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rowed both ends, the lower stalked and toothed, the upper 

 stalkless and toothless, all of them distinctly 3-veinedj_ 

 Flowers yellow, the heads small, but in immense, branched 

 clusters. In dry places. New Brunswick to Florida, and west- 

 ward. September. Fig. 882. 



883. Gray Golden Rod. Solidago nemoralis. A slender, usu- 

 ally unbranched, ashy gray, arching perennial, 8-18 in. high. 

 Leaves finely hairy, lance-oblong, faintly 3-veined, the lower 

 stalked, the upper stalkless and smaller. Flowers yellow, the 

 heads bunched in a short i -sided cluster. In dry open places, 

 Quebec to Florida, and westward. August. Fig. 883. 



884. Ragged Golden Rod. Solidago squarrosa. An erect, 

 almost always unbranched stout perennial, 2-5 ft. high. 

 Leaves oblong, pointed, sharply toothed, narrowed towards 

 a stalk-like base, but without a true leaf stalk. Flowers yel- 

 low, the heads very numerous in clusters that are not i -sided, 

 and differing from all other Golden Rods in having green 

 bracts below each head and with their tips all spreading and 

 recurved. In rocky woods. New Brunswick to Virginia, and 

 westward, mostly in the uplands. August. 



885. Individual flower heads at least i in. in width, often 



much more. 



Plants with leaves present at flowering time no. 887 



Flowers on a scaly stalk, the leaves not appearing until after the 

 flowers Coltsfoot no. 886 



