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6. SoLiDAGO ViRGA-AUREA, Linn. Common European Golden-rod. 



Stem terete or slightly angular ; cauline leaves lanceolate, tapering at each end, serrate, the 

 lower ones elliptical, petioled ; raceme erect, simple or compound ; scales of the involucre 

 lanceolate, acute ; rays about 8 ; achcnia minutely pubescent. — Linn. sp. 2. p. 880 ; Engl, 

 bot. t. 301 ; Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 306 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 5 ; DC. prodr. 5. p. 338 ; 

 Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2 p. 206. 



var. alpina : stem 3-8 inches high, smooth or a little pubescent ; leaves oblong-obovate 

 or spatulate, acute or obtuse ; heads (large) in a dense thyrsoid or corymbose raceme ; in- 

 volucre smoothish ; rays 8 - 12. — Bigel. I. c. ; Torr. <J- Gr. I.e. S. Virga-Aurea, /3. Hook. 

 Brit.fl. {ed. 4.) p. 306. 



Root thick and creeping, ligneous. Stem erect, simple, often flowering when only about 

 2 inches high. Leaves 1 - 25 inches long and 4-8 lines wide, crenately serrate ; the upper 

 ones nearly entire ; lower and radical attenuate into a winged petiole. Heads few, and large 

 for the size of the plant. Rays elongated. ■ 



Summit of Mount Marcy, Essex county. August. This is the only species of Solidago 

 common to Europe and America, 



*** Heads large, in a compound corymb ; leaves feather-veined or 3-7Urved. 



7. Solidago rigida, Linn. Rigid-leaved Golden-rod. 



Roughly pubescent and somewhat hoary ; stem stout, corymbosely branched at the summit ; 

 leaves ovate or oval, rigid, slightly clasping, the lower ones serrate and petioled, the uppermost 

 entire ; heads very large, 25 - 30-flowered, crowded ; pedicels short ; scales of the involucre 

 oblong, very obtuse. — Linn. sp. 2. p. 880 ; Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) 3. p. 216 ; Michx. fl. 2. p. 118 ; 

 Pursh,fl. 2. p. 543 ; FJl. sk. 2. p. 390 ; Hook.fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 5 ; DC. prodr. 5. p. 337 ; 

 Beck, bot. p. 193 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 209. S. grandiflora, Raf. in med. rep. 

 (hex. 2.) 5. p. 359. 



Stem 3-4 feet high, rigid, terete, minutely and densely pubescent. Leaves clothed with 

 a minute but usually rough pubescence, sometimes rather soft underneath ; lower ones 

 remotely serrate with appressed teeth ; radical ones 4-8 inches long, tapering to narrow 

 petioles, \ - 2\ inches wide ; upper ones gradually smaller, and more or less clasping. 

 Heads large and showy. Scales of the involucre usually pubescent. Rays 7 - 10. Achenia 

 very smooth. 



Dry hill-sides, usually in rocky places. Highlands of New- York {Dr. Barratt), and in the 

 western part of the State. August - October. 



