24 V COMPOSITE. (COMPOSITE FAMILY.) 



25. S. Druinmondii, Torr. & Gr. Stem (l°-3° high) and lower surface 

 of the broadly ovate or oval somewhat triple-ribbed leaves minutely velvety-pubescent, 

 some of the leaves almost entire ; racemes paniclcd, short ; scales of the in- 

 volucre oblong, obtuse; rays 4 or 5. — Rocks, Illinois opposite St. Louis, and 

 southwestward. 



-t— -t— -i— -t— Leaves entire or nearly so, thiclcish, reticulate-veiny, hit the veins obscure. 



26. S. pilosa, Walt. Stem stout, upright (3° -7° high), clothed with spread- 

 ing hairs, often panicled at the summit ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, roughish, hairy 

 beneath, at least on the midrib, serrulate, the upper ovate-lanceolate or oblong 

 and entire, closely sessile ; racemes many, recurved, crowded in a dense pyram- 

 idal panicle ; rays 7-10, very short. — Low grounds, pine barrens of New Jer- 

 sey to Virginia, and southward. 



27. S. odora, Ait. (Sweet Golden-rod.) Smooth or nearly so through- 

 out ; stem slender (2°-3° high) often reclined; leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, shin- 

 ing, pellucid-dotted ; racemes spreading in a small one-sided panicle ; rays 8 -4, 

 rather large. — Border of thickets in dry or sandy soil, Vermont and Maine, to 

 Kentucky and southward. — The crushed leaves yield a pleasant anisate odor. 

 But an occasional form, var. inodora, is nearly scentless. 



-i- -t- -j- 4- ■>.- Leaves more or less grayish or hoary, thiclcish, feather-veined and 

 slightly triple-nerved, obscurely serrate or entire; heads middle-sized. 



28. S. nemorallS, Ait. Cothed with a minute and close grayish-hoary (soft 

 or roughish) pubescence; stem simple or corymhed at the summit {^°-2^° 

 high) ; leaves oblanceolate or spatulate-oblong, the lower somewhat crenate- 

 toothcd and tapering into a petiole ; racemes numerous, dense, at length re- 

 curved, forming a large and crowded compound raceme or panicle which is 

 usually turned to one side; scales of the involucre linear-oblong, appressed ; 

 rays 6 -9. — Dry sterile fields: very common- — Flowers very bright yellow, 

 beginning early in Aug. 



29. S. radula, Nutt. Stem and oblong or obovate-spatulate leaves rigid 

 and very rough, not hoary, the upper sessile ; scales of the involucre oblong, 

 rigid ; rays 3 - 6 : otherwise nearly as in S. nemoralis, of which it is most 

 probably a greener and rough variety. — Dry Hills, Western Illinois and b outh- 

 westward. 



* * * * * Heads in one-sided spreading or recurved racemes, forming an ample 



panicle; leaves plainly 3-ribbed, or triple-ribbed. 



t- Scales of the involucre thiclcish and rigid, closely imbricated, and with someivhat 



greenish tips or midrib : leaves rigid, smooth and shining. 



30. S. Shortii, Torr. & Gr. Stem slender, simple (l°-3° high), mi- 

 nutely roughish-pubescent ; leaves oblong -Ian col ate, acute, the lower sharply 

 serrate above the middle with sc/itterecl fine teeth ; racemes mostly short in a 

 crowded panicle ; achenia silky -pubescent. — Rocks at the Falls of the Ohio, &c. 

 — A handsome species : heads 3" long, narrow. 



31. S. Missouri&Qsis, Nutt. Smooth throughout (1°- 3° high) ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, or the lower broadly lanceolate, tapering to both ends, with 

 very rough margins, the lower very sharply serrate ; heads and dense crowded 

 racemes nearly as in No. 20 ; achenia nearly glabrous. — Dry prairies, from Wis- 

 consin and Illinois southward and westward. 



