432 Ohdkb 70.— COMPOSITE. 



9 S. ccesia Ait. St. erect, round, smooth and glaucous, often flexuous ; lvs. 

 smooth, linear-lanceolate, lower ones serrate ; rac. axillary, erect, ach. minutely 

 pubescent. — A very elegant species, in thickets and dry woods, Can. and U. S. 

 Stem 2 to 4f high, of a bluish-purple color, terete and slender, somewhat iiexu- 

 ous, simple or branched. Leaves 2 — 5' long, ending in a long point, sessile, 

 glaucous beneath. Racemes axillary, numerous, short. Flowers of a deep, rich 

 yellow. Raj-s 5 — 7, once and a half tho length of the involucre. Aug. (S. 

 axillaris, Ph.) 



(3. flexicaulis. St. flexuous, angular ; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, longer than tho 

 subcapitate racemes. — Leaves about 2' by V. Rays pale yellow. (S. flexi- 

 caulis, Ph. not of L.) 



y. Curtisii. St. tall, strict, striate-angular. — Mts. N". Car. Height 3 to 5f. (S. 

 Curtisii, T. & G.) 



10 S. thyrsoidea Meyer. St. simple, flexuous, very smooth, pubescent above ; 

 lvs. smooth, ovate, coarsely and sharply serrate, acute, the loiver on long petioles, tho 

 upper subsessile, lanceolate; rac. mostly simple, short; lids, large, with con- 

 spicuous rays. — A coarse showy golden rod, in woods, White Mts., N. II., Wil- 

 loughby and Green Mts., Vt. It is remarkable for the long slender stalks of the 

 lower ovate leaves, and far tho large lids, which exceed in size most other spe- 

 cies. St. 1 to 3f high, racemes axillary and terminal, usually in a thyrse-lik» 

 panicle. Aug. (S. virgaurea, Bw.) 



11 S. Virgaurea L. ji. alpixa (Bw.) St. flexuous, furrowed, pubescent at top; 

 st. Ivs. lanceolate, serrate, lower ones oval ; contracted to a petiole, rac. erect, 

 ray elongated; lids, large, about 20-jiowered : scales very thin, acute. This is the 

 only species common to the two continents. One of its numerous varieties is 

 seen scattered hero and there on tho lower summits of tho White Mts., N. H., 

 Essex Mts., N. Y., L. Superior, C. W., also? Mts. of N. Car. The hds. are few, 

 sometimes one only, but larger than those of most other species, and of a rich, 

 golden yellow. St. often purple, 2 to 3' high, simple, with axillary and ter- 

 minal flowers. Aug. — (S. glomerata Mx. whoso description answers well to tho 

 larger specimens of S. virgaurea.) 



12 S. Irumilis Ph. Glabrous; st. simple, erect; radical Ivs. oblanccolate, 

 petiolate, obtuse and crenatc- serrate at apex; tho cauline oblauceolatc. and lan- 

 ceolate, acute; rac. simple or paniculate; hds. middle size, about l'2-floiwred ; 

 scales obhng, obtuse; rays short. — Rocks along mountain streams, Vt., N. H., to 

 Newfoundland. St. G to 12' high, somewhat glutinous. Rac. slender, strict. 

 Lvs. of the stem about 2' by 3 to 4", serrulate. Hds. G to 8 rayed. Aug., Sept 



/?. Taller ; hds. more numerous, in short, glomerate clusters, forming a dense, 

 slender, interrupted rac. — Near tho Willey House, White Mts. 



13 S. virgata Mx. Glabrous, strict, virgate, tall, simply racemous at top; lvs. 

 entire, thickish, oblong-lanceolate, and oblanceolate, rough edged, the lowest 

 subserrate, petiolate; hds. about \b-flow:rcd; rays 5 to 7 ; ach. pubescent. — ■ 

 Damp pino barrens, N. J. to Ma. St. 3 to 5f high. Lower lvs. 3 to 4' long, 

 gradually reduced above to the bracts of the peduncles 3 or 4" in length. Rac. 

 6 to If long, composed of small clusters. Sept., Oct. 



14 S. stricta Ait. Smooth ; st. strict, erect, simple ; cauline lvs. lanceolate, 

 very entire, rough-edged, radical lvs. serrate, very long ; rac. paniculate, erect' 

 ped. smooth ; hds. about Id-flowered. — In wet woods, N. States. St. (and every 

 other part) very smooth, about 2f high. Lvs. 2 to 4 to 8' by i to I- to 1', lower 

 attenuated at base into a long, winged petiole. Pan. terminal, close, composed 

 of short, denso, appressed racemes. Hds. 12 to 18-flowered. Aug. 



15 S. speciosa Nutt. St. smooth, simple; lvs. lanceolate, entire, and scabrous, 

 on the margin, thick, the radical and lower lvs., subserrate, very broad; rac. erect, 

 numerous, forming a terminal, thyrsoid panicle ; pedicels shorter than the invol, 

 pubescent; rays large, G to 8. — Woods, Mass. to Ohio and Ga. A noble species, 

 2 to Gf high. St. stout, often purple, furrowed. Lvs. ample, some of f hem G' by 

 3'. Hds. exceedingly numerous, about 15-rlowered, with conspicuous rays of a 

 rich yellow, in a large, showy, pyramidal panicle. Aug. — Oct. 



j3. krecta. Panicle slender, spicatc. — With tho other; merely a reduced form. 

 ' (S. erccta DC.) 



