SYNGENESIA: POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 483 

 paniculatis eredis confertis. Sp.pl. 12^5 {Ger, 

 em. 430./. I, 2. Pet. herb, /. 16, /. 9, 10. Moris, 

 htft. J. 7. /. 23, /. 4, ordinis fuperioris^ ^ fig- 

 20. ordinis tnedii.) 

 Golden Rod. Anglis. 



In rough mountainous paftures, and in woods fre- 

 quent. 1^. VIII. 

 The root is woody : the ftalk firm, a little rough, 

 and varies from fix inches to five feet high 5 its 

 common height about a yard : the leaves are a 

 little hard, and rough to the touch -, the lower 

 ones oval-lanceolate, generally a little ferrated, 

 and fupported on footftalks : thofe on the flalks 

 arc elliptical, fometimes flightly ferrated, but 

 commonly entire. 

 The flowers are yellow, and grow in a fpiked pa- 

 nicle : the fcales of the calyx are lanceolate, of 

 unequal length, and of a pale green colour : the 

 female florets which compofe the rays are in 

 number from five to eight 5 the hermaphrodite 

 ones in the difc from ten to twelve. The leed 

 is little hairy, pointed at the bafe, convex on 

 one fide, and plain on the other. 

 % A variety of this plant frequently occurs, growing 

 out of the rocks near the fummits of the high- 

 land mountains, which is often not above iix 

 inches or a foot high, and bears fewer flowers, 

 growing in a fhorter and more compact fpike: 

 the leaves are alfo frequently' a little dov^ny, 

 and the plant flowers earlier. This is the S. Cam- 

 I i 2 hrica 



