76 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



S. rigida, L. Golden-rod. 



Abundant through the south half of the state, and in the Red river valley, extend- 

 ing northeast to Crow Wing county, Upham. Usually from one and a half to two feet 

 high on prairies, where It most abounds ; but from three to five feet high in woods and 

 thickets. 



S, Riddellii, Frank. Riddell's Golden-rod. 



Minneapolis, Williams ; Rapidan Rapids, Blue Earth county, Upham ; peat bogs, 

 Blue Earth county, Leiberg ; common in Emmet county, Iowa, Cratty. South. 



S. nejflecta, Torr. & Gray. Golden -rod. 

 Lapham. Infrequent. Southeast. 



S. patula, Muhl. Golden-rod. 

 Lapham. Infrequent. Southeast. 



S. juncea, Ait. (S. arguta, var. juncea, Gray, in Manual.) Golden-rod. 



Common, or frequent, throughout the state, excepting perhaps near its south side ; 

 flowering early. 



S. juucea, Ait., var. scabrella. Gray. (S. arguta, var. scabrella, Toit. & 

 Gray, in Manual.) Golden-rod. 

 Rice county, Upham. Probably infrequent. Southeast. 



S. arg"uta, Ait. (S. Muhlenbergii, Torr. & Gray.) Golden-rod. 

 North of lake Superior, Jtmi. Rare. East. 



S. rug-osa, Mill. (S. altissima, in Manual.) Golden-rod. 

 Blue Earth county, Oedge. Infrequent. 



S. ulinifolia, Muhl, Golden-rod, 



Lapham. Falls of the St. Croix, Parry. Infrequent. Southeast. 



S. nemoralis. Ait. Golden-rod. 



Common, often abundant, throughout the state. 



S. neinotalis , Ait., var. incana. Gray.* Golden-rod. 



Plains of Minnesota and Dakota (3'^icoUet, etc.) to the Rocky Mountains of Mon- 

 tana and Colorado. Oray's Synoptical Flora of N. A. 



S. radula, Nutt. Golden-red. 



Blue Earth county, Leiberg ; Stearns county, Campbell ; Yellow Medicine county 

 (frequent), Upham. South. 



S. Missouriensis , Nutt. Golden-rod. 



Saint Paul, Kelley ; Mhmeapolis, Twining, Roberts, Simmons ; Martin county, and 

 Emmet county, Iowa (abundant), Cratty ; high prairies towards the sources of the Min- 

 nesota river, Qeyer ; Red river valley, Scott. South and west. 



S. Canadensis, L. Golden-rod. 



Common throughout the state. [The var. procera, Torr. & Gray, probably also oc- 

 curs in Mhinesota, especially northwestward.] 



S. serotina, Ait., var. g-igantea. Gray. (S. serotina, in Manual.) Golden- 

 rod. 

 Common, or frequent, throughout the state. 



*SoLiDAGO NEMORALIS, Ait., var. INCANA, Gray. Dwarf, a span to a foot high : 

 leaves oval or oblong, rigid, more or less cauescent, sometimes rather strongly serrate, 

 sometimes mostly entire : racemiform clusters erect or the lower somewhat spread- 

 ing, collected in a dense oblong or conical thyrsus. Gray's Synoptical Flora of N. A. 



