942 > SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. Solidago. 
side, flat on the other, hairy the whole length, nearly as long as the calyx” 
Woodw. Stem., leaves, calyx, and tubular parts of th q florets thick set with 
very short, opaque, white, bristly hairs. Calyx within of a silvery white, 
the outer scales much shorter. Florets of the centre, segments reflexed: 
of the circumference six to eight, reflexed, with four or five faint longi¬ 
tudinal scores, and three or four teeth at the end. Blossom yellow. 
Common Golden-hod. Woundwort.* (Welsh: Eurwialen ; Melyneu- 
raidd. , E.) S. Virga-aurea. Hort. Cliff. Woods, hedges, heaths, copses. 
P. Aug.—Sept.f 
Var. 3. Stem serpentine, unbranched; leaves spear-shaped; flowers in a 
spike-like terminating bunch. 
Mountains near Kendal. Mr. Gough. 
Var. 4. Stem straight. 
Bill. Elth. 306. 393. 
(Three to seven inches high; stem straight, unbranched; leafstalks as 
long as the spear-shaped leaves. These plants are so variable in size, 
and other more proper characteristics; that it is most difficult to deter¬ 
mine species and varieties. E.) 
Welsh-golden-rod. (S. Cambrica. Huds. With. Hull. Ait. Willd. S. 
virgaurea y. Sm. E.) Pastures on the top of y Glyder Mountain, in 
Wales. Llwyd. Mountains about Llanberris, and on those of Yorkshire 
and Westmoreland. Hudson. Llyn y Cwm, near Snowdon. Pennant. 
On the rocky precipice on the summit of lngleborough, to the north¬ 
west. Mr. Woodward. Near Kendal. Mr. Gough. (On rocks at Winch 
Bridge. Teesdale. Winch Guide. E.) P. July. 
S. lappon'ica. Stem straight, unbranched: root-leaves egg-shaped, 
on bordered leaf-stalks: stem-leaves spear-shaped, sessile : flowers 
in a spike-like terminal cluster, axillary to the upper leaves. 
* (The terminal wort , so frequently recurring in English compounds, is derived from 
the Saxon, being a general name for a herb in that language. E.) 
f (The abundance of blossoms which this plant yields during ihe autumn affords a feast 
for bees when other flowers fail, Golden-rod, which will flourish in poor soil, should be 
cultivated near to <pvery apiary. T. T. 1817.—Though Cur culio Aster is, as its name 
bespeaks, is usually connected with the Chinese Aster , its larvae will be found feeding on our 
present plant, to which it appears to be partial. Vid. Curt. Brit. Entom. vol. i. pi. 45.— It 
was formerly esteemed as a vulnerary, tonie, and diuretic, especially serviceable in calculous 
complaints. Vid. Med. and Phys. Journ. vol. 19. and a case in Gent. Mag. 1788. Notwith¬ 
standing, however, even Gerard’s authority and warm encomium, it has latterly fallen into 
comparative neglect. “ In my practice,” says that author, “ it shall be placed in the 
foremost ranke: ” and, alluding to the high price the herb bore as a foreign production, 
till discovered growing near London, the same honest writer very justly remarks, (what 
may well be applied to various other occasions), which plainly setteth foorth our 
inconstancie and sudden mutabilitie, esteeming no longer of any thing (how pretious soever 
it he) than whilest it is strange and rare. This verifieth our English proverbe, * Far fetcht 
and deere bought, is best for ladies : ’ or rather for fantasticall physitions. Thus much I 
have spoken, to bring these new fangled fellowes backe againe to esteeme better of this 
admirable plant.”—-Dr. Molyneux has the following remark, “ Pul vis foliar um, aut fiorum, 
vel integroz her bee exsiccates, et in nares attractus, sternutationes fortissvne excitatP But 
what will the modern beau think of the commentary of another physician, who says, “I 
look upon common snuffing to be the meanest way of debauchery; hurting the eyes and 
ears, and shocking the senses, stuffing the stomach and lungs,—and most practised by the 
most impolite of men.” Stirp. Hiberu. E.) 
