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Houft. MSS. American Golden Rod with Nettle teaves by 
pau s which are rough and hairy , and fpikes of flowers 
between the leaves . 
31. SoLiDAgo ( Fruticofa ) caule fruticofo, foliis lanceo- ' 
latis glabris integerrimis, floribus corymbofis termina- 
libus. Woundwort with a Jhrubby fialk, fpear-fhaped, 
fmooth , entire leaves, omd flowers in a corymbus termi- 
nating the ftalks. Virga aurea Americana, fruticofa, 
Salicis folio, floribus quafi umbellatis. Houft. MSS. 
Shrubby American Golden Rod with a Sallow leaf, and 
flowers as it were in umbels. 
The fir ft fort is not common in England, though 
that which grows naturally about London is generally 
taken for it. This grows plentifully about Brabant, 
and is the moil common in Germany. The ftalks of 
this are ftiff, of a purplifh brown colour, and rife 
about two feet high. The panicles of flowers come 
out from the wings, and at the top of the ftalks, each 
flower ftanding upon a long {lender foot-ftalk •, they 
are of a pale yellow colour, and appear the beginning 
of Auguft. The leaves are fpear-fhaped almoft four 
inches long, and a quarter broad, deeply fawed on 
their edges, and are of a pale green on their under fide. 
The fecond fort is our common Golden Rod about 
London ; the lower leaves of this are oval, fpear- 
fhaped, about two inches long, and one broad •, they 
are (lightly fawed on their edges, and have pretty 
long foot-ftalks ; the ftalks are {lender, about a foot 
and a half high, garnifhed with fmall, narrow, entire 
leaves, having no foot-ftalks. The flowers are pro- 
duced in panicled bunches, which are cluftered to- 
gether, forming a thick ered fpike ; they are yel- 
low, and appear in Auguft and September. 
The third fort is frequently found growing naturally 
in feveral parts of England ; I have often gathered it 
in the woods near Dulwich in Surry ; the ftalk is 
round, fmooth, rifes a foot and a half high, garnifhed 
with narrow fpear-fhaped leaves about an inch and 
a quarter long, and an eighth of an inch broad ; they 
are almoft entire, and fit clofe to the ftalk. The flowers 
come out in fmall cluftered bunches at the wings of 
the ftalk, to which they fit very clofe, and the ftalk is 
terminated by a roundifh bunch : as the flowers of 
this are produced at every joint, the upper half of the 
ftalk, the fpikes being fhort, they do not make fo 
good an appearance as thofe of the fecond. It flowers 
about the fame time. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in the woods at Hamp- 
ftead, from whence I have feveral times taken the 
roots, and planted them in the garden, where they 
have continued many years, and have never varied •, 
the lower leaves of this are indented ; the ftalk fel- 
dom rifes more than a foot high, branching out almoft 
from the bottom. The branches are terminated by 
fhort cluftered fpikes of yellow flowers which are 
ere£t ; the leaves on the ftalk and branches are very 
narrow, acute-pointed, and entire. 
The fifth fort grows naturally on the mountains in 
Wales ; the lower leaves of this are narrow, fpear- 
fhaped, an inch and a half long, and a quarter broad ; 
they are fmooth, flightly fawed on their edges, and a 
little hoary on their under fide ; the ftalk rifes about 
fix inches high, it is garnifhed with the fame fort of 
leaves with thofe below, but fmaller. The flowers grow 
in roundifh cluftered fpikes at the top of the ftalk, 
which are much larger than thofe of the common fort, 
and appear five or fix weeks earlier in the feafon. 
