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33 B. ulmifolia Muhl. St. glabrous, with fairy branches; Ivs. thin, elliptic-ovate 

 serrate, acuminate, sessile, tapering to the base, smooth above, villous beneath ; 

 rac. paniculate, recurved-spreading ; pad. villous; hds. small; scales acute; rays 

 3 or 4, disk-fls. 3 or 4. In woods and low grounds, N. and W. States. A species, 

 of striking form, like Brachychaeta, with the slender, arched branches of the Elm. 

 St. striate, about 3f high, rarely with scattered hairs. Radical Ivs. tapering to 

 winged petioles, and hairy both sides, with coarse and unequal serratures, upper 

 ones entire, middle ones about 3' by 1^'. Rays de. i p yellow. Aug., Sept. 



34 S. Boottii Hook. St. glabrous^ with liairy branches ; Ivs. ovate or lance-ovate, 

 serrate, lower contracted to marginal petioles, upper sessile, acuminate at both 

 ends ; rac. long, recurved, loosely panicled ; Mi. middle size ; scales oblong, ob- 

 tuse ; rays 2 to 5, disk-fls. 8 to 12. Sandy soils, N. Car. to Fla. and Tex. Plant 

 2 to Sf'high, variable, with the stem smooth, or more or less rough-downy. Aug. 



' Oct. 



35 S. linoides Solander. Smooth throughout ; st. slender, simple; Ivs. lanceolate, 

 finely serrate and scabrous on the margin, radical ones petiolate, upper entire 

 hds. small, in short, secund, at length spreading racemes ; scales oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, appressed ; rays 1 to 4, short, disk-fls. 4 to 5, short. A small species) 

 near Boston (Greene in N. Am. Flo.) to N. J. St. 12 to 20' high. Lvs. 1 to 5' 

 by 3 to 6". Pan. small, usually turned to ono side. Sept., Oct. 



36 S. Muhlenbergii Torr. & Gr. St. furrowed, glabrous ; Ivs. smooth both sides, 

 strongly and sharply serrate, the radical ovate, petiolate, cauline, elliptical-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate at each end ; rac. secund, short, remote, axillary, spreading ; 

 pedicels pubescent ; hds. 15 20-flowered; scales linear, obtuse. In damp woods 

 and thickets, N. H. to Penn. Stem 2 3f high, generally simple, bearing a long, 

 open panicle. Leaves large, notched with very acute or acuminate teeth, feather- 

 veined. Heads middle size, with G 3 rather large rays. Aug. Oct. (S. ar- 

 guta Muhl.) 



37 S. patula. Muhl. St. smooth, angular-striate ; Ivs. elliptic, acute, serrate, very 

 scabrous above, smooth beneath, lower ones oblong-spatulato ; rac. paniculate, 

 loosely spreading ; pedicels pubescent; hds. about 12 to \5-flowered; scales much 

 imbricated, oblong, very obtuse. In wet places, Can., N". and W. States, not com- 

 mon. St. 2 to 4f high, virgate, ofcen purple, strongly angled, with leafy branches 

 at the top. St. Ivs. 1 to 2' long, ^ as wide, radical ones 2 or 3 times larger. Rac. 

 short, on the ends of the spreading branches. Sept. 



38 S. elliptica Ait. Erect, glabrous throughout, leafy; Ivs. elliptical, acute at 

 each end, obscurely serrate, uppar ones sessile, entire ; rac. short, recurved, in a 

 dense pyramidal panick ; hds. middle sizo ; rays 5 to 8, very short, disk-fls. 6 or 

 7 ; scales linear-oblong, obtuse. Salt marshes, R. Isl. (Olney), near N. Y. (T. & 

 G.), to Ga. St. 3 to 5f high, bearing a close, somewhat leafy pyramidal panicle. 

 Lvs. 2 to 4' by % to !', rough-edged, the serratures appressed and rather remote. 

 Rays oblong, rather large, pale yellow. Oct. 



(3. ELLIOTTIL Pan. more widely spreading. South. (S. Elliottii T. & G.) 



39 S. arguta Ait. St. strict, smooth ; Ivs. smooth, acutely and unequally serrate, 

 with diverging teeth, cauline, elliptical, sessile, highest entire and small, radical 

 oblong-ovate, attenuate at base into winged petioles ; rac. secund, dense, in a 

 spreading, corymbous panicle ; lids, middle size; rays about 10, disk-fls. 9 or 10; 

 ach. smooth. In meadows and woods, U. S. (from lat. 38), K to the Arc. circle. 

 A smooth, shining plant 3f high, with a large, dense, corymbous panicle. Rac. 

 recurved, a finger's length, the compound pedicels roughish, bracted. Aug., Sept. 



B. JUNCEA. Lvs. lanceolate, subserrate, upper entire ; st. brownish, striate ; 

 rays twice as long as tho invol. ; pan. less dense. Open fields. (S. juncea 

 Ait. S. ciliaris Muhl.) 



40 S. neglecta Torr. & Gr. St. smooth, striate ; Ivs. smooth, acute, serrate, with 

 divergent teeth, cauline linear-lanceolate, subentire highest linear, sessile, lowest 

 lanceolate (large), tapering to a long petiole ; rac. secund, erect, at length recurved, 

 in an abrupt or oblique panicle ; lids, middle size; rays 6 to 10, disk-fls. 7 to 12 ; 

 ach. smooth. Swamps Hanover, N". H. (Ricard, &c.) to Ind. and southward. 

 St. 3 to 4fhigh, terete. Rt. Ivs. 6 to 12' long, feather-veined; upper obscurely 

 3-veined. Aug., Sept. A handsome Solidago, beat known, by its peculiar panicle, 



