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SOLIDAGO. 
If.) Btem erect, rough-haired; leaves 
lanceolate, lower ones deeply serrate, 
scabroua, 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" pern, (y. Au. V.) erect, terete, hairy; 
leaves ovate, somewhat elliptic, very sca- 
brous, rugose, serrate, nerveless; racemes 
panicled, secund. 3-.'i f. 
nenora'IU. (woolly golden-rod, y. Au. Z/.) 
erect, tomentose ; radical leaves somewhat 
cuneate, serrate, caulines ones lanceolate, 
hispid, entire ; racemes panicled. Plant 
grayish. 1-3 f. 
vlmifo'lia, (elm golden-rod, y. Au. 2_f.) 
erect, smooth, striate ; leaves elliptic, deeply 
serrate, acuminate, villose beneath, radical 
ones obovate ; racemes panicled ; pedun- 
cles villose ; rays short. 3-4 f. 
argn'f.a, (y. Oc. I/.) erect, smooth ; leaves 
glabrous, acutely and unequally serrate, 
radical ones oblong ovate, cauline ones el- 
h'ptic ; racemes panicled ; rays elongated. 
2-3 f. 
junf'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. 
14..) erect, smooth ; leaves oval, smooth, 
aerrate ; racemes panicled ; rays middle- 
sized. 2-3 f. 
recurva'ta, (y. S. Z/.) erect, pubescent; 
leaves lanceolate, serrate, rough edged; 
racemes elongated, panicled. recurved. 
Shady woods. 
sempp.rvi'rens, (narrow-leaf golden-rod, 
y. S. IX-) erect, smooth ; leaves lanceolate, 
narrow, long, somewhat carnose, smooth, 
entire, rough-edged; pedujicles hairy. 3-5 f. 
Swamps. 
odo'ra, (sweet-scented golden rod, y. 
Au. 2^.) pubescent ; leaves lance-linear, 
entire, smooth, scabrous on the margin ; ra- 
cemes panicled. The flowei's, when dried, 
form an excellent substitute for tea, and the 
leaves, when distilled, yield a fragrant vol- 
^.tile oil. 
paf'ula, (spread golden-rod, y. S. 2^.) 
gtem erect, glabrous ; leaves oval, serrate, 
glabrous, radical ones oblong-spatulate ; 
race.mes 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 dai.-?y ; racemes about 
an inch long ; flowers rather large. 2 f. 
C. Racemes erect. 
bi-color, (white golden-rod, w. Au. 2i.) 
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 -mmerous and 
ebortish ; disk florets rather 'numerous. 
8-4 f. 
specie/. <^a, (y. S. 2^.) tall, smooth ; branchet 
virgate ; leaves lanceolate, sub-coriaceoufi 
lower ones sparingly serrate ; racemes ter- 
minal, erect, compound ; peduncles shor*^ 
rays about ,'5, elongated. 3-6 f. 
virga'ta, (y. Au. Z^.) stem smooth, sim- 
I pie ; leaves lanceolate, somewhat cuneate 
I obtuse, entire, glabrous, close-pressed; up 
per ones gradually smaller; branches of 
the panicle elongated, racemed at the sum- 
mit ; peduticles erect, smooth, slender. 2f 
pelwla'ris, (late golden rod, y. Oc. 2/.) 
villose ; leaves elliptic, roughish, petioled ; 
racemes numerous, short .• rays elongated. 
2- 3 f. 
sLric"ia, (willow-leaf golden-rod, y. Au. 
erect, glabrous; radical leaves serrate, 
j cauline ones lanceolate, entire, smooth, 
I scabrous on the margin ; racemes pani- 
j cled, erect ; peduncles smooth. 2 f. Sandy 
j wood.s. 
I gramin"ifo'lia, (y. S. 2_f.) stem angled, 
branching; leaves ianceolate-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. 
teiiuifo'lia, (pigmy golden-rod, y. S. 2^.) 
stem angled, scabrous; branches fastigiate ; 
leaves linear, narrow, expanding, slig^htly 
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. 24!.) 
stem smooth, tinged with purple, sub-glau- 
cous ; leaves lanceolate, smooth, sen-ate, 
sometimes rougli-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. 
pubei'^'ula, (y. 2_f.) stem brownish, simpfe, 
sub-pube.scent, terete ; leaves lanceolate, 
entire, sub-pubescent, tapering ; radical 
ones sub terete ; ra-jemes spiked, axillaiy, 
peduncles pubescent ; scales of the involu. 
crum lance-linear, acute ; ray-florets elon- 
gated, about 10. 
Iceviga'ta, (y. S. 1/.) erect, smooth ; leaves 
lanceolate, fleshy, entire, very smooth, rad- 
I ical leaves sub-ovate ; racemes panicled, 
I erect ; peduncles scaly, villose ; rays elon- 
gated, about 10. 4-5 f. 
limonifd'lia, (y. Oc. 11.) stem oblique, 
smooth, generally purple ; leaves lanceo- 
late, somewhat carno.se, entire, smooth; 
racemes panicled, erect ; peduncles scaly, 
smooth ; rays long. 3-5 f. Salt marshes. 
Jle.cicari'Hs, (zigzag golden-rod, y. S. I^.) 
stem flexuous, smooth, angled ; leaves 
I ovate, acuminate, serrate, glabrous ra 
; cemes axillary, erect, short, scattered , rays 
I middle-sized. 2-3 f. Woods. 
I ng-id"a, (y. B. If.) stem corymbed. hair. 
