SOLIDAGO. 



In hedges and fields of North America, common, flowering 

 from Auguft to Oftober. A very variable fpecies, fcarcely 

 two individuals look alike. Purp. The numerous panicled 

 chjiers fpread horizontally, in a graceful manner, and all 

 the foiuers are turned upward. They are twice the fize of 

 S. canadenfis, with a promioent radhts, half as long agam 

 as the calyx. 



13. S. rugofa. Wrinkle-leaved Golden-rod. Mill. Did. 

 ed. 8. n. 25. Willd. n. 13. Ait. n. 9. Purfh n. 10. 

 (Virga aurea nova: anglis, rugofis foliis crenatis ; Dill. 

 Elth. 416. t. 308.) — Stem ereft, hairy. Leaves ovato- 

 lanceolate ; the lower ones clofely ferrated, rugged, ver)' 

 rough. Cluilers panicled, compound, widely fprcading, 

 unilateral. — In a dry barren foil, from Canada to Virginia, 

 flowering from Auguit to Oftober. Purjh. The leaves 

 are fhorter and broader than in the foregoing. Floiuirs 

 rather fmaller. 



14. S. liillofa. Soft-leaved Golden-rod. Purfh n. 11. 

 (S. aItiflima/3; Ait. ed. i. v. 3. 212. ed. 2. n. 8. Willd. 

 n. 12. S. pilofa ; Mill. Dift. ed. 8. u. 9-)—" Stem ereft, 

 villous. Leaves lanceolate, rather foft, ferrated, without 

 lateral ribs. Cluilers panicled, unilateral." — In fields and 

 woods of North America frequent, flowering from Auguft 

 to Odober. From eighteen inches to three feet high. 

 PurJh. 



15. S: fcabra. Harfh-leaved Golden-rod. Willd. n. 14. 



Purfh n. 12 "Stem ereft, hairy. Leaves oblong, 



pointed ; fmooth above ; rugged and rough beneath. Cluf- 

 ters unilateral." — In old fields and about fences, from 

 Pennfylvania to Virginia, flowering from Auguft to Oc- 

 tober. Purfh. Stem furrowed. Leaves tapering at each 

 end, pointed, with equal, fliort, clofe-prefled ferratures 

 about the middle. 



16. S. pyramidata. Pyramidal Golden-rod. Purfh 

 B. 13.— " Stem ereft, round, hairy. Leaves oblong, acute, 

 feflile, fomewhat clafping the ftem, fmooth, rough-edged, 

 fparingly and llightly toothed. Panicle naked, unilateral, 

 pyramidal; its branches reflexed. Flower-ftalks fmooth." — 

 Gathered by Mr. Enflen, in the " pine-barrens" of Georgia, 

 flowering in Auguft and September. About two feet high. 

 The leaves decreafe toward the beginning of the panicle, 

 which confifts of lively yellow very ImAXJloiuers. PurJh. 



17. S. nemoralis. Woolly-ftalked Golden-rod. Ait. 

 ed. 1. v. 3. 213. ed. 2. n. 10. Willd. n. 15. Purfh 

 n. 14. — "Stem ereft, downy. Stem-leaves lanceolate, 

 hifpid, entire ; radical ones fomewhat wedge-fhaped, fer- 

 rated. Clutters panicled, unilateral." — In fandy and barren 

 fields common, from Canada to Carolina, flowering from 

 Auguft to Oftober. The whole plant has a grey afpeft, 

 and is about a foot, or fometimes two, high. PurJh. 



18. S. patula. Short-fpreading-branched Golden-rod. 

 Willd. n. 16. Purfh n. 15. — Stem ereft, fmooth, angular. 

 Leaves elliptical, ferrated, fmooth ; the r.adical ones oblong- 

 fpatulate. Clufters panicled, unilateral, fpreading. Flower- 

 italks downy. — In fhady woods, on a fertile foil, from New 

 York to Virginia, flowering in September and Oftober. 

 Our fpecimen was fent by the difcoverer of this fpecies, the 

 Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, from Lancafter, Pennfylvania. Its 



ftems are uprTght and wand-hke, two feet high, angular and 

 Itriated. Stem-leaves fefTile, an inch long, pointed ; the 

 ♦adical ones are faid by Willdenow to referable exaftly thofe 

 of Chryfanthemum Leucanthemum. The jlotvers are larger 

 than moit of the foregoing, but each clujler is hardly above 

 an inch in length. 



19. S.ulmifolia. Elm-leaved Golden-rod. Willd. n. 17. 

 Purfli n. 16. — " Stem ereft, flriated, fmooth. Leaves 

 elliptical, pointed, deeply ferrated ; villous beneath : radical 

 sties obovatc. Clufters panicled, unilateral. Flower-ltalks 



villous. Rays (hort." — In fwamps and fhady woods, from 

 New York to Virginia, flowering from Auguft to Oftober. 

