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25. Solidago Petiolaris ; Late-flowering Golden Rod. Stem 

 upright, viliose ; leaves elliptic, somewhat rugged, petioled ; 

 racemes upright; ligules elongated. It flowers from October 

 to December, and is a native of North America. 



26. Solidago Bicolor ; Two-coloured Golden Rod. Stem 

 and leaves hairy; leaves elliptic, the lower ones serrate; 

 the branches have smaller leaves on them; racemes upright; 

 calix-scales blunt. The flowers, which appear in September, 

 are in close racemes, with a white ray and a yellow disk. 

 Native of No'rth America. 



27. Solidago Rigida; Hard-leaved Golden Rod. Stem 

 and leaves ovate-oblong, hairy, rugged ; stem-leaves quite 

 entire, ihe lowest serrate ; flowering branches panicled ; 

 racemes compact, upright; ligules elongated. The flowers 

 are in short, clustered, roundish spikes, bright yellow, appear- 

 ing in August. Native of New England. 



28. Solidago Csesia; Maryland Golden Rod. Stem even, 

 straight; leaves lanceolate, serrate, smooth ; racemes upright; 

 ligules middling. Flowers in a loose terminating panicle, with 

 the spikes thicker and closer towards the top : they appear 

 in September. Native of Maryland. 



29. Solidago Flexicaulis ; Crooked-stalked Golden Rod. 

 Stem flexuose, smooth, angular; leaves ovate, acuminate, 

 serrate, smooth; racemes upright; ligules middling. The 

 flowers are produced in short bunches from the axils almost 

 the whole length ; the lower spikes are an inch long, but the 

 upper ones are almost round: they are brimstone-coloured, 

 and appear late in the season. Native of Canada, and other 

 parts of North America. 



30. Solidago Ambigua; Angular-stalked Golden Rod. 

 Stem subflexuose, smooth, angular, branched; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, closely serrate, somewhat hairy underneath ; ra- 

 cemes upright ; ligules elongated. Flowers in long bunches 

 from the axils, disposed loosely, of a pale yellow colour, 

 appearing in August, and continuing part of September. 

 Native place unknown. 



81. Solidago Virgaurea; Common Golden Rod, Wound- 

 wort, or Aaron's Rod. Stem somewhat flexuose, pubescent, 

 angular; leaves serrate^ somewhat hairy ; racemes panicled, 

 erect, clustered ; ligules elongated. Root perennial, consist- 

 ing of long simple fibres; height of the stem very various, 

 from ten inches to three feet ; flowers in terminating, axillary, 

 erect clusters or corymbs, forming a dense, leafy, pubescent 

 panicle, which varies extremely as to luxuriance and the 

 number of flowers, in a barren soil and on mountains being 

 shorter, more dense, and less compound ; corolla of a gold 

 colour. This plant has been suspected to be different from 

 that described under the same name by Linneus ; but Dr. 

 Smith, whose authority is decisive, declares, that on a care- 

 ful comparison of specimens they are found to be precisely 

 the same. The herb, when bruised, smells like Wild Carrot. 

 The root, dried and powdered, is a good medicine for violent 

 purgings, excessive menstrual discharges, bloody stools, and 

 all other fluxes and hsemorrhages. An infusion of the whole 

 plant taken inwardly is an excellent medicine for wound-s, 

 bruises, spitting of blood, &c. A case is related in the Gen- 

 tleman's Magazine for February 1788, of the efficacy of a 

 decoction of this plant in the stone. A boy, ten or eleven 

 years of age, after taking a decoction or infusion of the 

 Golden Rod for some months at times, voided great quan- 

 :ities of gravel, with many small stones ; and after that, fifteen 

 large stones, from three-fourths of an ounce to an ounce and 

 a quarter; besides fifty or more, not less than a large pea. 



f There are many varieties of this species; as, the Narrow- 

 ved Golden Rod ; the Dwarf Golden Rod ; and the Welsh 

 Iden Rod, which last is a well marked variety, distinguished 



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by its very simple pubescent stem, wedge-lanceolate, serrate, 

 and somewhat hairy leaves, upright racemes, and elongated 

 ligules. This has been found near Llanberys and on Llyn 

 y Cyn, near Snowden in Wales ; also on the mountains of 

 Yorkshire and Westmoreland, and the Highlands of Scotland. 