The fixth fort grows naturally upon the mountains 
in the fouth of France and Italy ; the ftalk is angular, 
and has narrow leafy borders ; it rifes about two feet 
high ; the leaves are fpear-fhaped, acute-pointed, and 
fawed ; they are three inches long, and one broad, of 
a pale green on their under fide, and hairy ; the flowers 
come out in clofe thick fpikes from the wings of the 
ftalks more than half the length, terminating the ftalk 
in a thick fpike •, they are yellow, and appear in July. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in North America; 
the ftalks are round, fmooth, and rife two feet high ; 
they are garnifhed with narrow rough leaves, having 
three longitudinal veins ; they are two inches and a I 
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half long, and a quarter of an inch broad in the 
middle, ending in acute points fitting clofe to the 
ftalks, and have fometimes a few flight ferratures on 
their edges.^ The flowers are gathered in a roundifh 
panicle at the top of the ftalk ; the lower fpikes of 
flowers are reflexed, but thofe at the top ftand ereft, 
and are joined very clofe ; thefe are yellow, and ap- 
pear in July. r 
The eighth fort grows naturally in North America ; 
the ftalks of this are round and fmooth ; they rife up- 
ward of four feet high ; the leaves are rough, acute- 
pointed, and have no veins ; they ftand clofer together 
on the ftalks, and are fhorter and broader than^thofe 
of the feventh ; the panicles of flowers are much lar- 
ger, the fpikes much longer, they fpread out wider, 
and are more reflexed. This flowers late in Auguft 
and September. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in North America ; 
the ftalks of this are round and hairy •, they rife near- 
three feet high, and are clofely garnifhed with rough 
fpear-fhaped leaves two inches long, and half an 
inch broad, flightly fawed on their edges, and fit dole 
to the ftalks. The flowers come out from the win 0-3, 
at the uppei part of the ftalk, in long recurved 
fpikes ; they are fmall, of a fulphur colour, and ftand 
upon fhort foot-ftalks. This fort flowers the end of 
July. 
The tenth fort grows naturally in North America ; 
the ftalks are round, fmooth, and rife four or five feet 
high ; they are garnifhed with rough fpear-fhaped 
leaves two inches and a half long, and half an inch 
broad ; they are entire, and fit clofe to the ftalks ; the 
flowers are produced in roundifh panicles at the top 
of the ftalks, which are compofed of obtufe fpread- 
ing fpikes in clofe clufters. The flowers are yellow, 
and appear in Auguft. 
The eleventh fort grows naturally in Virginia ; the 
ftalks are round, channelled, and rife two feet high ; 
the leaves are rough, acute-pointed, and fawed ; they 
are two inches and a half long, and one broad. The 
flowers are produced in a panicle at the top of the 
ftalk ; the fpikes are very long, recurved, and fpread 
out on every fide ; the lower parts of the foot-ftalks 
are clofely furnifhed with fmall leaves, and the flowers 
are in clofe clufters at; the end of the fpike ; they are of 
a bright yellow colour, and appear late in September. 
The twelfth fort grows naturally in North America ; 
the ftalks are (lender, fmooth, and rife two feet high ; 
they are garnifhed with oval, acute-pointed, fawed. 
leaves three inches long, and two broad, and ftand 
alternately at two inches diftance. The flowers come 
out in long bunches from the wings of the ftalks ; 
they are difpofed loofely on the foot-ftalk, and are of 
a pale yellow colour ; thefe appear in Auguft, and 
continue part of September. 
The thirteenth fort grows naturally in North Ame- 
rica ; the lower leaves are four inches long, and al- 
moft two broad; their foot-ftalks are two inches long, 
and have a membrane or wing on each fide. The 
ftalks rife two feet high ; they are (lender, fmooth, 
and of a light purple colour, and garnifhed with oval, 
fpear-fhaped, indented leaves, near two inches long, 
and three quarters of an inch broad, of a pale green 
on their under fide. The flowers are produced in 
fhort bunches from the wings of the ftalk, almoft the 
whole length ; the lower fpikes are an inch long, but 
thofe on the upper part of the ftalks are almoft round ; 
the flowers are of a brimftone colour, and appear late 
in Auguft. 
The fourteenth fort grows naturally in Canada ; the 
ftalks of this are ftiff, round, fmooth, and have a 
white bark ; they rife upward of three feet high, and 
are garnifhed with fmooth fpear-fhaped leaves, having 
feveral veins ; they are three inches and a half long, 
and one inch broad, ftanding alternately. The flowers 
come out toward the top of the ftajk, from the wings, 
in fhort fpikes, which ftand ereft and are obtufe ; they 
are of a pale yellow colour, and appear in Auguft. 
The fifteenth fort grows naturally m Canada ; this 
rifes with a ftrong hairy ftalk five or fix feet high, 
which 
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