SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. Solidago. 
tween the Trent and the Canal. Sr..West side - pe lees island. 
Mr. Arxinson. Shore of the Avon, a little e Hot- 
well, Bristol, between the gravel walk and the ri iver) 
P. Aug. Sept.* 
Var. 2. All the florets lireiax. 
P. él. 17. 12. 
About Bristol, frequent. Ray. 9 
SOLIDA’GO. Recept. naked: .down_ hair-like: 
| florets of the circumference about 5: calyx 
scales tiled, laid close. 
s. eae fier see branched: leaves mostly sitting: Virga-au'rea, 
wers in crowded panicles. 
Var. 1. Stem branched ; leaves strongly serrated. 
 E. bot. 301-Ludw. 150-Sheldr.. 63-Blackw. 169~Ger. 
348, 2~Tabern. 1260—Pet. 16. 10-Dod. 142. 2—Lob. obs. 
‘159. 2, and ic. i. 299. Ted em. 430. 2~H. ox. vii. 23. 
row 1. 4. 
Var. 2. Stem branched ;. leaves indistinctly serrated. 
Fi. dan. 663-Kniph. 7-Matth. 1006—Dod. 142. 1-Lob. obs. 
159. 1. and ic. i. 298. 2-Ger. em, 430. 1-Ger. 348. 1= 
Pet. 16. 9-H. ox. vii. 23. 20. 
Root-leaves serrated. Stem- leaves sometime serrated, but | 
rated, but towards the most entire, rough, slightly 
hairy, dar green above, sea. green underneath, with a net- 
work of numerous veins ; upper alternate, nearly sitting, 
spear-s entire, or nearly so. Flowering branches axil- 
lary, the lower shorter, the upper longer than the leaves, ngage 6 
to 8 flowers on branched fruit-stalks.. Flower-scales 1 or 2 
each fruit-stalk. Calyx, scales unequal, spear-shaped, sgh a 
teen line along the back, and whitish, shining, membranaceous 
ges. Seeds brown, convex on one ad: flat on the other, hairy 
the whole ] age mea a as long as the calyx. Woopw. Stem, 
hese bent back. Florets of the fees te 6 to 8, bent ba 
* Goats and horses eat it. Cows and swine refuse it. Sheep are 
fond of it, Lixw. M ay it not, when growing in an inland situation, ‘he 
depended on as a proof of the existence of salt springs. Sr. 
