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Solidago Virgaurea Gillmani (A. Gray) Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 209. 1893. 

 Solidago humilis var. Gillmani A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 191. 1882. 



Stout, i54-3 high; thyrsus paniculately branched; basal leaves very large, sometimes 10' long, 

 sharply serrate. Sand hills, southern shore of Lake Superior. Perhaps not referable to this species. 



20. Solidago sempervirens L,. 

 Sea-side Golden-rod. (Fig. 3690.) 



Solidago sempervirens L. Sp. PI. 878. 1753. 



Stem stout, leafy, usually simple, 2-8 <> 

 high, glabrous, or slightly puberulent above. 

 Leaves thick, fleshy, entire, with 2-5 pairs of 

 lateral veins, the lower and basal ones oblong, 

 spatulate or lanceolate, mostly obtuse, some- 

 times i long, narrowed into long petioles; 

 upper leaves sessile, lanceolate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute; heads 3 // -5 // high in secund 

 racemes of a large terminal often leafy pani- 

 cle; rays 8-10, showy ; bracts of the involucre 

 lanceolate, acute. 



On salt marshes, sea-beaches, along tidal 

 rivers and in sandy soil near the sea, New Bruns- 

 wick to Florida and Mexico. Also in Bermuda. 

 Called also Salt-marsh Golden-rod. Aug.-Dec. 



21. Solidago odora Ait. Sweet or 

 Anise-scented Golden-rod. 

 (Fig. 3691.) 

 Solidago odora Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 214. 1789. 



Slender; stem simple, glabrous, or minutely 

 pubescent above, 2-4 high. Leaves punc- 

 tate, anise-scented when bruised, lanceolate, 

 quite entire, acute or acuminate, 2 / ~4 / long, 

 3 // -8 // wide, sessile, or the lowermost peti- 

 oled; heads 2 ,/ -2}4. ,/ high, secund on the 

 spreading racemes of the terminal, usually 

 ample panicle; rays 3 or 4, 2"-$" long; bracts 

 of the involucre oblong-lanceolate, acute. 



In dry soil, Nova Scotia (according to Som- 

 mers); Massachusetts to Florida, west to New 

 York, Kentucky and Texas. Called also Blue 

 Mountain Tea. July-Sept. 



Solidago odora inodora A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 244. 

 1867. 

 Leaves not punctate, scentless when bruised. 

 Probably a mere form. 



22. Solidago tortifolia Ell. Twisted- 

 leaf Golden-rod. (Fig. 3692.) 



Solidago retrorsa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 539. 1S14. 



Not Michx. 1803. 

 Solidago tortifolia Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 377. 



1824. 



Stem slender, rough-pubescent or puberu- 

 lent, 2-3 high, simple. Leaves linear or 

 linear-oblong, often twisted, scabrous, sessile, 

 acute, i / -2 / long, iX //- 3 // wide, obscurely 

 veined but with a distinct midrib, the lower 

 serrate, the upper entire; heads about 2" high, 

 secund on the usually recurved branches of 

 the terminal panicle; rays 3-5, short; bracts of 

 the involucre linear, obtuse or obtusish. 



In dry sandy soil, Virginia to Florida and 

 Texas, mostly near the coast. Autumn. 



