Composite Jfamil^. 



Broad-leaved Goldenrod. SoUdago laUfolia. 



Found in September and October on the edges of woods, and 

 moist copses. 



The stalk grows from 1 to 3 feet high ; it is often zigzag in gesture 

 or angular, is leafy, smooth to the touch, and woody-fibred. Its color 

 is green. 



The broadly-oval leaf tapers at both ends, the margin is cut in 

 sharp slender teeth, ribs are marked, and the surface is rough to the 

 touch. Color, yellowish green. 



The disc flowers are small, and the ray flowers are few, from 4 to 

 6 in number ; in color they are clear yellow. The cup's are pale green, 

 and the heads are gathered, in small clusters, on the end of the stalk, 

 and in the angles of the upper leaves. 



This is a pleasing variation from the common types of the Golden- 

 rods ; its prolonged leafy stem, slender in growth, and strung with 

 small clusters of yellow flowers, is less showy, but more refined in 

 general bearing than many others. 



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