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n Racemes distant, loosely If at all pnnicle<l Nos. 38, 87 



n Racemes close, forming compact panicles Nus. 3S — Hi 



d Inflorescence terminal, in afastigiate corymb, (o) 



O Leaves lanceolate, ample. Stem rough pubescent Nos. 41, 43 



O Leaves lanceolate, ample. Stem smooth, glabrous Nos. 43 — 48 



O Leaves linear. Heads small, scales close-pressed. Nos. 47, 43 



1 S. pauciflosc-dlosa Mx. Shrub, much branched, glabrous, glaucous and 

 somewhat viscid ; lvs. somewhat lanceolate and linear, obscurely 3-veined, obtuse, 

 sessile, entire; paniclo compound, of erect racemes; hds. 5 to 7 -flowered, with 1 

 to 3 large rays. — S. Car. to Fla., barrens near tho coast. A low bush, about 2f 

 high, remarkably distinguished among oar Solidagoa a3 a shrub. Lvs. 1 to 2' 

 long, leathery. Ray, usually solitary. Aug. — Oct. 



2 S. cliscoidsa (Ell.) Villous-pubescent, hoary ; lvs. ovate, petiolate, coarsely 

 serrate, the upper ovate-lanceolate ; rac. erect, in a virgate or thyreoid pan. ; fids. 

 discoid, about \2-flowered ; s cales downy-canesccnt, tho acute herbaceous tips 

 squarrous-spreading. — Ga. and Fla. (uplands), to La. Plant 3 to 4i high, remark- 

 able for its ravless lis. and scpiarrous aster-like involucre. Lower lvs. 3 to 4' long, 

 gradually reduced upwards. Sept., Oct. 



3 S. bracbyphylla Chapm. Rough-pubescent; lvs. numerous, appressod-ser- 

 rate, spatulate, oval and ovate, glabrous: rac. secund, in virgate panicles: scales 

 erect (not spreading), obtuse, smooth; hds. discoid; disk-flowers 5 to G. Mid. Fla., 

 uplands (Chapman). Tall (4: to Cf ), with erect leafy branches. St. lvs. 1' long, 

 diminishing upwards, (Allied to S. altissima.) 



4 S. cquarrosa Muhl. St. stout, simple, densely pubescent above ; lvs. smooth, 

 lower very broad, oval-spatulate, serrate, acute, upper lanceolate-elliptic, highest, 

 entire; rac. glomerate, rigid and pubescent; sales rigid, oblong, squarrous with 

 spreading green lips; hds. many (lowered; rays 10 — 12, elongated. — A handsome 

 species, found on rocky hills, Can. to Penn. Stem 2 — 5f high. Heads very 

 large, forming a large terminal spiko of short, dense, axillary fascicles or racemes. 

 Sept. 



5 S. Bquarnilosa (T. & (1.) Pubescent, striate; lvs. rough, numerous, oval or 

 lanceolate, the upper entire, the lower serrate, all abruptly contracted at base but 

 scarcely petiolate; hds. large (20 to 23-tlowered), in a terminal, virgate raceme; 

 rays G to 10 ; scales linear or lance- subulate, with loose herbaceous tips, the outer 

 spreading, bract-like. — Uplands, N. Car. to Fla. and La, St. 2 to 3i high, often 

 branched above. Lvs. 1 to 2' long. Aug., Sept. (S. squarrosa Nutt S. petio- 

 Jaris Ait. ?) 



6 S. bicolor L. Hairy ; st. simple ; lvs. elliptical entire, acute at each end, lower 

 serrate, short-stalked; rac. short, dense, axillary, paniculate- virgate above; invoL 

 scales obtuse; rays about S, whitish. — Woods and dry hills, Can., X. Mid., & W. 

 States. Remarkably distinguished among the solidagos by having white or 

 cream-eolored rays. St. 2f high, a little hairy. Lvs. hairy on both sides, mostly 

 entire, gradually reduced in size upwards. Axillary clusters approximating above 

 into a terminal, interrupted spike. Rays short and obscure. Jl., Aug. (Aster 

 bicola Nees.) 



(i. iiiksuta. Fls. all yellow. — Penn. (S. hirsuta, Nutt.) 



7. S. Biickleyi Torr. & Or. A r illous-pubescent; lvs. oblong, serrato, acute at 

 each end, subsessiio ; clusters axillary, loose, much shorter than the lvs. ; pod. 

 villous ; scal-js glabrous, acutivh, rays -1 to G, dUk-flawers 9 to 12 ; ach. compressed, 

 glabrous. — Interior of Ala. (Buckley). St. 2 to 3f high? Lvs. as largo as in 

 No. 8, the hds. larger. Oct. 



8 S. iatifoiia Muhl. St. somewhat floxuous, angular, smooth below, pubescent 

 above; lvs. broadly ovate, acuminate at each end, deeply serrate, pubescent be- 

 neath ; petioles margiual ; rac. axillary and terminal ; ach. silky pubescent. — A 

 singular and well-marked species common in dry woods and by rocky streams, 

 "U. S. and Can. St, slender, simple, about 2f high. Lvs. 3 to 5' by 2 to 4', with 

 acute, often long-acuminate serratures. Clusters very short, axillary, tho stem 

 ending with a long terminal one. Hds. few. S»pt. — Variable. The clusters are 

 often long and loose, and exceeding tho lvs. (3. ambigua Ait. S. macrophylla 

 Bw.) 



p. pdbens. Fubescent, becoming densely so above, especially tho scales. — 

 Mts. of N. Car. (Curtus) — (S. puben3 Curtis.) 



