Mi, HORTUS .TAMAICENSIS, sn- 



Yc-ar Hluh Tierces. Bih. 



U798 87,896 11,725 1163 



17 .9 101, 457 13,538 1321 



\m0> 96,3-17 13,519 1631 



180! 123,251 18,704 2699; 



JS02 12.9,544 15,405 2*403 



fcS03- ' 107,387. 11,825 17-97 



1804 103.615 12,594 2224* 



1805 137,906 '. .....17,977 368ft 



1806 133,996 18,237 '. 337?. 



1807 123,175 17,344 3716 



1808 121,444 15,836 262* 



1809 104,457 14,586 6G8 



1810 108,703 .... 45^0 3719 



3811 127,751 15,235 3046 



1812 105,283 11,3.57 255.8 



SUN FLOWER. HELIANTHUS. 



Cl. 19, OR. 3. Syngenesia polygamic; fvustranca. Nat. oa. Composite. 



This generic name is derived from two Greek words signifying sun and flower. 



Gen. char. Common calyx imbricate, somewhat squarrose; compound corolla ra-- 

 diate, down- two-leaved; receptacle chaffy, flat. 



ANNUL - ?. ANNUAL 



All the leaves cordate, three-nerved, peduncles thickened, flowers drooping. 



Hoot annual ; stem single or branched, from five to fourteen feet in height; leaves. 

 alternate, rough, serrate, acuminate, hanging down at the end, on long petioles. 

 Flower single, (sometimes several), nodding, a f >ot or more in diameter. Gerarde 

 mentions one that flowered in his garden sixteen inches in diameter, in weight three 

 pounds two ounces. The semi-florets are of a beautiful golden colour. The seeds are 

 numerous (Baukin mentions two thousand three hundred and sixty two in a -flower), 

 black, variegated, or white, and when they have quitted their cells, the receptacle 

 looks like a honey-comb. The whole plant, and particularly the flower, exudes a thin. 

 pellucid odorous resity resembling Venice turpentine. This is a very.Jbeautiful and 

 ornamental plant in a garden, and very generally cultivated in Jamaica, where it thrives 

 luxuriantly. Of this species there are several varieties ; and two others have been in-. 

 troduced, the indicus and tabcrosos. The seeds are eaten by poultry, and an useful 

 oil may be extracted from them. Their uses as a food for cattle and poultry have lately 

 been pointed out by Mr. Saunders, of Stroud, in an entertaining paper ; he mentions,, 

 among other- particulars, the following, whicb appear of the most importance: " rie 

 tried this seed as a food for swine, horses, poultry, and rabbits ; all which eat it eagerly, 

 and derive good nourishment from it. He computes that the produce from an acre 

 would be very great, not Jess than from fifty to sixty sacks; and gives the following 

 Calculation on the subject : 



" Every sun flower plant, allowing it the liberal space of three square- foet of Jand to 



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