27^ CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. , [Bull. 



SOLIDAGO L. Golden-rod. 



Splidago squarrosa Muhl. (with spreading scales). 



Rare or local. Dry rocky woods in either trap or lime- 

 stone soils: Meriden (Eaton Herb.), Berlin and New Britain 

 (Bissell), Southington (Andrews), Farmington and Cheshire 

 (Harger), Salisbury (Bissell). Aug. — Sept. 



Solidago caesia L. (bluish-gray). 



Frequent. Woods and thickets, usually in rich soil. Late 

 Aug. — Oct. 



The var. axillaris (Pursh) Gray (axillary) is occasional 

 with the species. The var. paniculata Gray (panicled) oc- 

 curs at Willington (Bissell) and New Haven (D. C. Eaton). 

 A hybrid with Solidago latifolia has been collected at Lantern 

 Hill, North Stonington (Graves). 



Solidago latifolia L. (broad-leaved). 

 Solidago Hexicaulis L. in part. 



Occasional or local. Rich, often rocky, woods. Aug. — 

 Oct. 



Solidago bicolor L. (two-colored). 

 White Golden-rod. 



Common. Dry fields and open woods. Aug. — Oct. 



Solidago hispida Muhl. (rough-hairy). 



Solidago bicolor L., var. concolor Torr. & Gray. 



Rare. Dry rocky woods or fields : Franklin (R. W. Wood- 

 ward), Waterford (Graves), Meriden (Andrews), Simsbury 

 (I. Holcomb), Waterbury (A. E. Blewitt), Oxford (Harger), 

 Farmington and Winchester (Bissell). Aug. — Sept. 



Solidago puberula Nutt. (slightly downy). 



Rare or local. Rocky or sandy woods and fields, some- 

 times in moist ground : North Stonington, Voluntown, Water- 

 ford and Stafford (Graves), Union (Graves, Bissell), Hamp- 

 ton and East Hartford (Weatherby), Glastonbury (Mrs. F. 

 W. Starmer), Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), Southington (An- 

 drews & Bissell), Oxford (Harger), Milford (Fames), Salis- 

 bury (Bissell). Aug. — Sept. 



A handsome species. 



