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14. SoLiDAGo ALTissiMA, Jjinu. Tall Hairy Golden-rod. 



Stem clothed with rough hair ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute at each 

 end or acuminate, sessile, coarsely serrate with mucronate spreading teeth, reticulated and 

 more or less rugose, rough above, hairy on the veins underneath ; racemes paniculate, 

 spreading or recurved ; scales of the involucre smoothish, linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse ; 

 rays 6-9, small ; disk-flowers 4 - 7 ; achenia pubescent. — Linn. sp. 2. p. 878 ; Ait. Kew. 

 (ed. 1.) 3. p. 212; Willd. sp. 3. p. 2058 ; Bigel.fl. Bost. p. 305 ; Beck, hot. p. 189; Hook, 

 fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 2; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 456; Torr. <^ Gr. Jl. N. Am. 2. p. 216. S. 

 altissima, aspera, rugosa and villosa, Pursh,Jl. 2. p. 536. S. altissima, aspera, rugosa and 

 humiUs, DC. prodr. 5. p. 333, &c, 



var. villosa : leaves thin, often nearly smooth above and rather softly hairy on the veins 

 underneath. — Torr. ^ Gr, I. c. S. altissima, /3. Ait. I. c. S. villosa, Pursh, I. c. ; 

 Hook, I. c. 



var. rugosa : stem roughly pubescent, hairy ; leaves serrate with appressed teeth, reticu- 

 lated and mostly rugose. — Torr. <^ Gr. I. c. S. rugosa, Mill. ; Willd. I. c. ; Pursh, I. c. ; 

 Ell. sk. 2. p. 674 ; Hook. I. c. 



Stem 3-7 feet high, often purplish ; the pubescence harsh and of a grayish color. Leaves 

 variable in outline and in size, usually rough and more or less rugose, irregularly serrate. 

 Panicle pyramidal ; the racemes secund ; the branches and pedicels pubescent. Heads 

 rather small. Rays short. 



Low grounds, borders of fields, etc. ; common. August - October. 



15. SoLiDAGo uLMiFOLiA, MuJil. Elm-Uaved Golden-rod. 



Stem smoothish, with hairy branches ; leaves elliptical-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, tapering at the base, but sessile, coarsely and unequally toothed, smooth above, softly 

 pubescent underneath ; racemes paniculate, recurved spreading ; scales of the involucre 

 lanceolate-oblong ; rays about 4, short ; achenia minutely pubescent. — Muhl. in Willd. sp. 

 3. p. 2060 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 538 ; Beck, hot. p. 190 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 457 ; DC. prodr. 

 5. p. 333 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Afh. 2. p. 217. 



Stem 3-4 feet high, striate, sometimes slightly hirsute with scattered hairs. Leaves 

 sometimes a little pubescent above, roughly ciliolate, pubescent underneath, especially on the 

 veins and midrib, nearly or quite smooth above. Racemes often elongated and slender, 

 spreading, and usually recurved. Scales of the involucre somewhat ciliate. Rays small. 



Borders of woods and in low grounds ; not common. August - September. 



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