58 AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 
is not altogether typical. Specimens collected by me at Pingree, 
Stutsman County, are glabrous on the nerves of the upper sides 
of the leaves, otherwise typical, and plants from other localities, as 
Turtle Mountains, Minot, Towner, Peninsula of Lake Ibsen, etc., 
have the mid-veins glabrous on both sides. [.S. serotina Ait. (?)]. 
The plant here described grows in the rich soil of the outskirts 
and the thickly wooded parts of the Turtle Mountains, wherethe type 
was collected by the writer in Bottineau County on July 23, rgoz. 
Solidago satanica sp. nov. 
Caules 6-8 dm. alti, superne scabri et minutatim pulverulenti, 
infra glabrati (rami inflorescentiae cinereo-puberulenti), simplices 
vel in parte dimidia superiore uberrime ramosi, valde foliosi. 
Folia lanceolata, superne pubescentia minuta et appressa vestita 
vel scabra, subtus molliter et dense cinereo-pubescentia, conspicue 
tri-nervata, serrata vel superiora quidem integra. Capitula 3 mm. 
alta. Bracteae involucri lineari-lanceolatae, viridi-flavescentes. 
Stems 6-8 dm. high, scabrous or minutely puberulent above, 
glabrate below (branches of the inflorescence cinereous-puberulent), 
simple or copiously branching above the middle, very leafy. 
Leaves lanceolate, minutely and appressedly pubescent or scabrous 
above, softly aud densely cinereous-pubescent beneath, prom- 
inently 3-ribbed, serrate or the upper entire. Heads 3 mm. high. 
Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, greenish-yellow. 
A plant nearly related to this is S. canadensis L., which differs 
mainly in having its leaves narrowly lanceolate, glabrous above, 
and a minute pubescence on the nerves beneath, and narrowly 
linear involucral bracts. S. procera Ait. has leaves with looser 
pubescence and with distinct soft hairs, and its heads are larger. 
S. scabriuscula (Porter) Rydb. has shorter, broadly lanceolate 
leaves, rugose beneath, and the heads are larger. S. gilvocanescens 
Rydb. has broad, pale leaves, yellow-canescent on both sides. 
The plant just described was found late in the season within 
the forest surrounding Devil’s Lake, Ramsey County, and it was 
named because found in this romantic region. The foliage was 
dark green in deep shade and remarkably light green in the open 
woodland. The lower half or the lower two-thirds of the stems 
were covered with faded leaves or denuded, but this deficiency 
does probably not detract a great deal from the completeness 
of this description. 
