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14. Solidago uliginosa Xutt. Bog 

 Golden-rod. (Fig. 3684.) 



Solidago uliginosa Nutt. Journ. Phil. Acad. 7: 

 101. 1834. 



Stem glabrous, rather stout, simple, 2-4 

 high. Leaves oblong lanceolate or lanceo- 

 late, glabrous, firm, more or less ciliolate or 

 -3gj scabrous on the margins, few-veined, acute 

 2 or acuminate, the lower and basal ones 4 / -o/ 



$$< long, Yz'-iYz' wide, more or less serrate and 

 .j~2|p narrowed into petioles, the upper smaller, 

 "^^ mostly sessile and entire; heads 2 // ~3 // high 

 in a terminal oblong dense thyrsus, its 

 branches appressed; bracts of the involucre 

 linear-oblong, obtuse; achenes glabrous. 



In swamps and bops, Newfoundland to north- 

 ern New Jersey and Pennsylvania, west to west- 

 ern Ontario, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Aug.- 

 Sept. 



15. Solidago speciosa Nutt. Showy 

 or Noble Golden-rod. (Fig. 3685.) 

 Solidago speciosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 160. 1818. 



Stem stout, glabrous below, often rough 

 above, usually simple, 3-7 high. Leaves 

 glabrous, firm, the lower and basal ovate, or 

 broadly oval, 4 / -io / long, i / -4 / wide, dentate 

 or crenate, pinnately veined, acute or obtuse 

 at the apex, long petioled; upper leaves 

 smaller, oblong or oval, acute at each end, 

 crenate-dentate, or entire, sessile or short- 

 petioled, rough-margined; heads 3 // -4 // 

 high in a large terminal thyrsus, the 

 branches of which are ascending and often 

 leafy; bracts of the involucre oblong, very 

 obtuse; achenes glabrous or nearly so. 



In rich soil, Nova Scotia to North Carolina, 

 west to Minnesota, Kentucky, Arkansas and Ne- 

 braska (according to J. M. Bates) Aug.-Oct. 



Solidago speciosa pallida Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 19: 130. 1892. 

 Leaves ovate or oblong, coriaceous, prominently veined, pale green; stems stout, tufted, i-2 

 high, densely pubescent above. On the rocky summit of Mt. Mackay, western Ontario. 



16. Solidago rigidiuscula (T. & 

 G. ) Porter. Slender Showy Golden- 

 rod. (Fig. 3686.) 



Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula T. & G. 



Fl. N. A. 2: 205. 1841. 

 Solidago speciosa var. angustata A. Gray, 



Syn. Fl. 1: Part 2, 152. in part. 1884. 

 Sohdago rigidiuscula Porter, Mem. Torr. 



Club, 5: 319. 1894. 



Stem rather slender, usually glabrous 

 below, rough-pubescent above, simple, 

 2-4 high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, entire, or the basal ones some- 

 times crenate, strongly ciliolate on the 

 margins, x / -$ / long, 3 // -i2 // wide, the 

 upper sessile, the lower sometimes nar- 

 rowed into petioles; heads similar to 

 those of the preceding species; thyrsus 

 generally narrow, dense, simple or rarely 

 branched, 



In dry soil, mostly on prairies, Ohio to Ala- 

 bama, w r est to Minnesota, Nebraska, Louisi- 

 ana and Texas. Aug.-Oct. 



