396 COMPOSITAE, Vou. UI. 
43. Solidago méllis Bartl. Velvety or Ground 
Golden-rod. Fig. 4255. 
Solidago mollis Bartl. Ind. Sem, Goett. 5. 1836. 
Solidago incana T. & G. FLON. AL a: aan 184., 
Solidago memoraliy var, incana A, Gray, Proc. Am, Acad. 
IZi TOF. BS82, 
Stem rigid, stout, low, canescent or slightly scabrous, 
6-12 high. Leaves pale, canescent or rough, entire or 
dentate, strongly 3-nerved, oblong, evate or oblanceo- 
late, the lower petioled, 2-3’ long, 3°-12” wide, very 
obtuse, the upper sessile, smaller; heads 2’-3" high, 
somewhat or scarcely secund on the short branches of 
the erect, scarcely one-sided, dense thyrsoid panicle; 
bracts of the involucre oblong, obtuse or acutish; rays 
5-9; achenes pubescent. 
Dry plains, Minnesota to Manitoba, Assiniboia, Kansas, 
Texas and Mexico. July-Sept. 
44. Solidago radula Nutt. Western Rough 
Golden-rod. Fig. 4250. 
Solidago radula Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 102. 1834, 
Stem rough-pubescent, rather slender, 1°-3° high. 
Leaves thick, green, rough on both sides, the lower 
oblanceolate or spatulate, dentate-crenate, obtuse or 
acutish, petioled, 3-8’ long, 6-20" wide, obscurely 
3-nerved, the upper smaller, oblanceolate, entire or 
nearly so, sessile, distinctly 3-nerved, the uppermost 
very small; heads 2-3” high, secund on the short, 
usually somewhat recurved branches of the dense, 
often one-sided panicle; bracts of the invelucre ob- 
long or linear-oblong, obtuse; rays 3-7, very short; 
achenes minutely pubescent. 
In dry soil, Illinois to Missouri, Louisiana and Texas. 
Aug.-Sept. 
45. Solidago Drumméndii T. & G, 
Drummond's Golden-rod. Fig. 4257. 
Solidago Drummondii T. & G. Fl. N. A. a: 217. 
i841, 
Stem rather slender, 1°-3° high, finely soft- 
pubescent. Leaves rather thin, broadly ovate 
or oval, glabrous or nearly so above, finely, 
but sometimes sparingly, pubescent, or rough- 
ish beneath, sharply serrate, acute at the apex, 
narrowed at the base, 3-nerved and pinnately 
veined, petioled, or the upper sessile, the larger 
3-4’ long, 14-2’ wide; heads 2’-24” high, 
secund on the usually few, spreading or re- 
curving branches of the panicle; bract-like 
upper leaves obtuse, or acute, entire; rays 4-6, 
conspicuous; bracts of the involucre oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse; achenes pubescent. 
In rocky soil, Tlinofs to Louisiana and Mis- 
souri. Sept.-Oct. 
