360 COMPOSIT.E. SoLiDAco. 



8. SoLiDAGo Ohioen3is, Riddcll. (Plate LIV.) Ohio Golden-rod. 



Very smooth ; stem strict, fastigiate-corymbosc at the summit ; radical and lowest cauline 

 leaves lanceolate-oblong, rather obtuse, ciliolatc-scabTons on the margin, remotely serrate 

 towards the apex, tapering into slender petioles ; upper ones lanceolate, closely sessile, entire 

 or ueariy so ; iieads (rather small) numerous, va a compoand raceme, on «lender smooth 

 pedicels, 16 - 20-flowcred ; pappus shorter than the corolla of the disk. — Rtddellf Ofa. ft. 

 Western States, p. 57 ; Torf. ^ tJr. Jl. N. Am. 2. p. 209. ' ■ -. 



' Srem 2 - 3 feet high, simple and virgatc, terete, divided at the summit into a ratlier dense 

 compound fastigiate corj^mb. Leaves rather thick ; radical ones (including the petiole) 

 10 - 12 inches or more in length, tapering into a very long slender petiole 1-2 inches wide, 

 Uie niargin TeryTough, the serrattires glaiidular at the jtip ;' cauline leaves acute. Heads 

 oblong, erect. - Scales of 4he involucre 8 ^-1(V oblong, obtuse. Rays.6 - .7, small. Acheriia 

 perfectly smooth. . . . .:..-..- . -..,-. 



Moist meadows ; rare. Western part of the State (t)r. Sartwell, T)r. Knieskerh, Mr. G. 

 W. CTmron). "Niagara Falls- (Mr.- itfacrce). -September -Octofeeh' —'-'^^ 



•••* Racemes erect or spreading, paniculate: leaves thickish orfieshy, very smooth and entire, obscurely veiny, often somewhat 

 triply veined. — Natives of salt or brackisli marshes. 



9. SoLiDAGO SEMPERViRENS, Linn. Common Salt-marsh Golden-rod. 



Stem erect, smooth ; leaves fleshy, lanceolate, acute, sessile, acute at each end, obscurely 

 triplinerved ; radical ones lanceolate-oblong, tapering into long' petioles ; racemes paniculate, 

 more or less secund ; peduncles pubescent, or nearly smooth ; scales of the involucre acute. 

 — Linn. sp. 2. p. 898 ; Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 538 ; EU. sk. 2. p. 379 ; DC. prodr. 5. p. 335 ; 

 Torr^ <^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 211. S. laevigata, Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) 3. p. 215 ; Pursh, I. c. 

 p. 541 ; Bigel.fi. Bost. p. 306 ; Torr. compend. p. 304 ; Beck, hot. p. 192. S. limonifolia, 

 Pars.?; Torr. compend. 1. c; Beck, I. c. 



Stem 3-6 feet high, smooth and striate. Leaves slightly scabrous on the margin ; radical 

 one 1-2 inches wide ; the petioles 6-12 inches long. Panicle usually rather compact, and 

 conspicuously secund. Heads rather large. Involucre oblong : scales numerous ; outer ones 

 short. Rays 8 - 10. Achenia slightly pubescent. 



Salt marshes, and near brackish waters ; common along the shores of Long Island, and on 

 the Hudson as far as the salt water extends. September. 



