and smaller flowers than our other specimens. The y. of Herb. Banks, and Hort. Kew. foliis subtus
villosis, we have from Canada. Messrs. Lay and Colley have gathered S. Canadensis in California. It is
omitted by Michaux.
2. S. procera; caule villoso erecto, foliis lanceolatis serratis triplinerviis scabris subtus
villosis, racemis spiciformibus erectis interruptis nutantibus, ligulis abbreviatis. Ait. Hort.
Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 211. Pursh, FI. Am .v. 2. p. 535. Rich, in Frankl. ls£ Journ. ed. 2.
App. p. 33.
Hab. Canada. Pursh.—Woody country between lat. 54-° and 64°.
3. S. serotina; caule erecto tereti lasvi, foliis lineari-lanceolatis glabris margine asperis
serratis triplinerviis,racemis paniculatis secundis. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. l.v. 3. p. 211. Pursh,
FI. Am. v. 2. p. 535.—'/?. minor; foliis angustioribus.
Hab. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. Newfoundland. .Miss Brenton. Columbia River and De Fuca, N.W.
America. Dr. Scouler.—/3. Saskatchawan. Drummond.
4. S.gigantea; caule erecto glabro, foliis lanceolatis glabris serratis margine scabris
triplinerviis, racemis paniculatis secundis, pedunculis hirtis, ligulis abbreviatis. Ait. Hort.
Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 211. Pursh, FI. Am. v.2 . p. 535.—p. racemis brevioribus obtusis.
Hab. Canada. Cleghorn. Plains of the Red River. Douglas. Fort Vancouver. Dr. Scouler.—0. Saskatchawan.
Drummond.
5. S. lateriflora; caule erecto pilosiusculo, foliis lanceolatis subtriplinerviis glabris
margine scabris, inferioribus subserratis, racemis paniculatis subrecurvis secundis. Ait.—
Linn.__Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 211. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 536. Elliott, Carol.
v. 2. p. 370.
Hab. Canada. Pursh.—“ Not more than half the size of S. Canadensis; flowers larger than any of this
division.” Ph.__Probably all the “ triple-nerved” species might, without violence to nature, merge into one.
* * Racemis secundis; foliis venosis.
6. S. aUissima; caule erecto hirto, foliis lanceolatis scaberrimis rugosis serratis enerviis,
paniculis secundis. Ait.—Linn.—Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 212. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2.
p. 536. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 571.
Hab. Canada. Mrs. Percival. Mr. Cleghorn. .
7. S. rugosa; caule erecto hirto, foliis lanceolatis inferioribus adpresso-serratis scaberrimis
rugosis, racemis paniculatis secundis patentissimis. Willd.—Mill. Diet. Willd. Sp. PI.
v. 3. p. 2058. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2, p. 537. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 574.—S. altissima. ? Ait.
Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 213.
Hab. Canada. Pursh. Lake Huron.' Dr. Todd. (Small and young specimens.)
8. S. villosa; caule erecto villoso, foliis lanceolatis molliusculis serratis enervibus, racemis
paniculatis secundis. Herb. Banks. MSS.—Pursh, FI. Am .v. 2. p. 537. Elliott, Carol.
v. 2. p. 372.—S. pilosa. Mill. Diet.—S. altissima. 13. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p, 212.
Hab. Canada. Lady Dalhousie. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. Newfoundland. Miss Brenton. Labrador.
Dr. Morrison.
9. S. nemoralis; caule erecto tomentoso, foliis caulinis lanceolatis hispidis integerrimis,
radicalibus subcuneiformibus serratis, racemis paniculatis secundis. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1.
v. 3 p. 213. Pursh, FI. Am, v. 2. p. 537. Efliptt, Carol, v, 2. p. 373.
Hab. Canada. Pursh. Dr. Holmes. Goldie. Mr. Cleghorn. Red River. Mr. Douglas. Plains of the
Saskatchawan. Drummond.—The grey aspect of this plant, mentioned by Pursh, is very striking in my
specimens.
10. S. juncea; caule erecto glabro, foliis lanceolatis glabris margine scabris, inferioribus
serratis, racemis paniculatis secundis. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 213. Elliott, Carol,
v. 2. p. 375 ? Rich, in Frankl. ls< Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 33.
Hab. Woody country between lat. 54°. and 64°. Dr. Richardson.
11. S. arguta; caule erecto glabro, foliis glabris argute inasqualiter serratis, caulinis
ellipticis, radicalibus ovatoK>blongis, racemis paniculatis secundis, ligulis elongatis. Ait.
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 213. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 538. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 374.
H ab. Canada. Pursh.—1 possess no specimen of this from the British Settlements; hut I have very
beautiful ones from Dr. Darlington and Mr. Townsend from Pennsylvania, which have been compared with
those in the Banksian Herbarium.
12. S. asperata ; caule paniculato-corymboso, racemis suberectis, floribus adscendentibus,
foliis lanceolatis serratis scabris. Herb. Banks. MSS.—Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 528.
Hab. Canada. Herb. Banks.
13. S. serhpervirens; caule erecto glabro, foliis lineari-lanceolatis subcarnosis laevibus
integerrimis margine scabris, racemis paniculatis secundis, pedunculis pilosis. Ait.—Linn.
—Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 214. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 538. Elliott, Carol, v. 2.
p. 379.
Hab. Canada. Pursh.—My Herbarium contains only one specimen of this, from Dr. Darlington of West
Chester, received as “ S. limoniifolia,” which exactly corresponds with S. Sempervirens of Banks. Herb.
14. S. odor a; caule erecto pubescente, foliis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis glabris
margine scabris, racemis paniculatis secundis. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 214. Pursh,
FI. Am. v. 2. p. 539. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 376. Plukn. Aim. t. 116. f 6.
H ab. Canada. Pursh.—Of this, likewise, I possess no British-American specimens; but I have numerous
ones from the United States. Pursh says “ It is most generally and principally known among the
inhabitants by the name of Golden-rod, and used as a wholesome tea. The flowers, gathered when fully
expanded and carefully dried, give a most agreeable substitute for tea, which for some time has been an
article of exportation to China, where it fetches a high price.”
* * * Racemis erectis; foliis venosis.
15. S. bicolor; caule foliisque ellipticis pilosis, inferioribus serratis, ramis foliolosis,
racemis erectis, involucri foliolis obtusis. Ait.—Linn.—Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 3. p. 216.
Mich. Am. v.2. p. 116. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 537. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 382.
H ab. Canada. Pursh. Saskatchawan. Drummond.—Rays of the flowers said to be nearly white: but