434 Oedbe 10.— COMPOSITiE. 



A large, showy speeies, in low, open grounds, U. S. and Can. SL green, some- 

 times purplish, 4 to '7f high, often much branched above. Lvs. 2 to 4 to T long, 

 aeuminate at each end, often with divergent teeth. Pan. often diffuse, on spread- 

 ing, leafy branches. Aug. — Oct. — Rays twice longer than the last. 



25 S. Canadensis L. Si. downy ; lvs. lanceolate, serrate, 3-veined, acumituiie, 

 rough ; rac. paniculate, secund, recurved ; rays short, about 8, disk-fls. about 1 ; 

 scales linear. — (Pig. 118.) Fields, hedges, U. S. and Brit. Am., common. Prom 18' to 

 6f high. Stem furrowed, terminated byia copious panicle which inclines to one 

 side. Lvs. sessile, 3' long, sometimes nearly entire, and perhaps a little downy. 

 Heads almost innumerable, very small, with very obscure, yellow rays. Aug. — Oct. 



(8. pr6obra. St. villous ; lvs. rough, villous beneath ; hds. larger, and with 

 larger rays. — In low grounds, 4 — if high. Leaves distinctly 3-veined. (S. 

 procera Ait.) • 



26 S. Shortii Torr. & Gr. St. minutely rougj^owny; lvs. oblong-lanceolate, 

 sharply serrate, strongly 3-vein6d, acute, very smooth ; rac. secund, detise;'j)^, 

 contracted, elongated; scales linear-obloag, with greenish tips; rays 5 to 1, disk-fls. 

 5 to 1. — Banks of the Ohio River, lud. and Ky. Sts. 1 to 2f high. Readily dis- 

 tinguished from the last. Jl., Aug. 



27 S. pilosa "Walt. Hirsute, tail, sicui; lvs. lance-oblong, remotely serrulate, 

 rough, thick, obsoletely veined, mid vein hairy beneath, upper lance-ovate,' sessile, 

 entire ; pan. pyramidal ; rays 7 to 10, minute, disk-fls. 5 or G. — Pine barren^ N. 



. J. to Fla., in damp places. St. 4 to If high. Lvs. 2 to 4' long below, reduced 

 upwards, very numerous, yellowish-green. Pedicels with subulate bracts, simi- 

 lar to the outer scales. Sept., Oct. 



28 S. oddra Ait. St. round, pubescent in lines, slender ; lvs. linear lanceolate, acute, 

 abrupi and sessile at base, very entire, smooth, punctate, with pellucid dots, rough- 

 edged ; rac. paniculate ; rays 2 to 4, disk-fls. 3 or 4. — In dry, fertile woodlands 

 and sunny hUls, U. S. and Can. Stem 2 — 3f high, yellowish-green. Leaves 

 IJ — 3' by 3 — 5", with a strong, yellowish midvein, but no veirJets. Panicle in- 

 clined. Racemes 2 — 3' long, spreading, each generally with a leaf at base, and 

 a simple row of small heads on the upper side. Jl. — Sept. — The only species of 

 Solidago which has properties generally considered either agreeable or useful. 

 The leaves are aromatic and yield by distillation a fragrant volatile oil. 



/?. RETEOESA. Lvs. linear below, subulato above, often twisted ; ray si, 2 or 

 3 ; St. pubescent all over. S. "W. Ga. (Miss Keen). Punctate lvs. acute. 

 ScaleM, &c., as in a. (S. retrorsa Mx.) 



29 S. tortifolia Ell. St. rough, pubescent; lvs. numerous, linear, subentire, 

 often twisted at the hose, small, scabrous above, not punctate; rac. recurved, In 'a 

 pyramidal panicle ; scales obtuse; ray and disk-fls. each 3 to 5. — N. Oar. to Pla. 

 and Tex., in dry fields. St. 2 to 3f high, often much branched. Lower lvs. 2 to 

 3' long, reduced upwards to subulate bracts. (Elliott.) Aug. — Oct. — Is this the 

 same as our /3. Ko. 28 ? 



30 S. altissima L, St. hairy, tall ; lvs. lanceolate, very veiny, lower ones deepljf 

 serrate, rough and wrinkled. Soaks acute ; rays 6 to 8. — A variable species, the 

 tall, rough varieties of which are common about the borders of fields, in hedges, 

 TJ. S. and Brit. Am. Stem rough with hairs, erect, 3 — 5f high, much branched 

 at top. Leaves variously toothed or serrate, numerous both upon the stem and 

 branches. Branches widely spreading, each terminating in a recurved panido 

 with the flowers turning upwards. Scarcely two of the plants look alike. The 

 branches aro very widely spread, or but little diverging, with few and scattered 

 heads, or with numerous heads ; the leaves are equally or unequally serrate, 

 hairy or woolly. Aug.— Oct. (S. rugosa Willd.) 



31 S. Dnimm6ndii Torr. & Gr. St. velvety ; lvs. ovate or broadly oval, acute at 

 each end, shaiply serrate, smooth above, velvety beneath, veiny ; scales oblong, ob- 

 tuse; rays 4 or 5.— 111. near St. Louis. (Drammond in N. Am. PI.) St. 1 to 2f 

 high. 



32 S. Radula Nutt. St. rough-downy, simple ; lvs. oblong-spatulate, tapering to 

 the sessile base, serrate above, very rough, rigid, the lowest petiolate ; pan. con- 

 tracted ; disk-fls. 3 to 6, rays 5, very shortr-Ill. near St. Louis (Engelman), to 

 La. Plant slender. 1 to 2f high. Hds. small, crowded, in short, secund racemes. 

 Sept. 



