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Golden Rod, unlike any of the others in having strongly 

 anise-scented foliage, noticeable when rubbed or bruised. 

 Leaves without teeth, lance-shaped, pointed, about 3 in. long. 

 Flowers yellow, the heads in i -sided clusters. In dry places, 

 especially woods, Mass. to Florida, and westward. August. 



880. Early Golden Rod. Solidago juncea. A perfectly 

 smooth, rather stout and stiff perennial, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 

 lance-linear, toothed or not, narrowed both ends, about 5 in. 

 long, the upper smaller and stalkless, the lower long-stalked. 

 Flowers yellow, the heads small, arranged in conspicuously 

 I -sided clusters. In dry places. New Brunswick to Georgia, 

 and westward. July. Fig. 880. A related species, S. arguta, 

 has sharply-toothed, oval leaves, an unbranched stem, and 

 grows in rich woods from Maine to Virginia, and westward. 



881. Bitter Weex>. Solidago rugosa. Perhaps the common- 

 est Golden Rod in the area. Stem stiff, degs ^ly h^i^y- 2-6 

 ft. high. Leaves coarse,, roughs hairy, sharply-toothed, lancQ- 

 oblong, pointed both ends, 2-5 in. long. Flowers yellow, 

 the heads numerous in arching i -sided clusters. In dry places, 

 Newfoundland to Florida, and westward. August. Fig. 881. 

 A related species, 5*. ulmifolia, with a smooth stem, but the 

 branches of the flower cluster hairy, is found from Maine 

 to Georgia, and westward. 



882. Canada Golden Rod. Solidago altissima. The talkgt (7^ 

 of our Golden Rods, frequently 5-6 ft. high. Leaves nar- L , 