 The Common Golden Rod is a native of bushy, heathy, 

 mountainous, and alpine situations throughout Europe, flow- 

 ering at the end of summer. 



32. Solidago Multiradiata; Labrador Golden Rod. Stem 

 somewhat viliose ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, smooth, ciliate, 

 the lower ones serrate at the top; raceme terminating, upright; 

 ligules elongated, numerous. It flowers in July. Native of 

 Labrador. 



33. Solidago Minula; Least Golden Rod. Stem quite 

 simple, hairy ; leaves lanceolate-acute, serrate, smooth ; 

 raceme terminating, simple, upright; ligules elongated. It 

 flowers in July. Common in the Alps and Pyrenees. 



34. Solidago Urticifolia ; Nettle-leaved Golden Rod. Stem 

 round, hairy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, crenate, opposite, 

 rugged ; racemes very short, lateral ; flowers in short bunches 

 from the upper axils, deep yellow, and rather large. Native 

 of La Vera Cruz in New Spain. This, and the next species, 

 being natives of a warm climate, will not thrive here, except 

 assisted by artificial heat in winter, especially the latter, 

 which requires a warmer situation than the other. They 

 should be planted in pots, and then treated in the same way 

 as other tender plants from the same country. This may be 

 propagated by cuttings, planted in pots filled with loamy 

 earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed. 



35. Solidago Fruticosa; Shrubby Golden Rod. Stem 

 shrubby; leaves lanceolate, smooth, quite entire; flowers 

 ccrymbed, terminating, of a pale yellow colour, upon pretty 

 long peduncles. The common calix is cut almost to the 

 bottom. Native of La Vera Cruz in New Spain. This is 

 propagated by parting the roots, in the same manner as the 

 sorts before mentioned under the first species. 



36. Solidago Pauciflosculosa. Plant glabrous, suffruti- 

 cose ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, enerved; panicles compound, 

 many-flowered; fascicles erect ; calices narrow-oblong, five- 

 flowered ; ray single. Grows in the sand-barrens of Virginia 

 and Carolina. 



37. Solidago Sarothree. Stem angular, scabrous, the lower 

 part naked, the upper part corymbose ; branches with few 

 flowers at the summits; leaves linear; axils naked; ligules 

 longer than twice the disk. Found by Mr. Lewis on the 

 plains of the Missouri. 



38. Solidago Erecta. Stem subvillose; leaves lanceolate, 

 venous, glabrous, very entire, subpetiolate. A North Ame- 

 rican plant. 



39. Solidago Macrophylla. Lower leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nate ; stem-leaves lanceolate, subsessile. serrate ; racemes 

 axillary, peduncled, leafy; calices oblong, turgid, many- 

 flowered ; ligules subelongate. This is about three feet high ; 

 and is intermediate between this genus and Aster. Grows 

 in Canada. 



40. Solidago Glomerata. Stem low, very simple ; leaves 

 glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, serrate; raceme simple; calices 

 turgid, many-flowered. Grows on the mountains of Carolina. 



41. Solidago Axillaris. Stem glabrous, cylindrical, very 

 upright; leaves lanceolate, serrate, glabrous; racemes axil- 

 lary, subglobose, erect; ligules elongate, Grows in shady 

 woods from Canada to Virginia. 



42. Solidago Humilis. Stem simple, erect, glabrous ; 

 leaves lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, elongate; raceme erect. 

 Grows in North America. 



Solomons Seal. See Convallaria. 



