HELIANTHUS PUBESCENS. ILLINOIS SuN- 
FLOWER. 
Class and Order. gp 
SYNGENESIA PotyGaMra F'RUsTRANEA. 
(Nat. Ord —Composire. y 
Gehiric Character.” 
Involucrum. Arteiatint, squamis subsquarrosis. Rec, 
oe ~Pappus diphyllus. Spreng. 
pet ifc Character and Synonyms. 
Ply 
HituxstasaDcon ; foliis oppositis sessilibus semi- 
amplexicaulibus ovato-lanceolatis crenato-serratis hir- 
sutiusculis supra asperis subtus pubescenti-scabris, 
caule piloso scabro, squamis involucri lineari-lanceo- 
latis pubescentibus ciliatis. 
Hewantuus pubescens. Vahl Symb. v. 2. p. 92? Willd. 
. Pl. v. 3. p. 3240? Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 
127. Pursh "rl N. Amv. 2. p. 570. Elhott Sketch 
we tts #2 of S. Carol. and Geos. v. We - % Bot. 
t. 524. r st. Veget. v 
> Ninoliiehs lane on 7A cyohie: Sh ‘st Willd. Sp. 
Re eee "9940. Pursh Fl, .N. Am. v. 2. p. 572. 
Te Sketeh ke wae of 8. Carol. and Georg. v. 2. p. 
A 
Hexranravs canescens. \ Mich. Fl. Bor. Am, ». 2, p. 140. 
cee ise tome Mich. Fh; Bor. Am. v. 2. * M41. 
Ceenin 
Disch. Lonnie 16 alee plat, the bess rising to 
the height ea ‘scabrous, with shortish rigid hairs 
below, above more tomentose and less rough, divided at 
the summit i into a panicle-of flowers. Leaves opposite, ex- 
-_ the uppermost ones, where they seem rather to take 
— of bractez, ovato-lanceolate, sessile, semiamplex- 
at the base, and _— connate, the largest as pe 
