are so variable in size and other m 
characteristics, that it is difficult to determine species and varieties,” 
+ The genus solidago comprises a very numerous tribe of plants ; sixty-six are enu- 
merated in Loudon’s Hortus Britannicus, as being cultivated in our gardens, nearly the 
whole of which are natives of North America; though Sprengel confines the list of spe- 
ore proper 
cies to sixty-three. 
