360 COMPOSITyE. Solidago. 



8. SoLiDAGO Ohioensis, Riddcll. (Plate LIV.) Ohio Golden-rod. 



Very smooth ; stem strict, fastigiate-corymbose at the summit ; radical and lowest cauline 

 leaves lanceolate-oblong, rather obtuse, ciliolate-scabrous on the margin, remotely serrate 

 towards the apex, tapering into slender petioles ; upper ones lanceolate, closely sessile, entire 

 or nearly so ; heads (rather small) numerous, in a compound raceme, on slender smooth 

 pedicels, 16 - 20-flowered ; pappus shorter than the corolla of the disk. — Riddell, syn. fl. 

 Western States, p. 57 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 209. 



Stem 2-3 feet high, simple and virgate, terete, divided at the summit into a rather dense 

 compound fastigiate corymb. Leaves rather thick ; radical ones (including the petiole) 

 10-12 inches or more in length, tapering into a very long slender petiole 1-2 inches wide, 

 the margin very rough, the serratures glandular at the tip ; cauline leaves acute. Heads 

 oblong, erect. Scales of the involucre 8-10, oblong, obtuse. Rays 6-7, small. Achenia 

 perfectly smooth. 



Moist meadows ; rare. Western part of the State {Dr. Sartwell, Dr. Knieskern, Mr. G. 

 W. Clinton). Niagara Falls {Mr. Macrae). September - October. 



»•»♦ Racemes erect or spreading, paniculate: leaves thickish or fleshy, verysmootK and entire, obscurely veiny, often somewhat 



triply veined. — Natives of salt or brackish marshes. 



9, SoLiDAGO SEMPERviRENS, Linu. Commoti Salt-marsh Golden-rod. 



Stem erect, smooth ; leaves fleshy, lanceolate, acute, sessile, acute at each end, obscurely 

 triplinerved ; radical ones lanceolate-oblong, tapering into long petioles ; racemes paniculate, 

 more or less secund ; peduncles pubescent, or nearly smooth ; scales of the involucre acute. 

 — Linn. sp. 2. p. 898 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 538 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 379 ; DC. prodr. 5. p. 335 ; 

 Torr. 4- Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 211. S. laevigata, Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) 3. p. 215 ; Pursh, I. c. 

 p. 541 ; Bigel.fl. Bost. p. 306 ; Torr. compend. p. 304 ; Beck, hot. p. 192. S. limonifolia, 

 Pers.?; Torr. compend. I. c; Beck, I. c. 



Stem 3-6 feet high, smooth and striate. Leaves slightly scabrous on the margin ; radical 

 one 1-2 inches wide ; the petioles 6-12 inches long. Panicle usually rather compact, and 

 conspicuously secund. Heads rather large. Involucre oblong : scales numerous ; outer ones 

 short. Rays 8-10. Achenia slightly pubescent. 



Salt marshes, and near brackish waters ; common along the shores of Long Island, and on 

 the Hudson as far as the salt water extends. September. 



