( 2020) 
HELIANTHUS DiFrFusus. Missouri Sun- 
_ FLower. <r Ales 
Class and Order. : 
SyncenesiA Potyeamia Frusrranga. 
Generic Character. 
Recept. paleaceum, planum. Pappus diphyllus. Cal. im- 
bricatus, subsquarrosus. 
Specific Character. 
Heuranruus diffusus ; caule hispido divaricato, foliis ovatia 
rigidis scabris serrulatis alternis oppositisque, pedunculis 
Jongissimis unifloris. 
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Descr. Stem angular, purple, hispid: branches distant, 
rambling, bearing one terminal flower on a very long pedun- 
cle. The whole plant is clothed with stiff, stinging hairs, 
scarcely exceeds two feet in height, but spreads wide. Leaves 
both opposite and alternate, oblong-ovate, rigid, very rough. 
Calyx imbricated, scales ovate, in four series, smooth, with 
villous edges. Flowers large: rays about twenty, oblong- 
ovate, plicate, three-toothed, of a very full yellow colour. 
Floscules of the disk yellow: tube filiform pedicle-like : border 
cylindrical. Anthers dark purple. Stigmas revolute, golden 
yellow. Chaff of the receptacle linear-lanceolate, concave, 
green. Germens three-cornered, crowned with a two-leaved, 
awl-shaped pappus. 
From its rambling manner of growth, this plant does not 
appear very sightly in the garden; but is one of the most 
desirable flowers imaginable for ornamenting rooms, as it 
lives long in water, and from its spreading branches, the 
flowers dispose well, and make a very brilliant appearance. 
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