YELLOW AND YELLOWISH FLOWERS 
Class IV. — With Compact Plume (Thyrse) 
Stout Golden-rod {Solidago squanosa) . Composite family. 
August to October. 
A species noticeable on account of its large flower-heads, its 
stout stem, and generally bulky appearance. It is common in 
certain localities, for example, about Poland Spring. The 
flowers suggest yellow asters, and have about a dozen rays over 
one-fourth inch long. The lower leaves are very large, some- 
times nearly a foot long, sharply toothed, inversely egg-shaped 
or oval, often with broad leaf-stalk; the upper are much smaller, 
horizontal, somewhat diamond-shaped, and with wavy edges. 
Woods and banks. 
Downy Golden-rod (Solidago puherida) . Composite family. 
August to September. 
A species with maximum height of three feet, with generally 
smooth and often ruddy stem terminated by a close plume with 
upright branches. Rays (about twelve) short. The leaves of 
the stem and base are toothed, those of the stem more or less 
lance-shaped and without stalks; the lower generally with stalks, 
more or less spoon-shaped, blunt-pointed ^ sometimes four inches 
long. 
Class V. — Common Plumes 
Sharp-leaved Golden-rod (Solidago argnta). Composite 
family. July to September. 
A golden-rod with maximum height of four feet; a smooth, 
angled stem, sometimes ruddy, with leaves more or less lance- 
shaped and toothed, except the upper ones ; the lower are very 
broadly oval, sharply toothed, sometimes a foot long and several 
inches broad with long, broad stalks. The flower-heads have 
about six rays. Thin woods. 
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