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9. S. stem erect, pubescent ; leaves linear-lanceo- odors. 
late, very entire, glabrous, rough on the mar- 
gin; racemes paniculated, leaning one way.— 
«Willd. 
Icon. Pluk. alm. 116. f. 6. 
Fragrant Golden-rod. 
This handsome species is well-marked, and easily distin- 
i from other species by its foliage, but more especially 
by its delicious fragrance, somewhat resembling that of anise- 
seed. The whole plant exhales this scent. Possesses medicinal 
virtues. In Jersey, in thicketsalong the course of the Delaware, 
and not far from the water. Perennial. August, September. 
10. S. stem and leaves elliptical, hairy, lower ones bicola:. 
serrated; branches leafy; racemes erect; cali- 
cine folioles obtuse.—/J¥illd. 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t. 114. f. 3. 
W hite-lowered Golden-rod. 
From fourteen inches to three feet high. Flowers whitish, 
in long, dense racemes. This species is strikingly dissimilar to 
any of the rest, in its white-rayed flowers. I have rarely seen 
them with even a shade of yellow. In dry woods, particularly 
on the borders, and on exposed sunny hills; very common. 
Perennial. August, September. 
11. S. stem tall and smooth, simple or virgately petiolaris. 
branched; leaves lanceolate, entire, somewhat 
carnose, scabrous on the margin, the lower very 
broad, radical ones subserrate ; racemes termi- 
nal, erect and compound, pubescent; peduncles 
mostly shorter than the calix; rays elongated, 
about 5; seed smooth.—Vutt. 
S. petiolaris, Willd. and Muhl. 
S. speciosa, Nutt. " 
Late-flowering Golden-rod. 
This el species is extremely rare. It attains a great 
height, is proportionably large in other respects. I have 
found it near seven feet highin Jersey, about a mile east of 
Woodbury. Flowers large, leaves fleshy. The plant describ- 

