242 SYNGENESIA POLYGAM. SUPERF. SoHdago. 



bracing the stem. Fl. numerous, in terminal, upright corymbs, 

 bright golden colour. Seeds of the ray smooth. Cal. and 

 flo'^ver- stalks often covered with a cottony web. Bruised herb, 

 fetid. Ls. less segments broader towards the end. 

 A decoction of the flowers dyes yellow : larva of the handsome 

 Phal. Jacobaese feeds on tliis. 



S. aqudticus. Marsh R. Rays spreading-, elliptic- 

 oblong-. Leaves lyre-shaped, saw-toothed ; the lower- 

 most inversely eg-g-shaped, and undivided. Seeds 

 smooth. E. B. 1131. 



Marshes, watery places. 



Per. July. 



Ls. smooth, variable in form, from egg-shaped, to deeply wing- 

 cleft, of a lighter colour than those of .Sen. Jacobsea. Fl. also 

 fewer, larger than S. Jac. Ls. terminal segment largest. 

 * * * * Fl. radiant. Leaves undivided. 



* ? S. saracenicus. Broad-leaved R. Rays spreading, 

 nearly entire. Flowers corymbose. Leaves spear- 

 shaped, saw-toothed, minutely downy. Stem solid. 

 E. B. 2211. Soli dago sarracenica. G. E. 429. 



3Ioist meadows, and pastures, watery lanes, rare. Sm. Shotover 



Plantations. Bx. 

 Per. July, August. 

 Three to five f., smooth. Fl. yellow. Seeds mostly smooth. 



SOLIDA'GO.' Golden-rod. 



S. Virgaurea. Common G. Stem slightly zigzag, 

 angular. Clusters downy, panicled, crowded, erect. 

 Leaves partly saw-toothed. E. B. 301. Virga aurea. 

 G. E. 430. 



Groves, thickets, grassy lanes, heaths. * * 



Per. August. 



Stem branched above, from ten inches to three f., curved below, 

 then erect, leafy. Ls. roughish, paler beneath on winged foot- 

 stalks, root-ones inversely egg-spear-shaped, saw-toothed to 

 notched. Stem-Is. alternate, rolled back, more entire. Fl. 

 yellow, in terminal, and axillary clusters. Bracteas spear- 

 shaped, downy. Rays of the flower from five to nine or ten. 

 Bruised herb smells like \\'ild-caiTot. Cal.-scales spear-shaped, 

 with a green line along the back, and a membranous border. 

 Valuable plant near bee-hives, flowering late, and thriving on a 



poor soil. Esteemed vulnerary, diiu-etic. See Gerarde, and his 



sti'ange commendations of its virtues. 



' From a supposed vulnerary power of solidating wounds. 



