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11.) stem erect, rough-haired ; leaves 

 lanceolate, lower ones deeplj^ serrate, 

 scabious, rugose. The panicicd racemes 

 are very numerous, and spread every 

 way, so as to bring the one sided 

 flowers upward ; rays short; the serra- 

 tures of the leaves irregular ; it is hairy 

 or villose, and sometime the racemes di- 

 verge but Uttle. This species is variable. 

 3-6 f. 169 



as"'ptra, (y. Au. If.) erect, terete, hairy; 

 leaves ovale, somewhat elliptic, very sca- 

 brous, rngo.se, serrate, nerveless ; racemes 

 panicled, secund. 3-5 f. 



nemora'lis. (woolly golden-rod, y. Au. 2/.) 

 erect, tomentose ; radical leaves somewhat 

 cuneate, serrate, caulines ones lanceolate, 

 hispid, entire ; racemes panicled. Plant 

 grayish. 1-3 f. 



nlmifoTia, (elm golden-rod, y. Au. 2i.) 

 erect, smootli, striate ; leaves elliptic, deeply 

 serrate, acuminate, villose beneath, radical 

 ones obovate ; racemes panicled ; pedun- 

 cles villose ; rays short. 3-4 f. 



argu'ta, (y. Oc. 11.) erect, smooth ; leaves 

 glabrous, acutely and unequally serrate, 

 radical ones oblong ovate, cauline ones el- 

 liptic ; racemes panicled ; rays elongated. 

 2-3 f. 



jurtf'cea, (rush-stalk golden-rod, y. Au. 

 2/.) erect, smooth, slender; leaves lanceo- 

 late, glabrous, smooth, rough-edged, lower 

 ones serrate ; racemes panicled. 2-3 f. 



elUp"lica, (oval-leaf golden-rod, y. Au. 

 ll-) erect, smooth; leaves oval, smooth, 

 serrate ; racemes panicled ; rays middle- 

 sized. 2-3 f. 



recurva'ta, (y. S. "Li-) erect, pubescent; 

 leaves lanceolate, serrate, rough edged; 

 racemes elongated, panicled, recurved. 

 Shady woods. 



semjpervi'rens, (narrow-leaf golden-rod, 

 y. S. IX •) erect, smooth ; leaves lanceolate, 

 narrow, long, somewhat carnose, smooth, 

 entire, rough-edged; peduncles hairy. 3-5 f. 

 Swamps. 



odi/ra, (sweet-scented golden-rod, y. 

 Au. 2X-) pubescent ; leaves lance-linear, 

 entire, smooth, scabrous on the margin ; ra- 

 cemes panicled. The flowers, when dried, 

 form an excellent substitute for tea, and the 

 leaves, when distilled, yield a fragrant vol- 

 atile oil. 



paf'ula, (spread golden-rod, y. S. 2X-) 

 stem erect, glabrous ; leaves oval, serrate, 

 glabrous, radical ones oblong-spatulate ; 

 racemes panicled, spreading; peduncles 

 pubescent ; stem wand-like, angular, and 

 striate ; stem leaves sessile, about an inch 

 long, pointed, the radical ones resemble 

 those of the ox-eyed daisy ; racemes about 

 an inch long ; flowers rather large. 2 f. 

 C. Racemes erect. 



hi-color, (white golden-rod, w. Au. 11.)' 

 stem hairy ; leaves oval, haiiy, lower ones 

 serrate, those on the flower branches en- 

 tire, numerous, and small ; scale and calyx 

 obtuse , racemes are short and compact ; 

 rays white, somewhat numerous and 

 shortish ; disk florets rather numerous. 

 2-4 f. 



specio'sa, (y. S. 11.) tall, smooth ; branches 

 virgate ; leaves lanceolate, sub-coriaceous 

 lower ones sparingly serrate ; racemes ter- 

 minal, en r-r, compound; peduncles shor*:- 

 rays about '•>, elongated. 3 6 f. 



vir^a'ia. (y. Au. 2^.) stem smooth, sim- 

 ple ; leaver -anceolate, somewhat cuneate 

 obtuse, entiii'. glabrous, close-pressed; up 

 per ones p: i dually smaller; branches of 

 the panicle tiongated, racemed at the sum- 

 mit ; peduncles erect, smooth, slender. 2f 



peliola'ris, (late golden rod, y. Oc. 11 •) 

 villose ; leaves elliptic, roughish, petioled ; 

 racemes numerous, short ; rays elongated. 

 2-3 f. 



stric"ta, (willow-leaf golden-rod, y. Au. 

 li.) erect, glabrous; radical leaves serrate, 

 cauline ones lanceolate, entire, smooth, 

 scabrous on the margin ; racemes pani- 

 cled, erect ; peduncles smooth. 2 f. Sandy 

 woods. 



gramin"ifo'lia, (y. S. li.) stem angled, 

 branching; leaves lanceolate-linear, entire, 

 nearly erect, 3 5-nerved, a little scabrous; 

 corymbs terminal, fastigiate ; heads clus- 

 tered; florets of the ray as long as the 

 disk. 



tenuifo'lia, (pigmy golden-rod, y. S. 2^.) 

 stem angled, scabrous; branches fastigiate ; 

 leaves linear, narrow, expanding, slightly 

 3-nerved. scabrous, axils leafy ; corymbs 

 terminal, fastigiate ; heads clustered ; ray 

 florets about 10, scarcely exceeding the 

 di.sk. 1-2 f. 



cce'sia, (blue-stem golden-rod, y. Au. 2/.) 

 stem smooth, tinged with purple, sub-glau- 

 cous ; leaves lanceolate, smooth, serrate, 

 sometimes rough-edged ; racemes erect ; 

 rays middle-sized. 2-3 f. 



liv"ida, (purple stem golden-rod, y. S. 11.) 

 stem smooth, panicled, dark purple ; leaves 

 lanceolate, serrate, smooth, margins sca- 

 brous ; branches racemed at the extremity , 

 rays elongated. 



lithosper"mifo'lia, (y. S. 2^.) stem pubes- 

 cent, branched ; leaves lanceolate, sca- 

 brous, tapering, 3-nerved, entire ; ray-floreta 

 elongated. 



'puher"ula, (y. 2^.) stem brownish, simpfe, 

 sub-pubescent, terete ; leaves lanceolate, 

 entire, sub-pubescent, tapering ; radical 

 ones sub-terete ; racemes spiked, axillary , 

 peduncles pubescent ; scales of the involu- 

 crura lance-linear, acute ; ray-florets elon- 

 gated, about 10. 



Iceviga'ta, (y. S. ll-) erect, smooth ; leaves 

 lanceolate, fleshy, entire, very smooth, rad- 

 ical leaves sub-ovate ; racemes panicled, 

 erect ; peduncles scaly, villose ; rays elon- 

 gated, about 10. 4-5 f. 



limonifb'lia, (y. Oc. 2^.) stem oblique, 

 smooth, generally purple ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, somewhat carnose, entire, smooth ; 

 racemes panicled, erect ; peduncles scaly, 

 smooth ; rays long. 3-5 f. Salt marshes. 



Jlexicau'lis, (zigzag golden-rod, y. S. 2^.) 

 stem flexuous, smooth, angled ; leaves 

 ovate, acuminate, serrate, glabrous; ra 

 cemes axillary, erect, short, scattered ; raya 

 middle-sized. 2-3 f. AVoods. 



rigid" a, (y. S. 2.^ .) stem corymbed. hairv 



