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HELIANTHUS MOLLIS. SOFT-LEAVED 
SUNFLOWER. 
Class and Order. 
SYNGENESIA F’'RUSTRANEA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum imbricatum, squamis subsquarrosis. Recep- 
taculum paleaceum. Pappus diphyllus. Spreng. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hetrantuus mollis ; foliis oppositis (supremis bracteantibus 
exceptis) ovato-lanceolatis triplinervibus supra scabris 
subtus glauco-pallescentibus levibus glabris vel molli- 
ter pubescentibus inferioribus subgrosse serratis supe- 
rioribus subintegerrimis, involucri foliolis lineari-acu- 
minatis squarrosis, paleis tricuspidatis. 
Hewiantuus mollis. Willd. Sp. Pl. p. 2240. Pursh, Fl. 
Am. 2.2. p. 572. Ell. Carol. v. 2. p. 418. Darl. Fl. 
Cestr. p. 92. ; 
In the Botanical Register, t. 524, is given a Hetianruus 
of North America, under the name of pubescens, Vaux, and 
the same species is represented at t. 2778 of the present 
work, where great doubts are expressed as to its being the 
real plant of Vanxt and the American Botanists. It is, I 
believe, the H. tomentosus, Micu.; a name which, indeed, 
is introduced among the synonymy both by Mr. Gawrer 
and myself together with the H. mollis ; but I believe they 
are three distinct species. The H. pubescens has the leaves, 
as its author described them, truly ovato-cordate, and very 
villous, on both sides ; but whether H. pubescens be a vari- 
ety of it or not may admit of doubt : whilst the H. mollis of 
Wittpenow, and certainly of Exuiorr, is free from hairs, 
except 
