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ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Lower hills. Rich shady woods, 

 rocky banks. Lauderdale County, near Florence; bluffs on the Tennessee River. 

 Madison County, Montesano, near the spring, 1,500 feet. Talladega County, Alpine 

 Mountain, 2,000 feet, shaded rocky banks, copious. Winston County, 1,500 feet alti- 

 tude. September, October. Not rare. Never seen in the low country. 



Type locality: " Louisiana, Dr. Leavenworth! Missouri, Mr. Duerinck? (Also? 

 Middle Florida, Dr. Chapman!}." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago rugosa Mill. Diet. ed. 8, no. 25. 1768. HIGH GOLDEN-ROD. 



Solidago altissima Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 212. 1789. Not L. 



S. riUosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 537. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 372. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 249. Chap. Fl. 212. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 153. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 189. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; Ontario to 

 Lake Superior; Minnesota south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp thickets, borders of low fields. September, 

 October. Common. 



Type locality : " Grows naturally in New England." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago ulmifoliaMuhl.; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 2060. 18C4. ELM-LEAF GOLDEX-ROD. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 373. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 538. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 250. Chap. Fl. 212. 

 Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 153. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 189. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. New England west to Iowa, southern Ohio 

 Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, and along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Prairie belt. Rich copses. Talladega 

 County, Alpine Mountain, 1,800 feet. Dallas County, Marion Junction. September, 

 October. Not frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Pensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago neglecta Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 213. 1842. SMOOTH GOLDEN-ROD. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 250. Gray, Syu . Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 154. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, New Brunswick ; Maine to Minnesota, 

 New York and Ohio to Illinois. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metauiorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ 

 Earle), September, 1896. Only locality known in the State. 



Type locality: "In swamps, Massachusetts! and New York! to North Carolina! 

 and Indiana!" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago boottii Hook. Cornp. Bot. Mag. 1 : 97. 1835. BOOTT'S GOLDEN-ROD. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 250. Chap. Fl. 212. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 154. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 190. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southwestern Virginia to Georgia and Flor- 

 ida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Dry woods. Lee 

 County, Auburn (Earle).' Clarke County (Dr. Denny}. Washington, Escanibia, 

 and Mobile counties. August to October. Frequent in the pine barrens. 



Type locality : "Louisiana." (Dnimmond.) 



Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago yadkinensis (Porter) Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 22 : 368. 1895. 



Solidago boottii yadkinensis Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 19 : 129. 1892. 



Slender, glabrous, from a chaffy rootstock; stem 1| to 3 feet high; leaves lanceo- 

 late to linear, acute, acuminate; petioles winged, 2 to 4 inches long; the cauline 

 leaves sessile, acute at the apex, with a lew distant teeth, involucre campaunlate, 

 25 to 35 flowered ; involucral bracts oblong-linear, obtuse, with a dark green mid- 

 rib; achenes pubescent with few spreading hairs. 



Carolinian area. North Carolina and Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Open woods and copses. Jackson County, Pisgah. 



Type locality: "Collected on the Yadkin River, North Carolina, by Messrs. Small 

 & Heller, Aug. 18, 1891." 



Herb. Biltmore. 



Solidago brachyphylla Chap. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 218. 1842. 



SHORT-LEAF GOLDEN-ROD 



Solidago boottii var. brachyphylla Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 195. 1882. 



Chap. Fl. 213. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 154. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas, (ieorgia and Florida to Mississippi. 



