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formed, sparingly toothed, a principal tooth on each side at the upper 
fourth, on leaf-stalks, the upper lance-shaped toothed, without leaf-stalks, 
remote. Heads rather large, few in a terminal cluster or one or more in 
the upper axils. Summits of White and Adirondack Mountains. Aug.- 
Sept. 
14. §. Virgaurea, L. (Fig. 9, pl. 173.) European Gotpenrop. Simi- 
lar to No. 13, but taller, stouter and with more heads. Leaves less spar- 
ingly toothed. On high mounatins of the Adirondack and White Mountain 
groups. Aug.-Sept. 
15. §S. sempervirens, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 176.) Sea-sip—e GoLpENrop. 
Stem stout, usually simple, 2 to 8 ft. high. Leaves thick, lance-shaped, 
without teeth at margins, 3-veined, crowded along the stem. Heads in a 
dense, somewhat one-sided, elongated cluster, each head containing from 
25 to 30 flowers, about 4 of which are ray flowers. Found along sea 
beaches. Aug.-Nov. 
16. §. odora, Ait. (Fig. 5, pl. 175.) Swerer Gorpenrop. Stem 
round, not ridged, slender, smooth or nearly so, 2 to 4 ft. high. Leaves 
very narrowly lance-shaped, without teeth somewhat abrupt at base, slen- 
der tapering at apex, sweet scented when bruised. Heads numerous, small, 
in a one-sided cluster. Dry soil, Mass., New York, and south. July- 
Sept. 
17. S. rugosa, Mill. (Fig. 1, pl. 176.) Tati Harry GoLpEnrop. 
Stem very leafy, rough hairy, 1 to 7 ft. high. Leaves oblong lance-shaped 
to oval or elliptic, very rough, 1 to 4 in. long. Heads in a rather dense 
one-sided cluster Dry soil, western part of our area. July-Nov. 
18. §. fistulosa, Mill. Prve-Barren GoLpENRop. Stem 3 to 7 ft. high, 
branched or simple, rough hairy. Leaves without leaf-stalks, oblong-eg¢- 
shaped to lance-shaped, rough on margins, which are rather remotely 
toothed. Upper leaves blunt at apex, without teeth at margins. Cluster 
of heads one-sided, the heads about }4 in. high, with 5 to 10 yellow rays. 
Pine barrens, New Jersey and southward. Aug.-Oct. 
19. §. patula, Muhl. (Fig. 9, pl. 175.) Rovuan-Lrravep GoLDENRoD. 
Stem strongly angled, smooth, 2 to 7 ft. high. Leaves egg-shaped, the 
lower on long leaf-stalks, 3 to 16 in. long, smooth and veiny beneath and 
very rough above. Heads rather large, numerous in one-sided cluster. 
Swamps. Aug.-Oct. 
20. §. ulmifolia, Muhl.. (Fig. 5, pl. 177.) ELM-LeAvep GoLpENRop. 
Stem smooth, its upper branches hairy, 2 to 4 ft. high. Leaves thin, egg- 
shaped, elliptic, sharply pointed at apex, coarsely toothed, the lower on 
long leaf-stalks. Heads on rather long branches of the cluster of few 
branches; rays bright yellow, about 4 in each head. Woods and copses, 
common. July-Sept. 
21. §. Elliottii, Torr. and Gray. (Fig. 7, pl. 175.) Ettiorr’s GoLpEN- 
RoD. Stem stout, smooth, very leafy, 3 to 6 ft. high. Leaves elliptic, ob- 
long or lance-shaped, firm, 1 to 5 in long, the margins with very low 
teeth, shining above. Heads densely crowded on short recurving branches 
of the one-sided cluster, which is more or less pyramidal in form. Rays 
8 to 12. Swamps near the coast. July-Sept. 
92. §. neglecta, T. and G. (Fig. 6, pl. 175.) Swamp GOLDENROD, 
