122 POLYGAMIA, SUPERFLUA. 
ed above by Mr. Nuttall, which he says is allied to petiolaris, 
is the real S. petiolaris of Muhl. and consequently of Willd. It 
is one of the latest flowering species, seldom ever in full 
bloom, till the last of October or beginning of November, and 
continuing a month in flower. In Jersey, near Woodbury, and 
in the woods above the falls of Schuylkill; rare. Perennial. 
anceolata. 12, S.stem hairy, angular, very much branched; 
leaves lanceolate-linear, very entire, somewhat 
erect, 3-5-nerved, somewhat scabrous; nerves 
hairy beneath; axills naked ; corymbs terminal, 
fastigiate ; branchlets capitate; ligule as high 
as the disk.— Willd. and Pursh. 
S. lanceolata, var. «., Mich. 
Chrysocoma graminifolia, L. 
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Spear-leaved Golden-rod. 
A very handsome species, with leaves of a very yellow- 
green. From two to three feet high. Rather rare. On the 
bank walk from Gray’s ferry to Kingsess gardens—and on the 
road to Lemon-hill, not far from the Schuylkill. Perennial. 
August. 

tenuifolia. 13, S. stemscabrous, angular, corymbose, branch- — 
ed; leaves very,narrow, linear, spreading, ob- 
scurely three-nerved, scabrous; axills leafy; 
corymbs terminal, fastigiate; branchlets capi- 
tate ; ligule scarcely higher than the disk.— 
Pursh. 
S. tenuifolia, Pursh. 
S. lanceolata, 6. minor, Mich. 
Slender-leaved Golden-rod. 
From twelve to fifteen inches high. Leaves very narrow. 
A very rare species in this vicinity. I have only found it on 
the bank walk ; Gray’s ferry to Kingsess gardens, and 
near Cooper’s créek, Jersey. Perennial. September. 
exesia, 14. S. stem even, erect; leaves lanceolate, gla- 
brous ; racemes erect; ligule middle sized.— 
Willd. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 307. f. 395. 

