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33 S. ulmifolla Muhl. St. glabrous, vjith hairy branches ; Ivs. thin, elliptic-ovate, 

 serrate, acaminatD, sessile, tapering to the base, smooth above, viUous beneath ; 

 rac. paniculate, reourved-spreading ; ped. villous; lids, small; scales acute; rays 

 Zori, disk-fls. 3 or 4.— In woods and low grounds, N. and W. States. A species, 

 of striking form, like Braohyohaeta, with the slender, arched branches of the Elm. 

 St striate, about 3f high, rarely with scattered haire. Radical Ivs. tapering to 

 winged petioles, and hairy both sides, with coarse and unequal serratures, upper 

 ones entire, middle o\ies about 3' by IJ'. Rays deep yellow. Aug., Sept. 



34 S. Boottia Hook. S!. glabrous,^ .with hairy branches ; Ivs. ovate or lauce-ovate, 

 serrate, lower contracted to marginal petioles,' upper sessile, acuminate at both 

 ends ; rao. long, recurved, loosely panicled ; hds. middle size ; scales oblong, oi. 

 tee; rays 2 to 5, dislc-fls. 8 to 12. — Sandy soils, K Car. to Ma. and Tex Plant 

 2 to 5f high, variable, with tlie stem smooth, or more or less rough-downy. Aug. 

 —Oct. 



35 S. linoides Solander. Smooth throughout ; st. slender, simple; Ivs. lanceolate, 

 finely serrate and scabrous on the margin, radical ones petiolate, upper entire ; 

 hds. small, in short, secund, at length spreading racemes; scales oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, appressed ; rays 1 to i, short, disk-fls. 4 to 5, short. — A small species, 

 near Boston (Greene in N". Am. Flo.) taN. J. St. 12 to 20' high. Lvs. 1 to 6' 

 by 3 to 6". Pan. small, usually turned to one side. Sept., Oct. 



36 S. Mublenb^rgii Torr. & Gr. St. furrowed, glabrous ; lvs. smooth both side/, 

 strongly and sharply serrate, the radical ovate, petiolate, cauline, elliptical-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate at each end ; rac. secund, short, remote, axillary, spreading ; 

 pedicels pubescent ; hds. 15 — 20-fiowBred; scales linear, obtuse. — In damp woods 

 and thickets, N. H. to Penu. Stem 2 — 3f high, generally simple, bearing a long, 

 open panicle. Leaves large, notched witli very acute or acuminate teeth, feather- 

 veined. Heads middle size, with 6 — 3 rather largo rays. Aug. — Oct. (S. ar- 

 guta Muhl.) 



37 S. p^tula. Muhl St. smooth, angular-striate ; lvs. elliptic, acute, serrate, ?;«■!/ 

 sadbrous above, smooth beneath, lower ones oblong-spatulato ; rac. paniculate, 

 loosely spreading; pedicels pubescent; hds. about 12 to 15-Jiowered; scales much 

 imbricated, obVmg, very obtuse. — In wet places. Can., N. and W. States, not com- 

 mon. St. 2 to 4f high, virgate, ofccn purple, strongly angled, with leafy branches 

 at the top. St. lvs. 1 to 2' long, ^ as wide, radical ones 2 or 3 times larger. Rac. 

 short, on the ends of the spreading branches. Sept. 



SB'S, elliptica Ait. Erect, glabrous throughout, leafy; lvs. elliptical, acute at 

 each end, obscurely serrate, upper ones sessile, entire ; rcu:. short, recurved, in a 

 dense pyramidal panicle ; hds. middle size; rays 5 to 8, very short, disk-fls. G or 

 1 ; scales linear-oblong, obtuse. — Salt marshes, R. Isl. (Olney), near N. T. (T. & 

 G.), to Ga. St. 3 to 5f high, bearing a close, somewhat leafy p3Tamidal panicle. 

 Lvs. 2 to 4' by J to IJ', rough-edged, the serratures appressed and rather remote, 

 Rays oblong, rather large, pale yellow. Oct. 



p. EllIottii. Pan. more widely spreading. — Soutti. (S. Elliottii T. k G.) 



39 S. argtita Ait. St. strict, smooth ; lvs. smooth, acutely and unequally serrate, 

 with diverging teeth, caviine, elliptical, sessile, highest entire and small, radical 

 oblong-ovate, attenuate at base into winged petioles ; rac. secuod, dense, in a 

 spreading, corymbous panide ; hds. middle size; rays about 10, disk-fls. 9 or 10 ; 

 ach. smooth. — In meadows and woods, U. S. (from lat. 38°), N". to the Arc. circle. 

 A smooth, shining plant 3f high, with a large, dense, coiymbous panicle. Rac. 

 recurved, a finger's length, the compound pedicels roughish, braoted. Aug., Sept 



B. JUNCEA. Lvs. lanceolate, subserrate, upper entire ; st. brownish, striate ; 

 rays twice as long as the invol. ; pan. less dense. — Open fields. (S. juncea 

 Ait S. ciliaris Muhl.) 



40 S. neglecta Torr. & Gr. St. smooth, striate ; lvs. smooth, acute, serrate, with 

 divergent teeth, cauline linear-lanceolate, subentire highest linear, sessile, lowest 

 lanceolate (large), tapering to a long petiole ; rac. secund, erect, at length recurved, 

 in an dbrvpt or oblique panicle ; hds. middle size; rays 6 to 10, disk-fls. 7 to 12 ; 

 ach. smooth. — Swamps Hanover, N. H. (Ricard, &c.) to Ind. and southward. 

 St 3 to 4fhigh, terete. Rt lvs. (3 to 12' long, feather-veined; upper obseurdy 

 3-veined. Aug., Sept — A handsome Solidago, best known, by its peculiar panicle. 



