GENUS 22. 
28. Solidago patula Muhl. Rough- 
leaved or Spreading Golden-rod. 
Fig. 4240. 
Soltdeae patula Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 2059. 
1804. 
Stem stout, rather rigid, usually simple, 
glabrous, or sometimes puberulent above, 
2°-7° high. Leaves thick, glabrous beneath, 
exceedingly rough above, pinnately veined, 
the lower and basal ones very large, 3’-16 
long, 14’-5’ wide, oval or elliptic, narrowed 
into margined petioles, the upper smaller, 
oval or oblong, sessile, acute, finely serrate 
or the uppermost entire; heads 2-33” high, 
secund on the widely spreading and recurv- 
ing branches of the loose panicle; rays 
small; bracts of the involucre linear-ob- 
long, obtuse. 
In swamps, Maine and Ontario to Minnesota, 
south to Georgia, Missouri and Texas. As- 
cends to 5000 ft. in North Carolina, Stem 
strongly angled, at least below. Aug.—Oct. 
Solidago microphylla Engelm., ranging from 
Kansas to Texas, appears to be a race of this 
species with acutish inner bracts of the involucre. 
30. Solidago Boottii Hook. Boott’s 
Golden-rod. Fig. 4242. 
. S. Boottii Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 97. 1835. 
Stem glabrous, or puberulent above, slender, 
usually branched near the summit, 2°-5° high. 
Leaves firm, pinnately and finely reticulate- 
veined, the lower and basal ones ovate or 
oblong-lanceolate, narrowed. into margined, 
sometimes ciliate petioles, acuminate at the 
apex, sharply and rather coarsely serrate, 3-6’ 
long, the upper smaller, entire, or finely ser- 
rate, sessile; heads 2’-3” high, secund on the 
elongated, spreading or recurving branches of 
the usually ample panicle; rays few, small; 
bracts of the involucre linear-oblong, obtuse; 
achenes pubescent. 
In dry woods, Virginia to Florida and Texas. 
Recorded from Missouri. Ascends to 3000 ft. in 
Virginia. July—Sept. 
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29. Solidago ulmifolia Muhl. Elm- 
leaved Golden-rod. Fig. 4241. 
Solidago ulmifolia Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 
2060. 1804. 
Stem slender, glabrous, or puberulent at 
the summit, 2°-4° high, simple, or branched 
above, the arched branches puberulent or 
pubescent. Leaves thin, oblong to elliptic- 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex 
and base, coarsely and sharply serrate, pin- 
nately veined, glabrous or sparingly pubes- 
cent, the lower and basal ones wider, 3’-5’ 
long, 1’-14’ wide, narrowed into margined 
petioles, the upper smaller, sessile; heads 
2-3” high, secund on the usually few and 
elongated, usually leafy branches of the 
panicle; rays few, small, deep yellow; 
bracts of the involucre oblong-lanceolate, 
obtusish. 
In woods and copses, Nova Scotia to Geor- 
gia, west to Minnesota, Missouri and Texas. 
Ascends to 2100 ft. in Virginia. July—Sept. 
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