COMPOSITAE. 



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[Vor.. III. 



14. Solidago uliginosa Nutt. Bog 

 Golden-rod. (Fig. 3684.) 



Solidago uligi)iosa NuU. Journ. Phil. Acad. 7: 

 loi. 1S34. 



Stem glabrous, rather stout, simple, 2°-4° 

 high. Leaves oblong lanceolate or lanceo- 

 late, glabrous, firm, more or less ciliolate or 

 scabrous on the margins, fcw-vcined, acute 

 or acuminate, the lower and basal ones 4'-9' 

 long, Yt'-iYi' wide, more or less serrate and 

 narrowed into petioles, the upper smaller, 

 mostly sessile and entire; heads 2"-3" high 

 in a terminal oblong dense thyrsus, its 

 branches appressed; bracts of the involucre 

 linear-oblong, obtuse; achenes glabrous. 



In swamps and bogrs. Newfoundland to north- 

 ern New Jersey and Pennsylvania, west to west- 

 ern Ontario, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Aug.- 

 Sept. 



15. Solidago speciosa Nutt. Showy 

 or Noble Golden-rod. (Fig. 3685.) 



Solidago speciosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 160. 1818. 



Stem stout, glabrous below, often rough 

 above, usually simple, 3°-"° high. Leaves 

 glabrous, firm, the lower and basal ovate, or 

 broadly oval, 4'-io' long, i'-4' wide, dentate 

 or crenate, pinnately veined, acute or obtuse 

 at the apex, long pelioled; upper leaves 

 smaller, oblong or oval, acute at each end, 

 crenate-deutate, or entire, sessile or short- 

 petioled, rough-margined; heads 3"-4" 

 high in a large terminal thyrsus, the 

 branches of which are ascending and often 

 leafy; bracts of the involucre oblong, very 

 obtuse; achenes glabrous or nearly so. 



In rich soil. Nova Scotia to North Carolina, 

 west to Minnesota, Kentucky, Arkansas and Ne- 

 braska (according to ]. M. Bates). Aug.-Oct. 



Solidago speciosa^paUida Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 19: 130. 1892. 

 Leaves ovate or oblongf, coriaceous, prominently veined, pale green; stems stout, tufted, i°-2° 

 high, densely pubescent above. On the rocky summit of Mt. Mackay, western Ontario. 



16. Solidago rigidiuscula (T. & 

 G. ) Porter. Slender Showj- Golden- 

 rod. (Fig. 3686.) 



Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula T. & G. 



Fl. N. .\. 2: 205. 1841.' 

 Solidago speciosa var. anguslala A. Gray, 



Syn. Fl. i: Part 2, 152. in part. 1884. 

 Solidago rigidiuscula Porter, Mem. Torr. 



Club, 5: ,sig. 1894. 



Stem rather slender, usually glabrous 

 below, rough-pubescent above, simple, 

 2°-4° high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lauceolate, entire, or the basal ones some- 

 times crenate, strongly ciliolate on the 

 margins, I's' long, 3"-i2" wide, the 

 upper sessile, the lower sometimes uar- 

 '• rowed into petioles; heads similar to 

 those of the preceding species; thyrsus 

 generallv narrow, dense, simple or rarely 

 branched. 



In drj- .soil, mostly on prairies, Ohio to Ala- 

 bama, west to Minnesota. Nebraska, Louisi- 

 ana and Texas. .\ug.-Oct. 



