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33 S. Ultaifolia Muhl. St. glabrous, toitfi hairy branches; Ivs. thin, elliptic-ovate 

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

 rac. paniculate, recurved-spreading ; pad. villous; hds. snw.ll; scales acute; rays 

 3 or 4, disk-jls. 3 or 4. In woods and low grounds, N. and W. States. A species, 

 of striking form, like Brachychaeta, with the slender, arched branches of the Elm 

 St strittto, about 3f high, rarely with scattered hairs. Radical Ivs, tapering to 

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

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



34 S. Boottii Hook. St. glabrous, with hairy branches ; Ivs. ovate or lance-ovate, 

 serrate, lower contracted to marginal petioles, upper sessile, acuminate at both 

 ends ; rac. long, recurved, loosely panicled ; Ms middle size ; scales oblong, ob- 

 tuse ; rays 2 to 5, dish-fls. 8 to 1 2. >Sandy soils, N. Car. to Fla. and Tex. Plant 

 2 to 5f high, variable, with the stem smooth, or more or less rough-downy. Aug. 

 Oct. 



35 S. linoidss Solander. Smoith throughout ; st. slender, simple; Ivs. lanceolate, 

 finely serrat 3 and scabrous on t.ie margin, radical ones petiolate, upper entire f 

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

 obtuse, appressed ; rays 1 to 4, short, disk-fls. 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 6". Pan. small, usually turned to one side. Sept., Oct. 



36 S. Muhlenb&rgii Torr. & Gr. St. furrowed, glabrous ; Ivs. smooth botfi sides, 

 strongly and sharply serrate, the radical ovate, petiolate, cauline, ellipticaManceo* 

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

 pedicels pubescent; hds. 15 -20-ftowered; scales linear, obtuse. ^In damp woods, 

 and thickets, X. H. to Penn. Stem 2 3f high, generally simple, bearing a Jong, 

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

 veined. Heads middle size, with G >3 rather large rays, Aug. Oct. (S. ar- 

 guta Muhl.) 



C7 S. patula Muhl. St. smooth, angular*striate ; Ivs. elliptic, acute, serrate, very 

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

 loosely spreading; pedicels pubescent; Ms. abo\it 12 to IS-flvwered ' ; scales much 

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

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

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

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



38 S. elliptica Ait. 'Erect, glabrous throughout, leafy ; Ivs, elliptical, acute at 

 each end, obscurely serrate, Uppsr ones sessile, entire ; rac. short, recurved, in <* 

 dense pyramidal panicle ; hds. middle size; rays 5 to 8, very short, disk-fl<?. 6 or 

 7 ; scales linear-oblong, obtuse. Salt marshes, R. Isl. (Olney), near N. Y. (T. A. 

 G.), to Ga. St. 3 to 5f high, bearing a close, somewhat leafy pyramidal panicle. 

 Lvs. 2 to 4' by to 1|-', rough-edged, the serratures appressed and rather remote, 

 Rays oblong, rather large, pale yellow. Oct. 



J3. ELLIOTTII. Pan. more widely spreading. South. (S. Elliottii T. & G.) 



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

 with diverging teeth, cauline, elliptical, sessile, highest entire and small, radical 

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

 spreading, cor ymbous panicle ; hds. middle size; rays about 10, disk-fls. 9 or 10 ; 

 ach. smooth. In meadows and woods, U. S. (from lat. 38 3 ), N. to the 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, 



3. JUXCEA. Lvs. lanceolate, eubserrate, upper entire ; st. brownish, striate ; 

 rays twice as long as the invol. ; pan. less dense. Open fields. (S. juucea 

 Ait. S. ciliaris Muhl.) 



40 3. neglecta Torr. <fe Gr. St. smooth, striate ; Irs. smooth, acute, serrate, with 

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

 fanceolate (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-fis. 7 to 1 2 ; 

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

 St. 3 to 4f high, terete. Rt. Ivs. G to 12' long, feather-veined; upper obscurely 

 3-voiaod. Aug., Sept. A handsome Solidago, best known tiy it*peoulinr panicle. 



