482 Oa&Ka 70.— COMPOSURE. 



9 S. ooeaia Ait. St. erect, round, amooth and glaucous, often flexuous ; ha. 

 smooth, linear-lanceolate, lower oues Borrate ; rac. asillary, erect, ach. minutely 

 puiescent. — A very elegant species, in thickets and dry woods, Can. and tJ. S. 

 Stem 2 to 4f high, of a bluish-purple color, terete and slender, somewhat flexu- 

 ous, simple or branched. Leaves 2 — 5' long, ending in a long point, sessile, 

 glaucous beneath. Racemes axillary, numerous, short. Piowers of a deep, rich 

 yellow. Rays 5 — 1, once and a half the length of the involucre. Aug. (8. 

 axillaris, Ph.) 



/?. FLESiOAULis. St. flexuous, angular ; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, longer than the 

 subcapitate racemes. — Loaves about 2' by J'. Rays pale yellow. (S. flexi- 

 caulis, Ph. not of L.) 

 , y. CuRTlsn. St. tall, strict, striate-angular.— Mts. N. Car. Height 3 to 5£ (8. 

 Cuvtisii, T. & G.) 



10 S. thyrsoidea Jleyer. St. simple, flexuous, very smooth, pubescent above ; 

 his. smooth, ovate, coarsely and sharply serrate, acute, the lower on long petioles, the 

 upper subsessile, lanceolate; rac. mostly simple, short; hds. large, with con- 

 spicuous rays. — A coarse showy golden rod, in woods. White Mts., N. H., Wil- 

 loughby and Green Mts., Tt. It is remarkable for the long slender stalks of the 

 lower ovate leaves, and for the large hds. which exceed in size most other spo- 

 eiea St. 1 to 3f high, racemes axillary and terminal, usually in a thyrse-hks 

 panicle. Aug. (S. virgaurea, Bw.) 



11 S. Virgailrea L. /3. alpina (Bw.) St. flexuous, furrowed, pubescent at top; 

 St. Ivs. lanceolate, serrate, lower ones oval ; contracted to a petiole, rac. erect, 

 ray elongated ; hds. large, about 30-Jiowered ; scales very thin, acute. This is the 

 only species common to the two continents. One of its numerous varieties is 

 seen scattered here and there on the lower summits of the White Mts., N. H., 

 Essex Mts., N. Y., L. Superior, 0. W., also ? Mts. of N. Car. The hds. are few, 

 sometimes one only, but larger than those of most other species, and of a rich, 

 golden yellow. St. often purple, 2 to 3' high, simple, with axillary and ter- 

 minal flowers. Aug. — (S. glomerata Mx. whoso description answers well to the 

 larger specimens of S. vh-gaurea.) 



12 S. hiimilis Ph. Glabrous ; St. simple, erect ; radical Ivs. oblanceolate, 

 petiolate, obtuse and crenate- serrate at apex ; the cauhne oblanceolate, and lan- 

 ceolate, acute; rac. simple or paniculate; hds. iniddle size, about l2-flowered; 

 scales oblong, obtuse ; rays short. — Rock3~along mountain streams, Vt., iS". H., to 

 Newfoundland. St. 6 to 12' high, somewhat glutinous. Rac. slender, strict. 

 Lvs. of the stem about 2' by 3 to 4", serrulate. Hds. G to 8 rayed. Aug., Sept. 



0. Taller ; hds. more numerous, in short, glomerate clusters, forming a dense, 

 slender, interrupted rac. — Near the Willey House, White Mts. 



13 S. virgita Mx. Glabrous, strict, virgate, tall, simply racemous at top; lvs. 

 entire, tliickish, oblong-lanceolate, and oblanceolate, rough edged, the lowest 

 subserrate, petiolato ; hds. about 1 i-flovjered ; rays 6 to 1 ; ach. pubescent. — 

 Damp pine ban'ens, N". J. to Fla. St. 3 to 5f high. Lower lvs. 3 to 4' long, 

 gradually reduced above to the bracts of the peduncles S or 4" in length. , Eac. 

 G' to If long, composed of smaU clusters. Sept., Oct. 



14 S. strfota Ait. Smooth ; st. strict, erect, simple ; cauline lvs. lanceolate, 

 very entire, rough-edged, radical lvs. serrate, very long; rac. paniculate, erect; 

 ped. smooth ; hds. about lO-flowered. — ^In wet woods, N. States. St. (and every 

 other part) very smooth, about 2f high. Lvs. 2 to 4 to 8' by J- to -J^ to 1', lowej- 

 attenuated at base into a long, winged petiole. Pan. terminal, close, composed 

 of short, dense, appressed racemes. Hds. 12 to 18-flowered. Aug. 



15 S. speoiosa N"utt. St. smooth, simple ; lvs. lanceolate, entire, and scabrous, 

 on the margin, thick, the radical and lower lvs., subserrate, very broad; rac. ereci, 

 numerous, forming a terminal, thyrsoid panicle ; pedicels shorter than the invol, 

 ■pubescent; rays large, 6 to 8. — ^Woods, Mass. to Ohio and 6a. A noble species, 

 2 to 6f high. St. stout, often purple, furrowed. Lvs. ample, some of them 6' by 

 3'. Hds. exceedingly numerous, about 15-flowered, with conspicuous rays of a 

 rich yellow, in a large, showy, pyramidal panicle. Aug. — Oct. 



/?. BREOTA. Panicle slender, spicato. — ^With the other; merely a reduced form. 

 (S. ereota DC.) 



