to be expunged. We should have preferred uniting" this plant 

 to the latter ; but both Pursh and the author of the Hortus 

 Kewensis have arranged it with Helianthus. 



Perennial ; not very hardy. Native of Carolina. Flowers 

 most part of the summer. Introduced in 1789 by Mr. Thomas 

 Watson. Communicated by Mr. Anderson, from the Chelsea 

 Garden, where it was raised from seeds sent by Mr. Nuttall 

 in 1816. 



