Engelmann, George Jan. 18, 1843 [3] (seq. 76)

not conic at all rather somewhat flattened. fl. in Texas in April
& Mai. rays 1 1/4- 1 3/4 inches long. — E. sanguinea is
stouter; peduncle long, incrussate, for some distance below
the head and considerably so immediately below it; head
as large again hemispherical and somewhat conical;
fl. near St Louis in Mar & June; rays 2-2 1/2 inches long.
Helianthus recurvatus n.sp. similar to H. angustifolius. stem
simple or nearly so., leaves narrower, more crowded spreading
or recurved, scabrous above and hispid benath. Disc brown
not purple; disc fllowers with long exserted anthers (in H. a. anther
equal to corolla) tube of corolla smooth (not pubescent)
one forth as long as the neck (not one half as long). only
tip of segments of corolla purplish — Achenia, pappus,
paleae. the same in both.

Solidago microphylla n. sp. caule glabro angulato (plenamque colorato)
supra virgatim ramoso; foliis glabris, adpresse serratis, margine
et subtus ad nervos ciliato — scabris reticulatis, caculinis
inferioribus lanceolatis basi attenuatis, subpetiolatis, acutis
superioribus spathulatis obtusicaulis s. acutis, subintegris
racemis secundis elongatis virgatim paniculalis squarnis
involucri linearibus acutis, viridi nerviis; acheniis pubescentibus
fl. disci. 4-6; fl. radii 2-4. — Margin of woods with H. altisssima
Houston Texas, Sept. Octob. —

Solidago lindheimeriana caule basi adscendeate folioso, glabro simplios,
foliis lineari lanceolatis, mucoronatis, erectis, inerioribus,
elongatis basi angustatis, superioribus sensium brevioribus semiamplexicaulibus
uninerviis, sparsium venosis, pelluoida reticulatis glabris
(subcarnosis) integris, margine scabris; panicula contracta
pedicellis longis bracteosis, subsecundis, angulatis, sub-
scabris; capitulis majusculis, squamis linearibus
glabris, externis brevibus, laxis; fl. radicalibus 6-10
fl. disci. 11-13 acheniis minutia pubenulis,
Barren plains in a high prairie west of Houston; fl June
& July.

Similar to S. angustata T & Gr. but distinguished by the
ascending stem, folia integra, pedicelli elongati, achenia
puberula!