compositte. 177 



Shady woods. Can. and N. Y. ? — Stem about 7 feet high. Leaves large. 

 Rays middle-sized. An obscure species. Elliptic-leaved Golden-rod. 



14. S. recurvala Willd. : stem erect, pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, serrate, nearly glabrous above, scabrous on the margin and nerves 

 beneath ; racemes elongated, secund, panicled. 



Shady woods. Penn. and Virg. Sept. — Nov. % — Pursh. Still doubtful 

 as a native species. Recurved Golden-rod. 



15. (S". sempervirens Linn. : stem erect, smooth ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 fleshy, smooth, very entire, scabrous on the margin ; the radical oval, ta- 

 pering into a long petiole ; racemes paniculate, secund ; peduncles pubes- 

 cent. S. laevigata and viminea Ait. S. limonifolia Torr. Comp. 



Salt marshes. Can. to Car. Sept. — Nov. %..■ — Stem 3—6 feet high, smooth 

 and striate. Petioles 6 — 12 inches long. Heads rather large ; rays 8 — 10, linear- 

 oblong, twice as long as the disk. Salt-marsh Golden-rod. 



16. S. odora Ait. : stem erect, pubescent ; leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, 

 smooth, pellucid-punctate, scabrous on the margin; racemes paniculate, 

 secund. 



Fertile woods. Can. to Flor. Aug.— Oct. %.. — Stem 2—3 feet high, with 

 lines of pubescence from the base of the leaves. Heads middle-sized, in secund 

 racemes, forming a terminal pyramidal panicle ; rays 3 — 4, oblong, large. The 

 flowers when dried, form an excellent substitute for tea, and have been ex- 

 ported to China. Pursh. The leaves yield by distillation, a fragrant volatile 

 oil. Big. Med. Bot. i. 187. Sweet-scented Golden-rod. 



17. »S. pilosa Walt. : stem hirsute, strict, very leafy ; leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, serrulate, slightly scabrous, often pubescent beneath ; upper ovate- 

 lanceolate or oblong, closely sessile, mostly entire ; racemes recurved, secund, 

 in a dense pyramidal panicle. (S. pyramidata Pmsh. 



Damp soils. N. J. to Flor. and Louis. Sept., Oct. %.. — StemS — 7 feet hi^h, 

 stout. Heads very numerous, about as large as in S. odora ; rays 7 — 10 ; disk 

 flowers about 5, nearly as long as the rays. Pilose Golden-rod. 



ff Racemes erect, not secund. 



18. S. Ohioensis Riddell : stem very smooth, erect, fastigiate-corymbose 

 at the summit ; lower leaves lanceolate-oblong, rather obtuse, scabrous on 

 the margin, remotely serrate near the apex, tapering into slender petioles ; 

 upper lanceolate, sessile, nearly entire ; heads numerous, on slender pedi- 

 cels. {Torr. ^ Gr.) 



Moist meadows. Western N. Y. to Ohio. Sept., Oct. %.—Stem 2—3 feet 

 high, terete, simple and virgate. Heads oblong, erect, in a compound raceme ; 

 rays 6—7, small. Ohio Golden-rod. 



19. S. speciosa Nutt. : stem smooth, simple or virgately branched ; leaves 

 lanceolate, entire, somewhat fleshy, scabrous on the margin ; lower oval 

 or ovate, subserrate, petioled ; upper lanceolate, entire ; racemes terminal, 

 erect and compound, pubescent ; peduncles mostly shorter than the invo- 

 lucre. S. sempervirens Mich, not of Linn. 



Shady woods. Mass. to Flor. W. to Texas. Sept., Oct. %.—Sfem often 5 

 feet high, smooth and sulcate. Leaves large. Heads forming numerous termi- 

 nal and erect racemes ; rays very broad, deep yellow. 



Handsome Golden-rod. 



20. (S. bicolor Linn. : stem and leaves hairy ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate 



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