2. Euthamia floribunda Greene. Small-headed 
Bushy Golden-rod. Fig. 4263. 
E. floribunda Greene, Pittonia 5: 74. 1902. 
Solidago polycephala Fernald, Rhodora 10: 93. 1908. 
Finely roughish-pubescent, at least above, panicu- 
lately branched, 2°-3° high. Leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, the larger 2’-3’ long, 24-3” wide, 3-nerved, 
those of the branches much smaller, spreading or 
deflexed; heads numerous, small, 14’-2” high, ses- 
sile or very nearly so in small corymbed clusters; 
involucre turbinate, its glutinous bracts puberulent, 
their triangular-lanceolate green tips appressed. 
Fields and borders of marshes, southern New Jersey, 
and recorded from eastern Pennsylvania. Aug-—Oct. 
3. Euthamia leptocéphala (T. & G.) Greene. 
Western Bushy Golden-rod. Fig. 4264. 
p\ th Solidago leptocephala T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 226, 1841. 
BZ) ANG Euthamia leptocephala Greene, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 321. 
4 Ra 1894. 
Stem smooth, 14°-24° high, branched above. Leaves 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate or acute at each end, 
I-nerved, or with a pair of indistinct lateral nerves, 
rough-margined, those of the stem usually 2’-3’ long, 
2”-4” wide; heads about 3” high, rather narrow, ses- 
sile in the clusters of the flat-topped inflorescence; 
bracts of the subturbinate involucre linear-oblong, 
scarcely viscid; disk-flowers 3 or 4; ray-flowers 7-10. 
é In moist soil, Missouri to Louisiana and Texas. Aug.— 
ct. 
4. Euthamia gymnospermoides 
Greene. Viscid Bushy Golden- 
rod. Fig. 4265. 
Euthamia gymnospermoides Greene, Pittonia 
5:75. 1902. 
Solidago gymnospermoides Fernald, Rhodora 
10: 93. 1908, 
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Usually branched from the base or from 
below the middle, glabrous, resinous, 14°-2° 
high, the branches strict, ascending. Leaves 
narrowly linear, 1-2” wide, 3’ long or less, 
light green, 1-nerved, or the larger 3-nerved ; 
heads numerous, sessile in the clusters of 
the broad nearly flat-topped inflorescence; 
involucre turbinate, about 24” high, its 
bracts linear-oblong, blunt, very viscid; 
disk-flowers 4-6; ray-flowers about 12. 
Prairies, Nebraska to Kansas, Texas and 
Louisiana. Aug —Oct. Confused, in our first 
edition, with the preceding species. 
