Genus 22.] 



THISTLE FAMILY 



29. Solidago neglecta T. & G. 



Swamp Golden-rod. (Fig. 3699.) 



Solidago fieglecla T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 213. 1841. 

 Solidago Terrae-Novae T. & G. loc. cit. 206. 1841? 



Stem glabrous, or slightly rough above, sim- 

 ple, rather stout, 2-4 high. Leaves firm, the 

 basal and lower ones lanceolate or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, large, sometimes I2 / long, acute or ob- 

 tusish, serrate or serrulate, tapering into mar- 

 gined petioles, rough on the margins; upper 

 leaves smaller, lanceolate, acute, sessile, serrate 

 or nearly entire; heads 2 l / 2 // -2," high, more or 

 less secund on the short branches of the thyr- 

 soid panicle; rays 3-8, small; bracts of the in- 

 volucre linear-oblong, obtuse; achenes glabrous, 

 or nearly so. 



In swamps, New Brunswick to Wisconsin, south 

 to Maryland and Illinois. Forms with the heads 

 little secund resemble 5. uliginosa. Aug. -Sept. 



30. Solidago uniligulata (DC.) Porter. 

 Few-rayed Golden-rod. (Fig. 3700.) 



Bigelovia (?) uniligulata DC. Prodr. 5: 329. 1836. 

 Solidago linoides T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 216. 1841. 



Not Soland. 

 Solidago neglecta var. linoides A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1: 



Part 2. 154. 1884. 

 Solidago uniligulata Porter, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 



320. 1894. 



Stem simple, slender, i^-2^ high, gla- 

 brous, or slightly pubescent above. Leaves 

 firm, obscurely pinnately veined, lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, finely and sharply serrate, 

 acute or acuminate, the lower long-petioled, 

 4 / -9 / long, 4 // -9 // wide, the upper sessile, the 

 uppermost very small and erect; heads about 2" 

 high, densely secund on the short spreading 

 or recurving branches of the small naked pani- 

 cle; rays 1-4; bracts of the involucre linear-ob- 

 long, obtuse; achenes glabrous. 



In swamps, Maine to New York and New Jersey. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



31. Solidago juncea Ait. Early or 

 Sharp-toothed Golden-rod. (Fig. 3701 . ) 



Solidago juncea Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 213. 1789. 

 Solidago argula T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 214. 1841. 



Not Ait. 1789. 



Stem glabrous, or very nearly so throughout, 

 rigid, rather stout, simple, or branched at the 

 inflorescence, ij-4 high. Leaves firm, gla- 

 brous, lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, serrate, serrulate, or nearly entire, 

 the lower large, sometimes i2 / long and 2' wide, 

 long-petioled, the upper smaller, sessile; heads 

 \%. ,f -i /f high) secund on the recurved 

 branches of the usually ample spreading pani- 

 cle; rays 7-12, small; bracts of the involucre 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse or acute; 

 achenes glabrous or sparingly pubescent. 



In dry or rocky soil, New Brunswick to Hudson 

 Bay and Manitoba, North Carolina and Missouri. 

 One of the earliest flowering species. Called also 

 Yellow-top, Plume Golden-rod. June-Nov. 

 Solidago juncea scabrella (T. & G.) A. Gray, Syn. 



Fl. 2: Part 2, 155. 1884. 

 S. argula var. scabrella T. & G. Fl. N.A. 2: 214. 1841. 

 Leaves rijid, scabrous, especially on the margins 



Illinois to Wisconsin and Kentucky. 



