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SOLIDAGO. 
Zf.) stem erect, rough-haired; leaves 
lanceolate, lower ones deeply serrate, 
Bcabtous, rugose. The panicled racemes 
are very numerous, and spread every 
way, so as to bring the one-sided 
flowers upward; rays short; the serra- 
tures of the leaves irregular ; it is hairy 
or villose, and sometime the racemes di- 
verge but little. This species is variable. 
3-6 f. 169 
as"pera, (y. Au. 11.) erect, terete, hairy; 
leaves ovate, somewhat elliptic, veiy sca- 
brous, rugose, serrate, nerveless ; racemes 
panicled, secund. 3-5 f. 
iiemora'lis, (woolly golden-rod, y. Au. 7X) 
erect, tomentdse ; radical leaves somewhat 
cuneate, serrate, caulines ones lanceolate, 
hispid, entire ; racemes panicled. Plant 
grayish. 1-3 f. 
nlmifo'lia, (elm golden-rod, y. Au. 7X.) 
erect, smooth, striate : leaves elliptic, deeply 
serrate, acuminate, villose beneath, radical 
ones obovate ; racemes panicled ; pedun- 
cles villose ; rays short. 3-4 f. 
argu'ta, (y. Oc. 11.) erect, smooth ; leaves 
glabrous, acutely and unequally serrate, 
radical ones oblong-ovate, cauline ones el- 
liptic ; racemes panicled ; rays elongated. 
2-3 f. 
jun"cea, (rush-stalk golden-rod, y. Au. 
2X.) erect, smooth, slender; leaves lanceo- 
late, glabrous, smooth, rough-edged, lower 
ones serrate ; racemes panicled. 2-3 f. 
ellip"tica, (oval-leaf golden-rod, y. Au. 
2-f.) erect, smooth; leaves oval, smooth, 
serrate ; racemes panicled ; rays middle- 
sized. 2-3 f. 
recurva'ta, (y. S. 2X) erect, pubescent; 
leaves lanceolate, serrate, rough edged; 
racemes elongated, panicled. recurved. 
Shady woods. 
sempervi'rens, (narrow-leaf golden-rod, 
y. S. IX-) erect, smooth ; leaves lanceolate, 
narrow, long, somewhat carnose, smooth, 
entire, rough-edged; peduncles hairy. 3-5 f. 
Swamps. 
odo'ra, (sweet-scented golden rod, y. 
Au, 1^.) pubescent ; leaves lance-linear, 
entire, smooth, scabrous on the margin ; ra- 
cemes panicled. The flowers, when dried, 
form an excellent substitute for tea, and the 
leaves, when distilled, yield a fragrant vol- 
atile oil. 
paf'ula, (spread golden-rod, y. S. 11.) 
stem erect, glabrous ; leaves oval, serrate, 
glabrous, radical ones oblong-spatulate ; 
racemes panicled, spreading; peduncles 
pubescent; stem wand-like, angular, and 
striate ; stem leaves sessile, about an inch 
long, pointed, the radical ones resemble 
those of the ox-eyed daisy ; racemes about 
an inch long ; flowers rather large. 2 f, 
C. Racemes erect. 
bi-color, (white golden-rod, w. Au. 2^.) 
stem hairy ; leaves oval, hairy, lower ones 
serrate, those on the flower branches en- 
tire, numerous, and small ; scale and calyx 
obtuse ; racemes are short and compact ; 
rays white, somewhat numerous and 
shortish ; disk florets rather ■numerous, 
2-4 f. 
^ specio'sa, (y. S. 2^.) tall, smooth ; branches 
virgate; leaves lanceolate, sub-coriaceous; 
lower ones sparingly serrate ; racemes ter- 
minal, erect, compound; peduncles short: 
rays about 5, elongated. 3-6 f. 
virga'ta, (y. Au. Zj[.) stem smooth, sim- 
ple ; leaves lanceolate, somewhat cuneate, 
obtuse, entire, glabrous, close-pressed ; up- 
per ones gradually smaller ; branches of 
the panicle elongated, racemed at the sum- 
mit ; peduncles erect, smooth, slender, 2f. 
petiola'ru, (late golden rod, y. Oc. 11.) 
villose ; leaves elliptic, roughish, petioled ; 
racemes numerous, short -• rays elongated. 
2- 3 f. 
j stric"la, (willow-leaf golden-rod, y. Au. 
j 11.) erect, glabrous; radical leaves seiraie, 
j cauline ones lanceolate, entire, smooth, 
I scabrous on the margin ; racemes pani- 
cled, erect ; peduncles smooth, 2 f, Sandy 
woods. 
gramin"ifo'lia, (y. S. 11) stem angled, 
branching; leaves lanceolate-linear, entire, 
nearly erect, 3 5-nerved, a little scabrous; 
corymbs terminal, fastigiate ; heads clus- 
tered; florets of the ray as long as the 
disk. 
tenuifo'Ua, (pigmy golden-rod, y. S. 2X.) 
stem angled, scabrous; branches fastigiate ; 
leaves linear, narrow, expanding, slightly 
3- nerved, scabrous, axils leafy ; corymbs 
terminal, fastigiate ; heads clustered ; ray 
florets about 10, scarcely exceeding the 
disk. 1-2 f. 
cce'sia, (blue-stem golden-rod, y. Au. 11.) 
stem smooth, tinged with purple, sub-glau- 
cous ; leaves lanceolate, smooth, serrate, 
sometimes rough-edged ; racemes erect ; 
rays middle-sized. 2-3 f. 
liv"ida, (purple stem golden-rod, y. S. 2^.) 
stem smooth, panicled, dark purple ; leaves 
lanceolate, serrate, smooth, margins sca- 
brous ; branches racemed at the extremity ; 
rays elongated. 
lithosper"mifo'lia, (y. S. 2^.) stem pubes- 
cent, branched ; leaves lanceolate, sca- 
brous, tapering, 3-nerved, entire ; ray-florets 
elongated. 
pube/'nlo, (y, 11.) stem brownish, simple, 
sub-pubescent, terete ; leaves lanceolate, 
entire, sub-pubescent, tapering ; radical 
ones sub-terete ; racemes spiked, axillary ; 
peduncles pubescent ; scales of the involu- 
crum lance-linear, acute ; ray-florets elon- 
gated, about 10. 
Iceviga'ta, (y. S. 2^.) erect, smooth ; leaves 
lanceolate, fleshy, entire, very smooth, rad- 
ical leaves sub-ovate; racemes panicled, 
erect ; peduncles scaly, villose ; rays elon- 
gated, about 10. 4-5 f, 
limonifd'lia, (y, Oc, 2^,) stem oblique, 
smooth, generally purple ; leaves lanceo- 
late, somewhat carnose, entire, smooth; 
racemes panicled, erect ; peduncles scaly, 
smooth ; rays long, 3-5 f. Salt marshes. 
Jiexican'lis, (zigzag golden-rod, y. S. 11.) 
stem flexuous, smooth, angled ; leaves 
ovate, acuminate, serrate, glabrous ; ra- 
cemes axillary, erect, short, scattered ; rays 
middle-sized. 2-3 f. Woods. 
rigid" a, (y. S. 2.^.) stem corymbed, hairy. 
