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HELIANTHUS pubescens. 



Illinois Sunjhwer. 



SYNGENESIA POLYG^fMlA FHVSTRANEA. 



Nat. ord. Composite. Adammfam, 2, 103, 



CoRYMBiFER^, Jussieu gm, 177. Div. VL Recept pa- 

 leaceum. Sem. apice dentatum aut paleaceum. Florea in 

 plurimis radiati, in paucts flosculosi. Recept. Helenii 

 subnudum. 



Helianthe^. Casnni injoum. dephw. 88 (an 1819)- 191. 

 HEUANTBU8. Supri vol (t,foL 508. 



H. pubescent^ foliis oppositis ovato-cordatig amplexicaulibus villosis tripli* 



nenriis, caule piloso. Vahl ftynib. 2. 92. 



Helianthus pubescens. Willd. $p. pi 3. 2240. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 6, 127. 



Pnrsk amer. sept. 2. 570. Nuttall gen. 2. 177. n. 4. Willd. enum. 2. 

 919. 



Helianthus mollis. Lamarck mcyc. 3. 81. 



Helianthus canescens. Mickaux bar. amer. 2. 140. 



($) Helianthus mollis. Willd, sp. pi 3. 2240. Bjusd. enum. 2. 920. Pursk 



amer. sept 2. 572, Nuttallgen. 2. 178. 



Helianthus tomentosus. Mickavx bar, amer, 2, 141. 



Herbaceus, perennis. Caules orgyales erectifoUmi, Fol, sesnlia, ovato- 



ianeeolata remote appresstque mbserrata cuspithto-acuminata, opaco-tfiren' 



iia, nqjri pube sfrigilloBd brevi asperat infrk tomento moUi brevissimo cine- 



rdicentia, gesunciaHa latitudine duplo angustiore v, maghy mibtrinerviat 



gradatim in parvula decrescentia, mperiora altema, inferiora opposite, 



Flores paniculati, plures^ nutantes, lutein diametro ^-Z-undali r. drcA; 



pedunculi alterni, axillare$ prater summum terminalem, scepiUs breviores 



jolioy hirsuti^ supem^ curvati, foliolis snbtrinis mpeme r. etiam jnxia 



calycem muniti, interdUm divin, Cal. atrtMnrens Mrsuto-canescenB sguar- 



roso-laxatus divaricatm, bis ferv brevior radio; foliola Uneari-attenuata 



plana acutissima ordine altemo subqnadrupHci disposita, ciliata, intus depi- 



lia, interiora paulb minora, Radius mii/^t-(20?)y?antf, citrinw, ctrntigno- 



MieUatus, neuter: flosc. lanceolati, subplicato-striatif extOs obsolete pubes- 



centest tnbo bremssimo; genuine casso glabro albOf pappi paleis aristtformi- 



bus: DISCUS nigro-Jiavescens, denub subconoideo-convexus : flosc- cyiindricif 



peUwddo-flavicantes glaberrimif tubo multoties breviore fauce, limbo bretfi 



&-Jido lacinulis o^ato-acuminatu ; fil. elastica; anth, viridi-nigne^ polline 



flavo: stig. 2 lineari-angusta, spiralitir reflexa extiis kirsuta: germ, album, 



glahrum, turhinaio-ehm^atum^ subangumo-compressumt pappo aristato- 



paleaceo albo, duplo feri breviore ^oscuh, Recept. subconico-eonvexum 



pakaceum: pale% naviculari-complicatiB acuminatte, tupemh atro-virentes, 



dorso carinatce villas^ atro-rubentes. 



A perennial species growing to a thicket of tall upright 

 simple leafy stems, eight feet high or more. Found wild in 

 the IIHnois country, in Kentucky, in Tennessee, and 



