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8. Solidago erécta Pursh. Slender 
Golden-rod. Fig. 4220. 
Solidago erecta Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 542. 
1814. 
Solidago speciosa angustata T.& G. Fl. N. A. 
2: 205. 1841. 
Stem slender, glabrous, or puberulent 
above, 2°-3° high, simple or rarely branch- 
ed. Leaves firm, nearly glabrous on both 
sides, ciliolate on the margins, the lower 
and basal ones broadly oblong or oval, 
obtuse or obtusish, crenate-dentate, the 
upper lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
usually quite entire; heads 2’’-3” high in a 
very narrow terminal thyrsus, rarely also 
with a few clustered in the upper axils; 
bracts of the involucre obtuse; rays light 
yellow; achenes glabrous. 
In dry soil, southeastern New York, New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania to Kentucky, Geor- 
gia and Alabama. Aug.—Sept. 
Vo. III. 
7. Solidago hispida Muhl. Hairy 
Golden-rod. Fig. 4219. 
S. hispida Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 2063. 1804. 
Solidago hirsuta Nutt. Journ. Phil. Acad. 7: 
103. 1834. 
Solidago bicolor concolor T.& G. Fl. N. A. 2: 
197. 1841. 
Stout, stem densely pubescent or hirsute, 
simple or sometimes branched, 12°-3° high. 
Lower leaves oval, acute, or obtuse, peti- 
oled, pubescent on both sides, usually den- 
tate, 2’-5’ long, 1’-2’ wide; upper leaves 
oblong, sessile, acute, dentate or entire, 
smaller, sessile, heads about 3” high, crowd- 
ed in a dense narrow terminal thyrsus and 
also often in racemose clusters in the upper 
axils; rays yellow; involucral bracts yel- 
lowish, obtuse, the midvein narrow; achenes 
with a few appressed hairs, or glabrous. 
In dry soil, Newfoundland to western On- 
tario, Manitoba, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
Georgia and Missouri. Ascends to 2000 ft. in 
the Catskills. Aug.—Oct. 
g. Solidago monticola T. & G. 
Mountain Golden-rod. 
Fig. 4221. 
Solidago Curtisii var. monticola T. & G. FI. 
N. A. 2: 200. 1841. 
Solidago monticola T. & G.; Chapm. FI. S. 
States 209. 1860, 
Slender, glabrous or nearly so, 1°-3° 
high. Stem leaves ovate-oblong, or ob- 
long-lanceolate, thin, acuminate at the 
apex, narrowed at the base, sharply and 
sparingly serrate, or the upper entire, 
1’-6’ long, 4-14’ wide, the upper sessile, 
the lower petioled; basal leaves broadly 
oblong, obtuse, with slender petioles; 
heads about 2” high; in a terminal spike- 
like, simple or branched thyrsus; bracts 
of the involucre acutish or obtuse; 
achenes glabrous. 
In mountain woods, Pennsylvania and 
Maryland to Georgia and Alabama. 
