432 Oedkk '?0.— composite. 



9 S. ccesia Ait. St. erset, round, smooth and glaucous, often flexuous ; Ivs. 

 smooth, linear-lamceolate, lower ones serrate ; rac. axillary, erect, ach, mimctel/y 

 pvibescmt. — A very elegant species, in thickets and dry woods, Can. and U. S. 

 Stem 2 to 4f high, of a bluish-purple color, terete and slender, somewhat flexu- 

 ous, simple or, branched. Leaves 2 — 5' long, ending in a long point, sessile, 

 glaucous beneath. Racemes axillary, numerous, short Flowers of a deep, rich 

 yellow. Rays 5 — 7, once and a half the length of the involucre. Aug. (S. 

 axillaris. Ph.) 



/?. PLEXioAULis. St. flexuous, angular ; tos. ovate-lanceolate, longer than the 

 Eubcapitate racemes. — ^Leaves about 2' by J'. Rays pale yellow. (S. flexi- 

 oaulis. Ph. not of L.) 



y. CuETisii. St. tall, strict, striate-angular. — Mts. N. Oar. Height 3 to 5f.' (S. 

 Curtisii, T. & G.) 



10 S. thyrsoidea Meyer. St. simple, flexuous, very smooth, pubescent above ; 

 Ivs. smooth, ovate, coarsely and sharply serrate, cCcuie, the lower on long petioles, the 

 upper subsessile, lanceolate; rac mostly simple, short; hds. la/rge, with Con- 

 spicuous rays. — A coarse showy golden rod, in woods, "White Mts., N. H:, Wil- 

 loughby and Green Mts., Tt. It is remarkable for the long slender stalks of the 

 lower ovate leaves, and for the large hds. which exceed in size most other spe- 

 cies. St. 1 to 3f high, racemes axillary and terminal, usually in ■-■ thyrse-like 

 panicle. Aug. (S. virgaurea, Bw.) 



11 S. Virgaiirea L. ^. ALPiifA (Bw.) St. flexuous, furrowed, pubescent at top; 

 St. Ivs. lanceolate, serrate, lower ones oval ; contracted to a petiole, fao. erectj 

 ray elongated ; hds. large, about 30-floiOered ; scales very thin, acute. This is the 

 only species common to the two continents. One of its numerous varieties is 

 seen scattered here and there on the lower summits of the White Mts., N. H., 

 Essex Mts., N. Y., L. Superior, 0. W., also? Mts. of N. Car. The hds. are few, 

 sometimes one only, but larger than those of most other species, and of a rich, 

 golden yellow. St. often purple, 2 to 3' high, simple, with axillary and ter- 

 minal flowers. Aug. — (S. glomerata Mx. whose description answera well to the 

 larger specimens of S. virgaurea.) 



12 S, hiimilis Ph. Glabrous; St. simple, erect; radical Ivs. oblanceolate, 

 petiolate, obtuse and crenate- serrate at apex ; the cauline .oblanceolate. and lan- 

 ceolate, acute; rac. simple or paniculate; hds. middle size, about l2-ftowered; 

 scales dbhng, obtuse ; rays short. — Rocks along mountain streams, Vt, N. H., to 

 Newfoundland. St. 6 to 12' high, somewhat glutinous. Rao. slender, strict. 

 Lvs. of the stem about 2' by 3 to 4", serrulate. Hds. 6 to 8 rayed. Aug., Sept 



0. Taller ; hds. more numerous, in short, glomerate clusters, forming a dense, 

 slender, interrupted rac. — ^Near the Willey House, "White Mts. 



13 S. virgita Mx. Glabrous, strict, virgate, tall, simply racemous at top; lvs. 

 entire, thickish, oblong-lanceolate, and oblanceolate, rough edged, the lowest 

 subserrate, petiolate ; hds. about 1 5-flowered ; rays 5 to f ; ach. pubescent. — 

 Damp pine barrens, N. J. to Fla. St. 3 to 5f high. Lower Ivs. 3' to 4' long, 

 gradually reduced above to the bracts of the peduncles 3 or 4" in length. Bac. 

 6' to If long, composed of small clusters. / Sept., Oct. 



14 S. striota Ait. Smooth; st. strict,^ erect, simple; cauline lvs. lanceolate, 

 very entire, rough-edged, radical lvs. serrate, very long ; rac. paniculate, erect; 

 ped. smooth ; hds. about W-flowered. — In wet woods, N. States. St (and every 

 other part) very smooth, about 2f high. Lvs. 2 to 4 to 8' by J to ^ to 1', lower 

 attenuated at bass into a long, winged petiole. Pan. terbiinal, close, composed 

 of short, dense, appressed racemes. Hds. 12 to 18-flowered. Aug. ? ' 



15 S. speoidsa ITutt. St smooth, simple ; lvs. lanceolate, entire, and scabrous, 

 on the margin, thick, the radical and lower lvs., subserrate, very broad; rac. ereeti 

 numerous, forming a terminal, thyrsoid pardcle ; pedicels shorter than the invol, 

 pfibescent ; rays large, 6 to 8. — ^Woods, Ma^s. to Ohio and Ga. A noble species, 

 2 to 6f high. St stout, often purple, furrowed. Lvs. ample, some of them 6' by 

 3'. Hds. exceedingly numerous, about 15-flowered, with conspicuous rays of a 

 rich yellow, in a large, showy, pyramidal panicle. Aug. — Oct. 



/3. EEECTA. Panicle slender, spioato. — ^With the other ; merely a reduced form. 

 (S. erecta DC.) 



