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••-■'-■•- Leaves broad, not large, sessile or ahort-petioled, coarsely and sharply serrate, 

 copiously featlier^eiried ; veinlets conspiciMUsly reticulated: heads small: rays short. 



22. S. altiSSima, L. Bough-hairy, especially thestem (2° -1° high)) leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, elliptical or oblong, ojlen thickish and very rugose; racemes pani- 

 cled, spreading ; scales of the involucre linear ; rays 6 - 9 ; the disk-flowers 4-7. 

 — Borders of fields and copses ; very common, presenting a great variety of 

 forms : but instead of the tallest, as its name denotes, it is usually one of tho 

 lowest of the common Golden-rods. 



23. S. ulniifoiia, Muhl. Stem smooth, the branches hairy; leaves thin, 

 elliptical-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, pointed, tapering to the base, loosely veined, be- 

 set with soft hairs beneath ; racemes panicled, recm'ved-spreading ; scales of the 

 involucre lanceolate-oblong ; rays about 4. — Low copses ; common. — Too 

 near the last ; distinguished only by its smooth stem and thin larger leaves. 



24. S. Drumnidndii, Torr. & Gr. Stem {\°-3° high) and lower sur- 

 face of the broadly ovate or aval somewhat triple-ribbed leaves minutely vdvdy-pubes- 

 cent, some of the leaves almost entire ; racemes panicled, short ; scales of the 

 involucre oblong, obtuse ; rays 4 or 5. — Bocks, Illinois opposite St. Louis, and 

 Bouthwestwai-d. 



4- -t- -1- 1- Leaves entire or nearly so, thickish, reticulate-veiny, but the veins obscure. 



25. S. pildsa^ Walt. Stem stout, upright {3° -1° high), clothed with spread- 

 ing hairs, often panicled at the summit ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, raughish, hairy 

 beneath, at least on the midrib, serrulate, the upper ovate-lanceolate or oblong 

 and entire, closely sessile ; racemes many, recurved, crowded in a dense pyram- 

 idal panicle; rays 7-10, very short. — Low grounds, pine baiTens of New 

 Jersey to Virginia, and southward. 



26. S. oddra, Ait. (Sweet Goldbn-kod.) /SmooiA or nearly so through- 

 out; stem slender (2°-3° high), often reclined; leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, shin- 

 ing, pellucid-dotted ; racemes spreading in a small one-sided panicle ; rays 3-4, 

 rather large. — Border of tliickets in dry or sandy soil, Vermont and Maine to 

 Kentucky, and southward. — The crushed leaves yield a pleasant anisate odor. 

 H- ^- ^- ^- 4- Leaves grayish or hoary, thickish, feather-veined and slightly triple- 

 nerved, obscurely serrate or entire ; heads middle-sized. 



27. S. nemorjilis, Ait. Clothed mth u minute and close grayish-hoary 

 (soft or"roughish) pubescence; stem simple or corymbed at the summit (i°-2|'' 

 high) ; leaves oblanceolate or spatulate-oblong, the lower somewhat crenate- 

 toothed and tapering into a petiole; racemes numerous, dense, at length re- 

 curved, foiining a large and crowded compound raceme or panicle which is 

 usually turned to one side ; scales of the involucre linear-oblong, appressed ; 

 rays 6-9. — Dry sterile fields; veiy common. In the West occur less hoary 

 and rougher forms. 



# # # * ♦ Heads in one-sided spreading or recurved racemes, forming an ample 



panicle : leaves plainly S-rU)bed, or triple-ribbed. 

 ■t- Scales of the involucre thickish and rigid, closely imbricated, with somewhat green- 

 ish tips or midrib : leaves rigid, smooth and shining. 



28. S. Shdrtii, Toit. * Gr. Stem slender, simple (1° -3° high), minute- 

 ly roughish-pubescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, the lower sharply serrate 



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