400 COMPOSITAE. Vor. III. 
5. Euthamia tenuifolia (Pursh) Greene. Slender Fragrant Golden-rod. 
Quobsque-weed. Fig. 4266. 
?Erigeron carolinianum L. Sp. Pl. 863. 1753. 
Solidago tenuifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 540. 
1814. 
E. tenuifolia Greene, Pittonia 5:77. 1902. 
E. remota Greene, loc. cit. 78. 1902. 
?S. Moseleyi Fernald, Rhodora 10: 93. 1908. 
Glabrous and somewhat resinous, seldom 
over 13° high, branched above. Leaves nar- 
rowly linear, entire, acuminate, sessile, nar- 
rowed at the base, I-nerved or with an 
additional pair of faint lateral nerves, 1’—3’ 
long, 1-2” wide, punctate, often with 
smaller ones clustered in the axils, the resi- 
nous dots minute; heads about 14” high, 
very numerous and crowded in the dense 
nearly flat corymb; involucre oblong-cam- 
panulate, its bracts oblong; rays 6-12; disk- 
flowers 4-6. 
In dry sandy soil, eastern Massachusetts to 
Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida and Louisiana. Re- 
ferred, in our first edition, to Euthamia caro- 
liniana (L.) Greene, but the identity of 
rae carolinianum L. is doubtful. Aug.— 
ct. 
6. Euthamia minor (Michx.) Greene. 
Narrow-leaved Bushy Golden-rod. 
Fig. 4207. 
Solidago lanceolata minor Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 
116. 1803. 
Euthamia minor Greene, Pittonia §: 78. 1902. 
Solidago minor Fernald, Rhodora 10: 93. 1908. 
Glabrous, bushy-branched above, 3° high or 
less. Leaves very narrowly linear, 1-nerved, the 
larger about 23’ long, not over 1” wide, often 
with tufts of smaller ones in the axils, the upper 
much smaller, often not more than 3” wide; 
heads very numerous, short-stalked, or sessile; 
involucre cylindraceous, about 2” high, its yel- 
lowish oblong bracts appressed, viscid; ray-flow- 
ers about Io. 
In dry sandy soil, Virginia to Florida and Missis- 
sippi. Sept.-Oct. 
24. BRACHYCHAETA T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2: 194. 1841. 
An erect, perennial herb, with the aspect of a golden-rod. Leaves alternate, the lower 
and basal ones large, cordate, long-petioled, the upper ovate, short-petioled or sessile. Heads 
composed of both tubular and radiate flowers, sessile, in a terminal narrow spike-like thyrsus. 
Involucre narrowly campanulate, its bracts coriaceous, imbricated in few series, the outer 
successively smaller. Receptacle small, naked. Rays small, yellow, pistillate. Disk-flowers 
perfect, their corollas tubular, somewhat expanded above, 5-cleft. Anthers obtuse and entire 
at the base. Style-branches flattened, their appendages lanceolate. Achenes 8-10-ribbed. 
Pappus a single row of scale-like bristles, shorter than the achene. [Greek, short-bristle, 
referring to the pappus. | 
A monotypic genus of eastern North America. 
