Order TO.— COMPOSITE. 43X 



n Bacomes distant, loosely If at all panicled Nos. 86, 87 



n Kftcemes close, forming compact panicles Nos. 88 — 40 



d Infloresoenoe terminal, in afastigiate corymb, (o) 



o Leaves lanceolate, ample. Stem rough pttbescent Nos. 41, 42 



o Leaves lanceolate, ample. Stem smooth, glabrous Nos, 48—46 



o Leaves linear, Ueuiis small, scales close-pressed Nos. 47, 48 



1 S. pauciflosculosa Mx. Shrub, much branched, glabrous, glaucous and 

 somewhat viscid ; Ivs. somewhat lanceolate and linear, obscurely 3-veined, obtuse, 

 sessile, entire ; panicle compound, of erect racemes ; hds. 5 to 7-fiowered, with 1 

 to 8 large rays. — S. Oar. to Fla,, barrens near the coast. A low bush, about 2f 

 high, remarkably distuiguished among our Solidagos as a shrub. Lvs. 1 to 2' 

 long, leathery. Ray, usually solitary. Aug. — Oct. 



2 S. disooidea (Ell.) Villous-pubesoent, hoary ; lvs. ovate, petiolate, coarsely 

 serrate, the upper ovate-lanceolate ; rao. erect, in a virgate or thyrsoid pan. ; hds. 

 discoid, about 12-flowered ; scales downy-canescent, the acute herbaceous <ip« 

 squarrous-spreading. — Ga. and Ma. (uplands), to La. Plant 3 to 4f high, remark- 

 able for its rayless fls. and squarrous aster-like involucre. Lower lvs. 3 to 4' long, 

 gradually reduced upwards. Sept,, Oct. 



3 S. braohyph;ylla Chapm. Rough-pubescent; lvs. numerous, appressed-ser- 

 rate, spatulate, oval and ovate, glabrous ; rac. socund, in virgate panicles ; scales 

 erect (not spreading), obtuse, smooth; hds, discoid; disk-flowers 5 to 6, Mid. Fla,, 

 uplands (Chapman), Tall (4 to 6f ), with erect leafy branches, St. lvs. 1' long, 

 diminishing upwards. (Allied to S, altissima,) 



4 S. squarrosa Muhl, St. stout, simple, densely pubescent above ; lvs. smooth, 

 lower very broad, oval-spatulate, serrate, acute, upper lanceolate-elliptic, highest, 

 entire; rac. glomerate, rigid and pubescent; scales rigid, oblong, squarrous with 

 spreading green tips; hds. many flowered; rays 10 — 12, elongated. — A handsome 

 species, found on rocky hills. Can, to Penn. Stem 2 — 5f high. Heads very 

 large, forming a large terminal spike of short, dense, axillary fascicles ov racemes. 

 Sept, - 



5 S, squarrulosa (T, & G.) Pubescent, striate; lvs. rough, numerous, oval or 

 lanceolate, the upper entire, the lower serrate, all abruptly contracted at base but 

 scarcely petiolate ; hds. large (20 to 25-flowered), in a terminal, virgate raceme ; 

 rays 6 to 10 ,• scales linear or lance-subulate, with loose herbaceous tips, the outer 

 spreading, bract-hke, — Uplands, N, Car, to Fla, and La. St, 2 to 3i high, often - 

 branched above, Lvs. 1 to 2' long. Aug., Sept. . (S. squarrosa Nutt. S. petio- 

 laria Ait. ?) 



6 S, bioolor L, Haiiy ; st. simple ; lvs, elliptical entire, acute at each end, lower 

 serrate, short-stalked; rac. short, dense, axillary, paniculate-virgate above; invol, 

 scales obtuse ; rays about S, whitish. — 'Woods and dry hills. Can., N. Mid., & "W. 

 States. Remarkably distinguished among the solidagos by having white or 

 cream-colored rays. St. 2f high, a little hairy. Lvs, hairy on both sides, mostly 

 entire, gradually reduced in size upwards. Axillary clusters approximating above 

 into a terminal, interrupted spike, Rays short and obscure, Jl., Aug, (Aster 

 bieola Sees.) 



p. HIKSUTA. Fls. all yellow. — ^Penn. (S, hirsuta, Nutt,) 



7. S. Biiokleyi Torr, & Gr. Tillous-pubescent ; lvs. oblong, serrate, acute at 

 each end, eubsessile ; clusters axillary, loose, much shorter than the lvs, ; ped. 

 villous ; scales glabrous, acutish, rays 4 to 6, dish-flowers 9 to 12 ; ach. compressed, 

 glabrous. — Interior of Ala, (Buckley), St. 2 to 3f high? Lvs. as large as in 

 So. 8, the hds, larger. Oct. 



8 S. latifdlia Muhl. St. somewhat flexuous, angular, smooth below, pubescent 

 above; lvs. broadly ovate, acuminate at each end, deeply serrate, pubescent be- 

 neath ; petioles marginal ; rac. axillary and terminal ; ach. silky pubescent. — A 

 singular and well-marked species common in dry woods and by rooky streams, 

 U. S. and Can, St, slender, simple, about 2f high, Lvs, 3 to 5' by 2 to 4', with 

 acute, often long-acuminate serratures. Clusters very short, axUlary, the stem 

 ending with a long terminal one, Hds. few. Sept. — Tariable. The clusters are 

 often long and loose, and exceeding the lvs. (S. ambigua Ait. S. maorophylla 

 Bw.) 

 p. poBENS, Pubescent, becoming densaly so above, especially the scales. — 

 Mts. of K Car. (Gurtus) — (S. pubens Curtis) 



