SOLIDAGO. 



Rays rather longer than the difli.— In woods and low fields, 

 from New England to Carolina, flowering from Auguft to 

 Oftober. Purfi. Thejli;m is upright, but fomewhat zig- 

 zag, branched, leafy, deftitute of any furrows or other in- 

 equalities. Leaves about two inches long, pointed, nearly 

 or quite entire, rather glaucous; paler beneath. Cliifters 

 numerous, fliort, with rough ilalks, and fmall, fmooth, 

 awl-fhaped hraSeas. 



38. S. limda. Livid Golden-rod. Willd. Enum. 891. 

 Purfh n. 34. — " Stem fmooth, panicled. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, ferrated, fmooth, rough-edged. Branches racemofe 

 at the extremity. Rays elongated." — In iandy fields *id 

 woods, from New York to Virginia, flowering in Septem- 

 ber and Oftober. Purjh. Stem branched, dark purple, 

 fmooth. Leaves tapering at each end. Akin to S- c^Jia in 

 the colour of the Jlem, but different in having a panicled 

 Jlem, whofe branches are racemofe at the fummit. IVilldenoiv. 

 We are unacquainted with any thing aniwering to this 

 defcription. 



^g. S. hi/plda. Hifpid Golden-rod. Willd. n. z8. Purfh 

 n. 35. — " Stem ereft, rough with briflles. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, rough, entire ; the radical ones ferrated. Clutters 

 eredl. Rays of a middling length." — In graffy fields and 

 woods, from New Jerfey to Virgmia, flowering in October 

 and November. — Refembles S. Cizfia. PurJJj. 



40. S. hirta. Hairy Golden-rod. Willd. Enum. 891. 

 Purfh n. 36. — " Stem panicled, hairy. Leaves lanceolate, 

 rough on both fides ; thofe of the ftem ferrated ; of the 

 branches entire. Clufters ereft. Rays elongated." — Na- 

 tive of North America, according to Willdenow, on whofe 

 authority alone it finds a place in the work of Mr. Purfli. 

 It is faid to be fufficiently diilinguifhed by the hairy_/?cm, 

 and rough leaves, of which fuch as grow on the pri[icipal 

 ftem are deeply and fharply ferrated. 



41. S. lithofpermifoita. Gromwell-leaved Golden-rod. 

 Willd. Enum. 892. Purfh n. 37. — " Stem branched, 

 downy. Leaves lanceolate, rough on both fides, tapering, 



three-ribbed, entire. Clufters ereft. Rays elongated In 



fandy barren woods, from New Jerfey to Carolina, flowering 

 from Auguil to Oftober. Purfi. Willdenow fays the leaves 

 are much like Luhofpermum officinale. 



42. S. laevigata. Flelhy-leaved Golden-rod. Ait. ed. i. 

 V. 3. 215. ed. 2. n. 21. Willd. n. 29. Purfli n. 38. — Stem 

 ereft, fmooth. Leaves lanceolate, flefhy, entire, fmooth in 

 every part. Clufters panicled, ereft. Flower-flalks fcaly, 



hairy. Radius twice the length of the calyx In fah- 



marfhes, from Canada to Virginia, flowering from Septem- 

 ber to November. — A tall robufl fpecies, refembling the 

 following one very much, and probably nothing more than 

 a variety. Purjlo. This opinion feems to us very correft, 

 there being really no difference between the two plants, ex- 

 cept the hairinefs of \.\\e Jlower-Jlalks in the prefent, and its 

 flowering about three months later than S- mexlcana. 



43. S. mesicana. Mexican Golden-rod. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 1234. Willd. n. 30. Ait. n. 22. Purfh n. 39. (Virga 

 aurca mexicana ; Bauh. Pin. 517. V. aurea mexicana, li- 

 monii folio ; Dodart. Mem. ed. Amfl. 629. t. 36.) — Stem 

 oblique, fmooth. Leaves lanceolate, fomewhat flefhy, en- 

 tire, fmooth in every part. Clufters panicled, ereft. Flower- 

 ftalks fcaly, fmooth. Rays longer than the calyx. — On the 

 banks of rivers and ditches in North America, near falt- 

 water, flowering from July to September. — Tall ; floiuers 

 large. PurJh. This is fmooth and even in every part, and 

 of a rather flefhy, fomewhat glaucous habit, approaching 

 to our /{/ler TripoUum, whofe place it occupies in America. 

 The radical leaves are large, obovate, on long Ilalks. Brae- 

 teas numerous, lanceolate, keeled, recurved, of a thin, fcaly, 

 or fquarrofe, afpeft, fmoot^i, exaftly Lke the lalt, but the 



jtoiuer-Jlalks are equally fmooth, which in that .ve very 

 rough with fhort hairs. Floiuers rather large. 



