Genus 22.] 



THISTLE FAMILY. 



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47. Solidago Houghtonii T. & G. 



Houghton's Golden-rod. 



(Fig. 3717.) 



Solidago HoughtoniiT, & G.; A. Gray, Man. 



211. 1S4S. 



Stem slender, glabrous below, sparingly- 

 pubescent above, i-2 high. Leaves 

 linear, the basal and lower ones petioled, 

 4 / ~5 / long, 2 // -4 // wide, 3-nerved, en- 

 tire, acute at each end, the upper 

 smaller, sessile, slightly conduplicate, 

 otherwise similar, the uppermost small 

 and bract-like; heads about 3" high, few, 

 in a small corymbose cyme, 20-30- 

 flowered; involucre broadly campanulate, 

 its bracts oblong, obtuse; acheues gla- 

 brous, 4-5-nerved. 



In swamps, north shores of Lakes Superior 

 and Huron, and in Genesee Co., N. Y. 

 Autumn. 



23. EUTHAMIA Nutt. Gen. 2: 162. 1818. 



Erect, paniculately-branched herbs, perennial by long rootstocks, with linear or linear- 

 lanceolate entire sessile 1-5-nerved punctate leaves, and very numerous small heads of both 

 tubular and radiate yellow flowers, clustered in the large cymose, convex or nearly flat-topped 

 inflorescence. Bracts of the involucre obtuse, imbricated in several series, appressed, some- 

 what glutinous. Receptacle flattish, fimbrillate, or pilose. Ray-flowers pistillate, usually 

 more numerous than the disk-flowers, the rays small. Disk-flowers perfect. Anthers obtuse 

 at the base. Style-branches with lanceolate appendages. Achenes top-shaped or oblong, 

 villous-pubescent. [Greek, referring to the clustered heads.] 



Four known species, the following, and one of western North America. 



Leaves distinctly 3-5-nerved; ray-flowers 12-20. 



Leaves 1 -nerved, or with a pair of indistinct lateral nerves; ray-flowers 5-10. 



Stem-leaves 2" -3" wide: disk-flowers 3 or 4. 



Leaves Vz"-x%" wide; disk-flowers 5 or 6. 



1. E. graminifolia. 

 E. leptocephala. 



E. Caroliniana. 



Euthamia graminifolia (L,.) Nutt. Bushy or Fragrant Golden-rod. 



(Fig. 3718.) 



Chrysocoma graminifolia L. Sp. PI. 841. 1753. 

 Solidago lanceolata L- Mant. 114. 1767. 

 Euthamia graminifolia Nutt. Gen. 2: 162. 



1818. 



Solidago graminifolia Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 

 391. 1824. 



Stem paniculately much branched, or 

 rarely simple, glabrous but sometimes 

 slightly rough above, 2-4 high. Leaves 

 numerous, linear-lanceolate, acuminate or 

 acute at each end, i / -5 / long, 2 // -4 // wide, 

 3-5-nerved, minutely rough-pubescent on 

 the margins and nerves of the lower surface; 

 resinous dots few ; heads 2 // ~3 // high, sessile 

 in capitate clusters arranged in a flat-topped 

 corymbose cyme; involucre ovoid-campanu- 

 late, its bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 slightly viscid; rays 12-20; disk- flowers 8-1 2. 



In moist soil, fields and roadsides.New Bruns- 

 wick to the Northwest Territory, south to 

 Florida, Nebraska and Missouri. Fragrant. 

 July-Sept. 



