210 composite, (composite family.) 
lower tapering gradually into winged petioles, partly sheathing at the 
base, minutely serrate above with appressed teeth; racemes much 
crowded and oppressed in a dense wand-like panicle ; scales of the in¬ 
volucre linear-oblong, obtuse; rays 5-6, small. — Peat-bogs, Maine 
to W. New York and northward. — Stem 2°-3P high : the root-leaves 
G'-IO 7 long. It flowers earlier than its allies, beginning in July. 
rather large , at least for the size of the plant. 
S. speciosa, Nutt. (Showy Golden-rod.) Stem stoat 
(3-o high), smooth; leaves thickish , smooth with rough margins, 
oral or ovate , slightly serrate, the uppermost oblong-lanceolate, the 
ower contracted into a margined petiole; heads somewhat crowded 
in numerous erect racemes , forming an ample pyramidal or thyrsiform 
panic e, peduncles and pedicels rough-hairy; scales of the cylindri¬ 
cal involucre oblong, obtuse ; rays about 5, large. — Var. angustIta 
is a warf form, with the racemes short and clustered, forming a 
dense somewhat interrupted or compound spike. — Copses, Massa- 
c lusetts to N. Jersey and Ohio-A very handsome species; the 
°T| eir eavC8 ^ aDt * ^ w ^ e * n the larger forms. 
• * Pursh. (Low Golden-rod.) Smooth , some¬ 
times a little glutinous; stem law (6'-20' high) ; leaves thickish, ob- 
” CC0 ^, e ° r tiC radical oblong-spatulate , crenate-serrate towards the 
1Z’,T Up r lance0,ate ’ acute at both ends; heads clustered in a 
i j°. r * l y rs it orm glomerate raceme or panicle ; scales of the in * 
™”\* l0 ^™tly obtuse; rays 6-8, short.-Rocky or gravelly 
: , • 1 « the Whlte Moumains . N. Hampshire, W. Vermont, 
ous ,m"ii .! ,Ur0n> and “Orthward. — Leaves rigid. Heads; numer- 
’ er * lan in ne *t, which it perhaps too nearly approaches. 
tain V,rsa " aftl,e ai L-, var. alrina, Bigel. (Low Mou»* 
5 or 8 LJ. E!, f ROD ' . Aeariy smoot K dwarf (2'-8' high), bearing 1 to 
lv crcnate-serr ,h . lcklsh ’ oblm g-spatulate or oblanceolate, sparing- 
the involucre L, *’ *I*° ° Wer ta P erin g into a winged petiole; scales of 
iZSXT*'-*’ nys ab on. 8, short. - Alpine summits 
S 2 £ r,T nS i N - Hara P ab ^e, Mt Katahdin, Maine (Prof 
11 « .H f and Mt Marc y. New York. L. Superior. 
hod.") StPm ^ I%SO,< * ea ’ Meyer. (Large Mountain Golden- 
larly arid shar^r^ ’ ^ d ° W . Dy above » simple; leaves ovate, irregu - 
the unnermrKf **7^’ pointed , veiny, large and thin , all except 
in small clustered!/ C ° n ‘ racted int0 ,on S margined petioles; heads 
oblong or wand-lik * 8X1 * ° f ‘ lle Upper leaves > and crowded in an 
volucre memhr ^ raceme or contracted panicle ; scales of the m- 
(S. Virga-aurea^P^ 0 ^ 5 ’ ceolate, taper-pointed , long ; rays 8- 10 * 
the White Mountains' N^H S ' leiocar P a > °C)— Wooded sides o 
and Catskill ?vr •’ * Hampshire, Green Mountains, Vermont, 
large M ° Unta,n3 > New York.-Stem p_y high. Heads 
