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9. S. stem erect, pubescent ; leaves linear-laiiceo- odora. 
late, very entire, glabrous, rough on the mar- 
gin ; racemes paniculated, leaning one way.— 
I mud. 
I Icon. Pink. aim. 116. f. 6. 
I Fragrant Golden-rod. 
ij This handsome species is well-marked, and easily distin- 
I guished from other species by its foliage, but more especially 
by its delicious fragrance, somewhat resembling that of anise- 
I seed. The whole plant exhales this scent. Possesses medicinal 
I virtues. In Jersey, in thickets along the course of the Delaware, 
i and not far from the water. Perennial. ' August, September. 
10. S. stem and leaves elliptical, hairy, lower ones bkoior. 
serrated ; branches leaty ; racemes erect ; cali- 
|l cine folioles obtuse.^ — Willd. 
I Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 114. f. 3. 
I White-Jlowered Golden-rod. 
I From fourteen inches to three feet high. Flowers whitish, 
i in long, dense racemes. This species is strikingly dissimilar to 
any of the rest, in its white-rayed flowers. I have rarely seen 
j| them with even a shade of yellow. In dry woods, particularly 
I on the borders, and on exposed sunny hills ; very common. 
I Perennial. August, September. 
11. S. stem tall and smooth, simple or virgately pehoians. 
I branched ; leaves lanceolate, entire, somewhat 
carnose, scabrous on the margin, the lower very 
I broad, radical ones subserrate ; racemes termi- 
j nal, erect and compound, pubescent; peduncles 
! mostly shorter than the calix ; rays elongated, 
about 5 ; seed smooth.— 
S. petiolaris, Willd. and Muhl. 
I S. speciosa, Nutt. 
j Late-flowering Golden-rod, 
This elegant species is extremely rare. It attains a great 
height, and is proportion ably large in other respects. I have 
found it near seven feet high in Jersey, about a mile east of 
Woodbury. Flowers large, leaves fleshy. The plant describ- 