44. S. viminea. Twiggy Golden-rod. Ait. ed. I. v. 3. 

 215. ed. 2. n. 23. Willd. n. 31. Purfh n. 40. (S. inte- 

 gerrima ; Mill. Dift. ed. 8. n. 24.) — Stem ereft, llightly 

 downy. Leaves linear-lanceolate, fmooth, rough-edged ; 

 tapering at the bafe : the lower ones fomewhat ferrated. 

 Cluflers ereft. Rays elongated. — On the banks of rivers 

 and ditches, from Canada to Virginia, flowering from Ah- 

 guft to Oftober. PurJh. — Akin to the two fall, but the 

 leaves are thin or membranous, not fucculent ; their margin 

 furniflied with little inflexcd rigid briiUes. Floiver-Jlalh 

 and branches angular and very rough. Braileas lanceolate, 

 recurved, fmooth. Flo'wers numerous, the fize of the 

 preceding. 



45. S. ereaa. Ereft Golden-rod. " Bankf. MSS." 

 Purfh n. 41. — " Stem rather villous. Leaves lanceolate, 

 veiny, fmooth, entire, fomewhat ftalked." — Native of North 

 America. Herb. Banks. PurJh. 



46. S. macrophylla. Long-leaved Golden-rod. " Bankf. 

 MSS." Purfh n. 42. — " Lower leaves orate, pointed, 

 tapering, unequally and fharply ferrated, fmooth ; thofe of 

 the ftem lanceolate, tapering at each end, ferrated, nearly 

 feffile. Clufters axillary, ftalked, leafy, the length of the 

 leaves. Calyx oblong, turgid, many-flowered. Rays fome- 

 what elongated." — In Canada. About three feet high. In- 

 termediate between this genus and yljler. PurJh. 



47. S. glomerata. Round-headed Golden-rod. Michaux 

 Boreal-Amer. v. 2. 117. Purfh n. 43. — " Stem low, quite 

 fiinple. Leaves fmooth, oblong-lanceolate, ferrated. Clufter 

 fimple, formed of roimd axillary heads ; the uppermoll 

 crowded. Calyx turgid, many-flowered." — Found by Mi- 

 chaux on the mountains of Carolina. No other botanift 

 feems acquainted with this fpecies, nor is it eafy to under- 

 fland his definition of the leaves ; {'^ foliis lon^e latequt 

 lanceolatis ." ) 



48. Si.JlexkauHs. Crookcd-ftalked Golden-rod. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1234. Willd. n. 32, a. Ait. n. 24, a. Purfh 

 n. 44, X. (Virga aurca montana, fcrophularix folio ; Pluk. 

 Phyt. t. 235. f. 3.) — Stem zig-zag, roundifh, fmooth. 

 Leaves lanceolate, pointed, ferrated, fmooth, nearly feflile. 

 Clufters axillary, ere6t. — In woods and fields, from Canada 

 to Carolina, flowering from Auguft to Ocxober. PurJh. 

 The Jlem is flender, zig-zag, purplifh, fmooth and even ; 

 moftly round ; occafionally fomewhat angular. Leaves nu- 

 merous, alternate, on very fhort broad Jlalhs, lanceolate, 

 from one and a half to two inciies long, half an inch wide, 

 ferrated, rough-edged, very fmooth on both fides ; paler 

 beneath, fomewhat oontrafted and entire in their lower 

 half ; the upper ones fometimes nearly entire. Clujlers much 

 fhorter than the leaves, oblong, with hwvjlalts, and ovate, 

 fmooth, veiny hra^eas ; the upper ones very fhort, and 

 nearly capitate. Radius pale yellow, half as Jong again as 

 the calyx. 



49. S. latifolia. Broad-leaved Axillary Golden-rod. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1234. (S.flexicaulis;S; Willd. n. 32. Ait. n. 24. 

 Purfh n. 44. Virga aurea canadenfis afterifci folio ; Herm. 

 Parad. 244. t. 244.) — Stem fomewhat zig-zag, angular, 

 fmooth. Leaves ovate, pointed, llrongly ferrated, fmooth; 

 tapering into a winged footitalk. Cluliers axillary, ereft. 

 — In woods and fields from Canada to Carolin.T, flowering 

 from Auguft to Oftober. Purjli. Very different in ap- 

 pearance from the laft, to which it is united by various 

 authors, on the authority of the Hortus Kewenjis. But we 

 fufpeft the rei\J!:.ricaulis is not much underftood in Eng- 

 land, what we have under that name from Kew garden, as 

 well as the Bankfian herbarium, being really the latifolia, 

 which latter fpecies was not known, as fuch, to the botanills 



here, 



