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21. S. Muhlenbergi** Torr. & Gr - (Muhlenberg’s Toothed 
Golden-rod.) Smooth; stem angled; leaves (large and thin) orate , 
and the upper elliptical-lanceolate, very sharply and strongly serrate , 
pointed at both ends , the lowest on margined petioles; racemes pubes¬ 
cent, spreading , disposed in an elongated open panicle; rays 6- , 
larae . — Copses and moist woods, Massachusetts to Penn. - More 
slender and simple than the last, with much shorter racemes, looser 
and more slender thin involucral scales, <fcc. 
22. S. linoacles, Solander. (Slender Golden-rod.) Smooth; 
stem slender , simple ; leaves lanceolate , serrate with small appressed 
teeth, narrowed at the base, the lower tapering into margined abate 
petioles, the uppermost oblong; racemes short , crowded m one or A - 4 
small one-sided panicles ; heads small and few-flov\ ered ; 
Bogs, near Boston and Providence, to the pine barrens of N. Jersey. 
— Stem 12'-20' high, with a panicle only 3'-4' long} sometimes 
larger and nearly approaching No. 18. 
--- Leaves small , serrate , copiously feather-veined , the veirdets con¬ 
spicuously reticulated : heads small. 
23. S. altissima, L. (Rough-hairy Golden-rod.) Rough- 
hairy, especially the stem ; leaves ovate-lanceolate , elliptical , or oblong , 
acute or pointed, coarsely serrate, often thickish and very rugose, ra¬ 
cemes panicled, spreading; scales of the involucre linear ; rays 6-9; 
the disk-flowers 4-7.- Borders of fields and copses, very common, 
presenting a great variety of forms : 2°- 7° high. 
24. S. ulmifolia, Muhl. (Smooth-stalked Goldzr-rod.) 
Stem smooth, the branches hairy; leaves thin, dliptical-ovateor oblong- 
lanceolate, pointed, tapering to the base, coarsely 8er ™ te ’ 1 ^“‘ 7 
veined, beset with soft hairs beneath ; racemes pan.eled, recurved. 
spreading; scales of the involucre lanceolate-oblong; rays about 4— 
Low copses, common, especially southward. - Diet.ngu.shed from 
the last by its smooth stem and thin larger leaves. 
Leaves entire or nearly so, thickish, the veins obscure. 
25. S. pilosa, Walt. (Hairy-stalked Golder-rod^ Stem 
stout, upright (3P-7 3 high), clothed with spreading hairs, often pan¬ 
icled at the summit; leaves oblong-lanceolate, rovghish, hairy beneat , 
at least on the midrib, serrulate, the upper ovate-lanceolate or o g 
and entire, closely sessile ; racemes many, recurved, «™ wd “ ™ 8 
dense pyramidal panicle; rays 7-10, very short.-Low grounds, 
pine barrens of New Jersey and southward. 
26. S. Odom, Ait. (Fragrant-leaved Golden-rod.) Smooth 
or nearly so throughout; stem slender (2°-3 d high), often ****\ 
leaves linear-lanceolate , entire , shining, very smoot , P e ™ cl ° ’ 
racemes spreading, in a small one-sided panicle, rays - * ™ 
large. — Border of thickets in dry or sandy soil, Vermont an 
