3.42 FLORA HISTORICA. 



She turn'd about, but rose not from the ground, 

 Turn'd to the sun still as he rolPd liis round ; 

 On his ))right face hung her desiring eyes. 

 Till fix'd to earth she strove in vain to rise. 

 Her looks their paleness in a flower retain'd. 



From hence it has been surmised that '' the jealouse 

 Clytia gave her yellowness and attitude to the Sun^ 

 flower." 



The annual Sun-flower is unfit for the small par- 

 terre, but when planted amongst shrubs or young 

 trees, or on the borders of woods, its imitative suns 

 shine to advantage. It is a flower we recommend 

 to the notice of the young students in botany, since 

 its great size will enable them to understand the 

 class and order in which it is placed better than any- 

 other plant of the same class. 



Linnaeus adopted the term Syngenesia for this 

 class of plants, from aw^ together, and yevEcriV, a 

 generating, meaning to generate together ; and as 

 it includes all the compound flowers, from the mo- 

 dest Daisy to the gay Dahlia, it forms one of the 

 most interesting classes. It contains a natural order 

 of plants perfectly distinct from any others which 

 the vegetable creation presents to our view ; con- 

 sequently, their arrangement in the artificial system 

 of the illustrious Swede is peculiar to themselves. 

 This class could not be defined by the number of 

 stamens and pistils, since all the numerous genera 

 contain the same, which made it necessary to find 



