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SOLIDA'GO* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Syncene'sia f, Polyga'mia, Su- 
pe'rfi.ua +. 
Natural Order. Compo'siT/E§; tribe, CoRYM bFferaj ||, Juss. — 
Lind. Syn. pp. 140 & 142.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 197 
& 199. — Composit.e ; subord. Asterea: ; Loud Hort. Brit. pp. 
520 & 521. — SynantiierEjE ; tribe, Corymbi'fer^: ; Rich, by 
Macgilliv. pp. 454 & 455. — Corymbi'fer^e , sect. 2. Juss. Gen. PI. 
pp. 177 & 180. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. pp. 121 & 123. Engl. Fi. 
v. iii. p.334. — Syringales ; subord. Asterosa: ; sect. Asterinte ; 
subsect. Asteriante; type, Asteracea:; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 
900, 901, 920, 924, & 926. — Composite:, Linn. 
Gex. Char. Involucrum ( common calyx ) (figs. 1 & 2 ) oblong, 
closely imbricated ; scales oblong, straight, converging. Corolla 
compound, radiant ; florets of the disk (fig. 3.) numerous, perfect, 
tubular, with 5 equal spreading segments ; florets of the ray (fig. 4.) 
from 5 to 10, with a pistil only, strap-shaped, elliptic-oblong, 
3-toothed, yellow. Filaments (see fig. 5.) 5, in the tubular florets 
only, hair-like, short. Anthers (see fig. 5.) in a cylindrical tube. 
Germen (see figs. 6 & 7.) in all the florets fertile, oblong. Style 
(see figs. 3 — 5.ji thread-shaped. Stigmas 2, revolute ; those of the 
disk rather thicker. Seed-vessel none, but the unchanged calyx. 
Seed inversely egg-oblong. Down ( pappus ) (fig. 7.) sessile, hair- 
like, simple. Receptacle (fig. 8.) naked, almost flat, slightly 
cellular. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the closely imbricated calyx ; the ray of few yellow florets ; the 
sessile, simple pappus ; and the naked receptacle. 
Two species British ? 
SOLIDA'GO VIRGAU'REA. Common Golden-rod. Aaron’s 
Rod. Woundwort. 
Spec. Char. Stem slightly zigzag, angular, upright. Lower 
leaves stalked, elliptic-oblong ; those of the stem sessile, spear- 
shaped, all partly serrated. Clusters downy, panicled, crowded, 
upright. Flowers yellow. 
F.ngl. Bot. t. 301. — Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. i. t. 45. — Linn. Sp. PI. p 1235. — 
Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 367. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. p. iii. p. 2065. — Sin. FI. 
Brit. v. iii. p. 889. Engl FI. v. iii. p.438. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 941. — Lindl. 
Syn. p. 144.— Hook. Brit. FI. p. 362. — Ait. Hort. Kew. 1st edit. v. iii. p. 218. ; 
2nd edit. vol. v. p. 70. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 482. — Sibtli. FI. Oxon. p. 254. — 
Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 183. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 79. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 
412. — Relli. F’l. Cant. (3rd edit.) p. 344. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 244. — (Jrev. FI. 
Edin. p. 179. — FI. Devon, pp; 139 & 160. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 185. — 
Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durham, p. 54. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 242. — 
Figs. 1 & 2. Involucrum. — Fig 3. A Floret of the Disk.— Fig. 4. A Floret of 
the Itay. — Fig. 5. The Stamens and Pistil. — Figs. 6 & 7. The Seed, crowned 
with the Pappus and Style. — Fig. 8. Receptacle. — All, except figs. 1 & 6, a 
little magnified. 
* From solidando vulnera, or in solidum ago, " I consolidate,” from its 
supposed efficacy in healing wounds. Phillips. 
t See Tussilago farfara, f. 91 , n. t* 4 See Achillea Ptarmica, f. 36, n. j . 
$ Sec Prenanthcs muralis , f. 27, a. || See Achillea Ptarmica, f.36, a. 
