234 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



eighteen inches high. 



Not found at the 



average, 

 seaside. 



5. Solidago hicolor. White golden-rod. Blooms 

 about the tenth of August. Leaves feather- veined, 

 rough-hairy, especially the veins on the 

 under surface, only sparingly toothed, 

 and dark olive-green above ; the lower 

 ones quite large, elliptical, and pointed at 

 both ends ; the upper ones small and 

 lance-shaped. Stem straight, generally 

 simple, and covered with soft grayish 

 hairs. Flower yellow-cream color, 

 with from five to fourteen white 

 rays ; in effect remotely resem- 

 bling the color tone of mignonette. 

 Flower clusters growing from the 

 junction of the leaves with the 

 plantstem short, and crowding into 

 a cylindrical spike at the top of the 

 plant. This species is not showy ; it 

 is common on dry ground. 

 G. Solidago lanceolata. Lance-leaved golden-rod. 

 Blooms on or before the tenth of August. Leaves 

 light green, three-ribbed, sometimes five-ribbed, with- 

 out teeth, and extremely narrow willow-shaped ; the 

 edges scratchy-rough. Stem straight, angular in 

 section (the ridges which run lengthwise with the 



