102 HELENUM— HELONIAS. 



nate, ovate, obtuse, scabrous above, villose, and very soft neneath; panicle 

 terminal, very long, naked; joints of the lowest triangular. 3 f. 



rotundifo'lium, (p. Au. %.) stem prostrate, hairy ; leaves ternate ; joints of 

 the lomentsub-rhomboidal. 2-4 f 



acumhiatwm, (p. Ju. I]..) erect, simple, pubescent; leaves ternate, ovate, con- 

 spicuously acuminate, a little hairy; panicle terminal, on a very long, 

 naked peduncle; joints of the loment roundish. 1-2 f. 



ca7iade7i"se, (bush trefoil, r. Ju. %) erect, smoothish ; leaves ternate, lance- 

 oblong; stipules filiform ; flowers racemed ; bracts lance-ovate, acuminate, 

 ciliate ; joints of the loment obtusely triangled, hispid. 3 f. 



borea'le, leaves pinnate, leafets oblong-ovate, hairy; stipules sheathing, subu- 

 late ; racemes on long peduncles ; loments with smooth, roundish joints, 

 (p. Ju. %.) Mountains. 



HELENUM. 17 — 2. (^Coryinbiferm.) [From ^e/eraa, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta.] 

 autuimm'le, (false sun-flower, y. Au. %..) leaves lanceolate, serrate, sub-de- 

 current ; stem corymbed above ; disk florets 5-cleft ; rays flat, reflexed. 

 Var. piobescens, leaves pubescent. 3-5 f. 



HELIANTHUS. 17—3. {CoTymbiferm.) [From elios, the Sun, anthos, flower, on account of 

 its broad, yellow disk, and rays; and not, as is often supposed, from its turning with the sun, 

 which is not the fact with respect to this flower.] 



trachelifo'lius, (y. Au. 1|-.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, opposite acuminate, ser- 

 rate, triply-nerved, very scabrous on both sides ; scales of the calyx lance- 

 linear, eiliate ; outer ones longest. 3-4 f 



decape'talous, (y. Sept. Tj..) leaves ovate, acuminate, remotely serrate, 3-nerv- 

 ed, scabrous; scales of the calyx lanceolate, sub-equal, sub-ciliate; rays 

 10 or 12. Flowers in large terminal panicles. 



gigan"tens, (y. Sept. %.) leaves alternate, lanceolate, serrate, scabrous, paler 

 beneath, nearly sessile, ciliate at the base; scales of the calyx lanceolate, 

 ciliate ; flowers in a loose, terminal panicle ; rays 12-14, not large. 5-6 f. 



atroru'beiis, hispid, stem naked towards the summit, loosely paniculate ; 

 leaves opposite, spatulate, oblong-ovate, crenate, 3-nerved, scabrous on the 

 upper side ; scales of the calyx ovate-lanceolate, as long as the disk ; rays 

 yellow; disk dark purple. 



corona'rium, French honeysuckle, a native of Italj 4f Flowers scarlet. Ex. 



tvbero'sus, (Jerusalem artichoke, y. S. %.) leaves 3-nerved, scabrous; lower 

 ones heart-ovate, upper ones ovate, acuminate ; petioles ciliate ; root tuber- 

 ous. Naturalized. 4-8 i. 



an"nuus, (common sun-flower, y. and w. Ju. 11-.) leaves all cordate, 3-nerved; 

 peduncles thickening upwards ; flowers nodding. 6-10 f. Naturalized. 



HELIOPSIS. 17 — 2. {Corymbiferm.) [From eft'os, the sun, ojpsjV', appearmg like.] 

 Im'vis, (ox-eye, Ju. %..) stem glabrous; leaves opposite, ovate, serrate, 3-nerv- 

 ed, smooth. 3-5 f. 



HELIOTROPrUM. 5 — 1. (Boraginm.) [From eKos, the sun, <rope, turning ; a name given by 

 Dioscorides, because, as he says, the flower turns with the sun.] 



in"dicum, (turnsole, b. Ju. ©.) leaves heart-ovate, acute, roughish; spikes 

 solitary ; fruit bifid. 8-12 i. S. 



HELLEBORUS. 12—13. (RanunculacecB.) [From ellein, destructive of life, bora, food ; from 

 its poisonous qualities.] 



fas'tidus, (hellebore,) stem many-flowered, leafy ; leaves pedate, remotely ser- 

 rate, coriaceous ; corolla somewhat converging. 



HELONIAS. 6—3. (Junci.) 



latifo'lia, (p-b. M. %..) scales leafless ; spike ovate, crowded ; bracts linear* 

 lanceolate ; leaves lanceolate, mucronate, nerved. 



dioe'cia, scape leafy ; leaves lanceolate, broader near the root; racemes di(B« 

 cious, spiked; pedicels very short, without bracts; segments of the peri- 

 anth linear ; stamens exserted ; flowers white, in a terminal, spiked raceme. 

 Unicorn plant. Blazing star. 2f 



du'bia, leaves very long and narrow, grass-like ; scape naked ; spike slender 

 flowers small, sessile. 2-3 f. /S?. 



