COMPOSITAE. 



VOL. III. 



8: Solidago erecta Pursh. Slender 

 Golden-rod. Fig. 4220. 



Solidago erecta Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 542. 



1814. 

 Solidago speciosa angustata T. & G. Fl. N. A. 



2 : 205. 1841. 



Stem slender, glabrous, or puberulent 

 above, 2-3 high, simple or rarely branch- 

 ed. Leaves firm, nearly glabrous on both 

 sides, ciliolate on the margins, the lower 

 and basal ones broadly oblong or oval, 

 obtuse or obtusish, crenate-dentate, the 

 upper lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 usually quite entire; heads 2" -3" high in a 

 very narrow terminal thyrsus, rarely also 

 with a few clustered in the upper axils ; 

 bracts of the involucre obtuse; rays light 

 yellow ; achenes glabrous. 



In dry soil, southeastern New York, New 

 Jersey and Pennsylvania to Kentucky, Geor- 

 gia and Alabama. Aug.-Sept. 



7. Solidago hispida Muhl. Hairy 

 Golden-rod. Fig. 4219. 



S. hispida Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 2063. 1804. 

 Solidago hirsuta Nutt. Journ. Phil. Acad. 7 : 



103. 1834. 

 Solidago bicolor concolor T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 



197. 1841. 



Stout, stem densely pubescent or hirsute, 

 simple or sometimes branched, ii-3 high. 

 Lower leaves oval, acute, or obtuse, peti- 

 oled, pubescent on both sides, usually den- 

 tate, 2'-s' long, i '-2' wide; upper leaves 

 oblong, sessile, acute, dentate or entire, 

 smaller, sessile, heads about 3" high, crowd- 

 ed in a dense narrow terminal thyrsus and 

 also often in racemose clusters in the upper 

 axils ; rays yellow ; involucral bracts yel- 

 lowish, obtuse, the midvein narrow ; achenes 

 with a few appressed hairs, or glabrous. 



In dry soil, Newfoundland to western On- 

 tario, Manitoba, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 

 Georgia and Missouri. Ascends to 2000 ft in 

 the Catskills. Aug.-Oct. 



9. Solidago monticola T. & G. 



Mountain Golden-rod. 

 Fig. 4221. 



Solidago Curtisii var. monticola T. & G. Fl. 



N. A. 2 : 200. 1841. 

 Solidago monticola T. & G. ; Chapm. Fl. S. 



States 209. 1860. 



Slender, glabrous or nearly so, i-3 

 high. Stem leaves ovate-oblong, or ob- 

 long-lanceolate, thin, acuminate at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base, sharply and 

 sparingly serrate, or the upper entire, 

 I '-6' long, 4"-ii' wide, the upper sessile, 

 the lower petioled ; basal leaves broadly 

 oblong, obtuse, with slender petioles; 

 heads about 2" high ; in a terminal spike- 

 like, simple or branched thyrsus ; bracts 

 of the involucre acutish or obtuse; 

 achenes glabrous. 



In mountain woods, Pennsylvania and 

 Maryland to Georgia and Alabama. 