 PurJh. Radical leaves almoft the fame as the laft, but more 

 deeply ferrated, covered with hairs on both fides ; the reft 

 elliptical or ovate-oblong ; fmooth above ; villous about 

 the vems beneath. Flo-werjlalks villous ; the partial 

 ones clothed with fcattered hairs, and accompanied by 

 braSeas. 



20. S.arguta. Sharp-notched Golden-rod. Ait. ed. i. 



V. 3. 213. ed. 2. n. II. Willd. n. 18. Purfh n. 17 



" Stem ereft, fmooth. Leaves fmooth, fharply and un- 

 equally ferrated ; thofe of the flem elliptical ; radical ones 

 ovate-oblong. Clufters panicled, unilateral. Rays elon- 

 gated." — In woods and meadows, from Canada to Vir- 

 ginia, flowering from September to November. PurJh. 



21. S-juncea. Rufhy-ftalked Golden-rod. Ait. ed. 1. 

 v. 3. 213. ed. 2. n. 12. Willd. n. 19. Purfli n. 18. — 

 Stem ereft, fmooth. Leaves lanceolate, fmooth, rough- 

 edged ; the lower ones ferrated. Clufters panicled, uni- 

 lateral. — In fandy fields and woods, from New Jerfey to 

 Carolina, flowering from Auguft to Oftober. The Jlem is 

 brownifh, fomewhat angular and ftriated, leafy, copioufly 

 panicled at the top, with fpreading, recurved, denfe, ob» 

 long, compound clujlers, a finger's length or more, whofe 

 partial ftalks are roughifti, bearing many fmall, lanceolate, 

 obtufe hraSeas. Florets of the radius twice as long as the 

 calyx. 



22. S. eUtpt'ica. Oval-leaved Golden-rod. Ait. ed. i. 

 v. 3. 214. ed. 2. n. 13. Willd. n. 20. Purfh n. 19. 

 (S. latifTimifolia ; Mill. Dift. ed. S. n. 14. Virga aurea 

 canadenfis, latiflimo folio glabro ; Tourn. Inft. 485.) — 

 Stem ereft, fmooth. Leaves elliptical, fmooth, ferrated. 

 Clufters panicled, unilateral. Rays of a middling length. — 

 In fhady woods among rocks, from New York to Virginia, 

 flowering from Auguft to Oftober. PurJh. 



23. S. dubia. Lanceolate-leaved Golden-rod. Scopoli 

 Del. Tnfubr. v. 2. 19. t. 10. — Stem ereft, ftriated, flightly 

 hairy. Leaves lanceolate, fmooth, diltantly toothed. Cluf- 

 ters panicled, unilateral, rather hairy ; the lower ones axil- 

 lary. Brafteas lanceolate, fmooth — Cultivated in the bo- 

 tanic garden of Pavia, from whence we obtained a fpecimen 

 in June, 1787. The plant was fuppofed by profeffor Sco- 

 poli to be a native of North America, but we cannot refer 

 it to any delcnbed fpecies. The late Mr. Dryander, at 

 that time intent on preparing the Hortus Kenvenjis for the 

 prefs, confidered our fpecimen as coming neareft to S. 

 elliptica, but its leaves are narrower, and bradeas much lefs. 

 Mofl of the clujlers are axillary, compofing a leafy panicle, 

 and about as long as their correfpondiiig leaves. Florets of 

 the radius rather numerous. The foliage is rigid, entirely 

 fmooth, finely toothed, not ferrated, fomewhat triple- 

 ribbed; indeed more fo than in laterijlora, n. 10, next to 

 which fpecies, in the firft feftion, we iliould have placed the 

 prefent, but for its alleged affinity to elliptica. 



24. S. afperata. File-leaved Golden-rod. " Bankf. 

 MSS." Purfh n. 20. — "Stem panicled, corymbofe. 

 Clufters nearly ereft. Flowers afcending. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, ferrated, rough." — In Canada, according to the 

 Baakfian herbarium. PurJh- 



25. S. recurvata. Recurved Golden-rod. Willd. Enum. 

 889. Purfh n. 21. — Stem ereft, downy. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, ferrated, rough-edged. Clufters elongated, unilateral, 

 recurved, panicled. In fliady woods, from Pennfylvania to 

 Virginia, flowering from September to November. Purfh. 

 Leaves lanceolate, pointed, deeply ferrated, nearly fmooth, 

 except at the edges. Willdenoiu. 



26. S. fempervirens. Narrow-leaved Evergreen Golden- 

 rod. Linn. Sp. PI. 1232. Willd. n. ji. Ait. n. 14. 



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