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(991.) S. Odora, Ait. Sweet Golden-rod. 

 S. retrorsa, Michx. Fl. II. , 3. 



Borders of thickets in dry or sandy soil. Near Grand Lake, N.S. 

 (Sommers.) Fields near Hamilton, Ont. (Logie.) I have never seen 

 a Canadian specimen of this species and am doubtful of its occurrence 

 within our limits. (Macoun.) 



(992.) S. uliginosa, Nutt. Swamp Golden-rod. 



S. stricla, Hook. Fl. II., 4, in part. Macoun's Cat., No. 909. 

 S. stricta, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 204, not Ait. 



Sphagnum swamps and tamarack bogs. Newfoundland, Anticosti, 

 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and thence westward to and beyond the 

 Rocky Mountains in the wooded country. 



(993.) S. speciosa, Nutt. 



S- sempervirens, Michx. Fl. II., 119, not of Linn. 



Borders of woods, near Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) St. Stephen, N.B. 

 (Vroom.) To be looked for in the Maritime pi-ovinces. It is probable 

 that this species is often referred to the preceding one. 



(994.) S. patula, Muhl. 



S. azperata, Pursh Fl. II., 538. 



Swamps, meadows, and moist woods. Canada. (Herb. Banks, Hooker 

 & Pursh.} Swamps in the vicinity of London, Ont. (Burgess.) 



(995.) S. rugosa, Mill. 



S. altissima, Hook. Fl. II., 2. Macoun's Cat., No. 916. 

 S. altissima, var. /?. Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 216. 

 S. villosa, Pursh Fl. II., 537. Hook. Fl. II., 2. 



Common in meadows, thickets and open woods and on the borders 

 of fields and roads. Border of fields near Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) 

 Halifax, N.S. (Sommers.) New Brunswick. (Fowler's Cat.) Com- 

 mon in Quebec and Ontario and extending to Thunder Bay, Lake 

 Superior. 



(996.) S. neglecta, Torr. & Gray Fl. II., 213. 



In swamps and wet beaver-meadows. St. John Co., N.B. (Hay.) 

 Swamps in the northern part of Hastings and Northumberland 

 Counties, Ont. (Macoun.) Steep gravelly banks. Niagara Falls. 

 (Burgess.) Damp wooded banks of the Gatineau at Ironsides, Q. 

 (Fletcher.) 



