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11 S, pubmma, JVW. Stem and leaves minutely pubescent; 

 leaves'lanceolate, acute, tapering at each end, mostly entire, sessile, the 

 lower ones subserrate ; racemes axillary, erect, condensed ; leaflets of 

 the involucre linear-lanceolate, acute. Beck, Bot.p. 193. 



PUBERUI'ENT SOLIDAGO. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high, simple, terete, striate, very finely pubescent, mostly dark 



role. Leaves 1 to 3 or 4 inches long, and 1 fourth to 3 fourths of an inch wide, 



the lower ones rather obianceolate, tapering to the base, all very minutely pubes- 



ent and ciliate-serrulate or scabrous on the margin. Heads of flowers in short 



rect axillary racemes, forming a kind of compound terminal leafy spike 4 to 8 



10 inches in length ; branches and pedicels pubescent ; bracts lance-llnear, 



mibescent; involucre puberulent, yellowish, the leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, 



minutely pubescent-ciliate; rays middle-sized. Akcnes finely pubescent. 



Hob. Swamps, and low grounds; J. D. Steeled: rare. Fl. Aug— Sept. Ft. Octo. 



Obs. In its foliage, this has some resemblance to S. ne?noralis,—&8 remarked 



by Mr. Nuttall. 



12. S. sa^AHROSA, Jlfuhl. Stem smooth below, pubescent above ; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, serrate, smoothish, scabrous on the 

 margin, the uppermost ones nearly entire, lower ones broad, spatulate- 

 oval ; racemes axillary, glomerate ; involucre many-flowered, squarrose. 

 Beck, Bot.p. 193. 



SaUARROSK SoLIDAGO. 



Stem 2 to 3 or 4 feet high, stout, simple, striate, smooth below, pubescent at 

 summit. Radical and lower leaves 3 to 6 inches long, and an inch and half to 3 

 and a half inches wide, spatulate-oval, acjte, serrate, and scabrous-ciliate on the 

 margin, narrowed at base to a margined petiole 2 to 4 inches long ; stem-leaves 

 gradually smaller, elliptic-lanceolate, and lance-oblong, acute, more or less ser- 

 rate, narrowed at base, sessile, the uppermost ones nearly or quite entire,— all 

 subcoriaceous, smoothish, somewhat scabrous-pubescent on the midrib and prin- 

 cipal veins, scabrvHis on the margin. Heads of flowers large, in dense axillary 

 clusters, forming a long leafy compound spike ; branches and pedicels very pubes- 

 cent; bracts lance-oblong, ciliate ; involute puberulent, the leaflets numerous, 

 oblong, minutely lacerate-ciliate on the margin, the apex spreading or reflexed, 

 green ; rays rather elongated. Akenes striate, smooth. 



Uab. Schuylkill, at Black Rock: not common. Fl. August— Sept. Fr. Octo. 



Obi. Collected by D. Townsend, Esq. in 1829. 



13. S, spkciosa, Nutt. Stem smooth, simple, or virgately branched ; 

 leaves lanceolate and Ovate-lanceolate, subcarnose and coriaceous, 

 smooth, more or less serrate, scabrous on the margin, the uppermost 

 ones entire, the radical ones large, ovate ; racemes erect, paniculate ; 

 rays large. Beck, Bot. p. 191. 



S. sempervirens ? Mx. Am. 2. p. 119. Not of Ait. Willd. Hook. &c. 

 S. integrifolia ! Per a. Syn. 2. p. 449. 



8. petiolaris. Muhl. Catal. p. 76. Bart. Phil. 2. p. 121. Not of 

 Ait. &c. 



Handsome Solidago. 



Stem 3 to 5 or 6 feet high, stout, sulcate-striate, smooth, often dark purple. 

 Raiioal leaves 4 to 6 or 8 Inches long, and 2 to 4 or 5 inches wide, ovate, more or 



