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[Vol. III. 



26. Solidago ulmifolia Muhl. 



I{lin-leaved Golden-rod. (Fig. 3696.) 



Solidago uhni/olia Mulil. ; WiUd. Sp. PI. 3: 



2060. 1804. 



Stem slender, glabrous, or puberulent 

 at tlie summit, 2°-4° high, simple, or 

 brauched above, the arched branches 

 puberulent or pubescent. Leaves thin, 

 oblong, acute or acuminate at the apex 

 and base, coarsely and sharply serrate, 

 pinnately veined, glabrous or sparingly 

 pubescent, the lower and basal ones 

 wider, 3'-5' long, \'-\yi,' wide, narrowed 

 into margined petioles, the upper smaller, 

 sessile; heads 2"-}," high, secund on the 

 usually few and elongated, usually leafy 

 racemose branches of the panicle; rays 

 small, deep yellow; bracts of the invo- 

 lucre oblong-lanceolate, obtusish. 



In woods and copses. Maine to Georgia, 

 west to Minnesota, Missouri and Texas. 

 Ascends to 2100 ft. in Virginia. July-Sept. 



27. Solidago Boottii Hook. 

 Boott's Golden- rod. (Fig. 3697.) 



5. Bootlii Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i: 97. 1835. 



Stem glabrous, or puberulent above, slen- 

 der, usually branched near the summit, 2°- 

 5° high. Leaves firm, pinnately and finely 

 reticulate-veined, the lower and basal ones 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate, narrowed into 

 margined, sometimes ciliate petioles, acumi- 

 nate at the apex, sharply and rather coarsely 

 serrate, 3'-6' long, the upper smaller, entire, 

 or finely serrate, sessile; heads 2"-2," high, 

 secund on the elongated, spreading or re- 

 curving branches of the usually ample pani- 

 cle; rays few, small; bracts of the involucre 

 linear-oblong, obtuse; achenes pubescent. 



In dry woods, Virginia to Florida and Texas. 

 Ascends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. July-Sept. 



28. Solidago Elliottii T. & G. 



Elliott's Golden-rod. (Fig. 3698.) 



Solidago FJUolliit:. & G. FI. N.A. 2: 218. 1841. 

 Solidago ellip/ica Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 376. 



1824. Not Ait. 1789. 



Stem glabrous, or minutely puberulent 

 above, stout, 3°-6° high, simple, or branch- 

 ed at the inflorescence. Leaves firm, ob- 

 long or oblong- lanceolate, rarely ovate-ob- 

 long, acute or acuminate, sessile by a 

 broad base, or sometimes narrowed below, 

 finely serrate, creuate-serrate, or the upper 

 entire, rough on the margins, pinnately 

 veined, glabrous on both sides, or puberu- 

 lent on the veins beneath, I'-s' long, 4"- 

 12" wide; heads about 3" high, more or 

 less secund on the short, spreading or re- 

 curving branches of the narrow panicle; 

 bracts of the involucre linear-oblong, ob- 

 tuse; rays 6-12, short; achenes pubescent. 



In swamps, Massachusetts to North Carolina 

 and Georgia, mainly nearthe coast. Sept. -Oct. 



