Ordsb 70.— COMPOSITE. 435 



63 S. ulmifolia Muhl. St. glabrous, with hairy branches ; lvs. thin, eliiptic-ovate, 

 serrate, acuminate, sessile, tapering to the base, smooth above, villous beneath ; 

 rac. paniculate, recurved-spreading ; ped. villous; hds. small; scales acute; rayt 

 3 or 4, disk-fle. 3 or 4. — lu woods and low grounds, N. and W. States. A species, 

 of striking form, like Brachychasta, with the slender, arched branches of the Elm. 

 St. striate, about 3f high, rarely with scattered hairs. Radical lvs. tapering to 

 winged petioles, and hairy both sides, with coarse and unequal eerraturee, upper 

 ones entire, middle ones about 3' by 1\'. Rays de;p yellow. Aug., Sept. 



34 S. Boottia Hook. St. glabrous, with hairy branches ; lvs. ovate or lance-ovate, 

 sen-ate, lower contracted to marginal petioles, upper sessile, acuminate at both 

 ends ; rac. long, recurved, loosely pinieled ; lids middle size ; scales oblcng, ob- 

 iuse ; rays 2 to 5, dish-fts. 8 to 12. — Sandy soils, N. Car. to Fla. and Tex. Plant 

 2 to of high, variable, with the stem smooth, or more or less rough-downy. Aug. 

 —Oct. 



35 S. linoides Solander. Smooth throughout ; st. slender, simple; lvs. lanceolate, 

 finel> r serrate and scabrous on the margin, radical ones petiolate, upper entire ; 

 hds. small, in short, secund, at length spreading racemes; scales oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, appressed ; ray3 1 to 4, short, disk-As. 4 to 5, short. — A small species, 

 near Boston (Greene in N. Am. Flo.) to N. J. St. 12 to 20' high. Lvs. 1 to 5' 

 by 3 to C". Pan. small, usually turned to one side. Sept., Oct. 



36 S. Ivluhlenbergii Torr. & Gr. St. furrowed, glabrous ; lvs. smooth both sides, 

 strougly and sharply serrate, the radical ovate, petiolate, caulinc, eliiptieal-laneeo- 

 late, acuminate at each end; rac. secund, short, remote, axillary, spreading; 

 pedieeb pubescent ; hds. 15 — 20-flowcj:ed; scales linear, obtuse. — In damp woods 

 and thickets, N. II. to Penn. Stem 2 — 3f high, generally simple, bearing a long, 

 open panicle. Leaves large, notched with very acute or acuminate teeth, feather- 

 veined. Heads middlo size, with C — 3 rather large rays. Aug. — Oct. (S. ar- 

 guta Muhl.) 



87 S- patula. Muhl. St. smooth, angular-striato ; lvs. elliptic, acute, serrate, very 

 scabrous above, smooth beneath, lower ones oblong-spatulata ; rac. paniculate, 

 loosely spreading ; pedicels pubescent; hds. about 12 to \b-flownred ; scales much 

 imbricated, oblong, very obtuse. — In wet places, Can., N. and W. States, not com- 

 mon. St. 2 to 4f high, virgato, often purple, strongly angled, with leafy branches 

 at the top. St. lvs. 1 to 2' long, ^ as wide, radical ones 2 or 3 times larger. Rac 

 short, on tho ends of the spreading branches. Sept. 



88 D. elliptica Ait. Erect, glabrous throughout, leafy ; lvs. elliptical, acute at 

 each cud, obscurely serrate, upp ;r ones sessile, entiro ; rac. short, recurved, in a 

 dense pyramidal panich ; hds. middle size ; rays 5 to 8, very short, disk-fls. 6 or 

 1 ; scales linear-oblong, obtuse. — Silt marshes, R. Isl. (Olney), near N. Y. (T. & 

 G.), to Ga. St. 3 to of high, bearing a close, somewhat leafy pyramidal panicle, 

 Lvs. 2 to 4' by \ to 1J', rough-edged, the serrature3 appressed and rather remote. 

 Rays oblong, rather large, pale }'cllow. Oct. 



/3. Eluottii, Pan. more widely spreading. — South. (S. Elliottii T. & G.) 



39 S. arguta Ait. St. strict, smooth ; lvs. smooth, acutely and unequally serrate, 

 ' with diverging teeth, caulinc, elliptical, sessile, highest entire and small, radical 



oblong-ovate, attenuate at baso into winged petioles; rac. secund, dense, in a 



spreading, corymbous panicle ; hd-. middle size; rays about 10, disk-fls. 9 or 10; 



ach. smooth. — In meadows and woods, U. S. (from iat. 38"), N. to tho Arc. circle. 



A smooth, shining plant 3f high, with a large, dense, corymbous panicle. Rac, 



recurved, a finger's length, the compound pedicels roughish, bracted. Aug., Sept 



6. juxoea. Lvs. lanceolate, subserrate, upper entire; st. brownish, striate; 



rays twice as long as tho iavol. ; pan. less dense. — Open fields. (S. juncea 



Ait. S. ciliaris Muhl.) 



40 S. neglecta Torr. & Gr. £t. smooth, striato ; lvs. smooth, acute, serrate, with 

 divergent teeth, cauline linear-lanceolate, subentire highest linear, sessile, lowest 

 lanceolate (large), tapering to a long petiole ; rac. secund, erect, at length recurved, 

 in an abrupt or oblique panicle ; hds. middle size; rays G to 10, disk-fls. 7 to 12 ; 

 ach. smooth. — Swamps Hanover. N. II. (Ricard, &c.) to Ind. and southward. 

 St. 3 to 4fhigh, terete. Rt. lvs. G to 12' long, feather-veined; upper obscurely 

 3-veined. Aug., Sept. — A handsomo Solidago, best known by its peculiar panicle, 



