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COMPOSITAE. 



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Solidago Virgaurea Gillmani (A. Gray) Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 209. 1S93. 

 So/idas^o litimilis var. Gillmani A. Gray, I'roc. Am. Acad. 17: 191. 1882. 



Stout, I '--"-3° liiKh; tliyrsiis paniculately branched; basal leaves very large, sometimes 10' long, 

 sharply serrate. Sand hills, southern shore of Lake Superior. Perhaps not referable to this species. 



20. Solidago sempervirens L. 

 Sea-side Cjolden-rod. (Fig. 3690.) 



Solidago sctiipervirens L. Sp. PI. S7.S. 1753. 



Stem stout, leafy, usually simple, 2°-S° 

 high, glabrous, or slightly puberulcnt above. 

 Leaves thick, fleshy, entire, with 2-5 pairs of 

 lateral veins, the lower and basal ones oblong, 

 spatulate or lanceolate, mostly obtuse, some- 

 times 1° long, narrowed into long petioles; 

 upper leaves sessile, lanceolate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute; hcads3"-5"highin secund 

 raceme.s of a large terminal often leaf)- pani- 

 cle; rays S-io, showy ; bracts of the involucre 

 lanceolate, acute. 



On salt marshes, sea-beaches, along tidal 

 rivers and in sandy soil near the sea, New Bruns- 

 wick to Florida and Mexico. Also in Bermuda. 

 Called also Salt-marsh Golden-rod. Aug.-Dec. 



21. Solidago odora Ait. Sweet or 



Anise-scented Golden-rod. 



(Fig. 3691.) 



Solidago odora Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 214. 1789. 



Slender; stem simple, glabrous, or minutely 

 pubescent above, 2°-4° high. Leaves punc- 

 tate, anise-scented when bruised, lanceolate, 

 quite entire, acute or acuminate, 2'-4' long, 

 3"-S" wide, sessile, or the lowermost peti- 

 oled; heads i"-iyz" high, secund on the 

 spreading racemes of the terminal, usually 

 ample panicle; rays 3 or 4, 2"-3"loug; bracts 

 of the involucre oblong-lanceolate, acute. 



In dry soil, Nova Scotia (according to Som- 

 mers); Massachusetts to Florida, west to New 

 York, Kentucky and Texas. Called also Blue 

 Mountain Tea. July-Sept. 



Solidago odora inodora A. Grav. JIan. Ed. 5, 244. 

 1S67. 

 Leaves not punctate, scentless when bruised. 

 Probably a mere form. 



22. Solidago tortifolia Ell. Twisted- 

 leaf Golden-rod. (Fig. 3692.) 



Solidago relrorsa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 539. 1S14. 



Not Michx. iSo-;. 

 Solidago torlifolia Ell. Hot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 377. 



1S24. 



Stem slender, rough-pubescent or puberu- 

 lent, 2°-3° high, simple. Leaves linear or 

 linear-oblong, often twisted, scabrous, sessile, 

 acute, l'-2' long, i)^'''-3" wide, obscurely 

 veined but with a distinct midrib, the lower 

 serrate, the upper entire; heads about 2" high, 

 secund on the usuallj' recurved branches of 

 the terminal panicle; rays 3-5, short; bracts of 

 the involucre linear, obtuse or obtusish. 



In drj- sandj' soil, Virginia to Florid.i and 

 Texas, mostly near the coast, .\utumn. 



