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The leaves have a very pleasant anisate odor and yield by dis- 

 tillation a fragrant, volatile oil. 



SoLiDAGO ALTissiMA. L, Tall Goldeti Rod. 



Stem erect, hairy ; leaves lanceolate, the lower ones 

 deeply serrate, rough, wrinkled ; panicle leaning to 

 one side. Willd. 



The varieties of this tall, well known weed, are very frequent 

 about the borders of fields. Stem erect, stiff, rough, and hairy, 

 branching at top. Leaves numerous, sessile, lanceolate, rough, 

 irregularly veined, serrate or toothed, the serratures divergent. 

 Panicle consisting of many recurved branches, with the flowers 

 tending upward ; the whole inclining to one side. Flowers nu- 

 merous, yellow. — September.— Perennial. 



SoLiDAGO NEMORALis. Willd. Grey Golden Rod. 



Stem erect, downy ; stem-leaves lanceolate, nearly 

 entire, root leaves somewhat wedge-shaped, serrate ; 

 racemes panicled, one sided. 



Common in dry, sandy fields, where it appears as if stunted by 

 drought. The whole herb has a greyish, downy or pulverulent ap- 

 pearance. Leaves of the root obovate, serrate, those of the stem 

 lanceolate, scarcely serrate. Panicle small, leaning, yellow. — 

 August, September. — Perennial. 



SoLiDAGo MACROPHYLLA. Puvsh. Large leaved Golden 



Rod. 



Leaves roundish-ovate, acuminate, narrowed at 

 base, sharply and unequally serrate ; racemes axillary. 



This has broader leaves than any of the other species. They 

 are generally smooth, sometimes rough, paler underneath, ovate, 

 roundish or elliptical, the upper ones sometimes lanceolate, all 

 much attenuated at base, edged with large, acute, diverging ser- 

 ratures. Flowers yellow, in short axillary racemes. — In woods 

 near the White mountains. Mr. Locke. — August. 



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