An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . ng leaf-stalks, 3 to 16 in. long, smooth and veiny beneath andvery rough above. Heads rather large, numerous in one-sided 20. S. ulmifolia, Muhl. (Fig. 5, pi. 177.) Elm-leaved smootli, its upper branches hairy, 2 to 4 ft. high. Leaves tliin, egg-siiaped, elli])tic, shari)ly pointed at apex, coarsely toothed, the lower onlong leaf-stalks. Heads on rather long branches of the clus


An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . ng leaf-stalks, 3 to 16 in. long, smooth and veiny beneath andvery rough above. Heads rather large, numerous in one-sided 20. S. ulmifolia, Muhl. (Fig. 5, pi. 177.) Elm-leaved smootli, its upper branches hairy, 2 to 4 ft. high. Leaves tliin, egg-siiaped, elli])tic, shari)ly pointed at apex, coarsely toothed, the lower onlong leaf-stalks. Heads on rather long branches of the cluster of fewbranches; rays bright yellow, about 4 in each head. Woods and copses,common. July-Sept. 21. S. EUiottii, Torr. and Gray. (Fig. 7, pi. 175.) Elliotts Golden-rod. Stem stout, smooth, very leafy, 3 to 6 ft. liigh. Leaves elliptic, ob-long or lance-sliaped, firm, 1 to 5 in long, the margins with very lowteeth, shining above. Heads densely crowded on short recurving brandiesof the one-sided cluster, which is more or less pyramidal in form. Rays8 to 12. Swamps near the coast. July-Sept. 22. S. neglecta, T. and G. (Fig. C, pi. 175.) Swamp Goldenrod. THISTLE FAMILY 647. Plate 1741. Solidago juncca. 2. S. canadensis. 3. S. bicolor. 4. S. latifolia. 5. S,caesia. 648 COMPOSITAE Stem rather stout, 2 to 4 ft. high, smooth or somewhat rough above. Basalleaves long, sometimes 12 in., lance-shaped, tapering to a margined leaf-stalk. Upper leaves smaller, lance-shaped, without leaf-stalks. Heads Jto J in. higli, somewhat in one-sided clusters, rays small, 3 to 8 to a , much of our area. 23. S. uniligulata, (DC.) Porter. (Fig. 4, pi. 175.) Few-bayedGoLDENROD. Stem stout, smooth, not as leafy as the last three, 2 to 3 Leaves lance-shaped or oblong-lance-shaped, finely and sharplytoothed, the lower tapering to a long leaf-stalk, the upper quite smalland narrowly linear or lance-shaped. Cluster of heads short, denselycrowded in an elongated somewhat pyramida


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