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cent, and very soft underneath ; calicine scales 
lanceolate, adpressed.— Willd, enwm. 
H. tomentosus, Mich. 
.° Soft-leaved Sunflower. 
From two to three feet high. Leaves remarkably soft un- 
derneath, and rough above. Flowers yellow. In fields and 
meadows, and along fences, every where common, Peren- 
nial. July till October. 
2. H. leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, trachelifolius. 
three-nerved, all over very rough; calicine 
scales linear-lanceolate, ciliate, exterior ones 
longer.—JVilld. 
H. Gigas, Mich. 
Throat-wort-leaved Sun-flower. 
About the size of No. 1. Flowers also yellow. In woods, 
thickets, meadows, and dry swamps; common. Perennial. 
August till October. 
3. H. stem glabrous, very much branched ; leaves ‘ivaricatus. 
sub-opposite, sessile, lanceolate-ovate, three- 
nerved; panicle trichotomous, weak, small- 
flowered.— Willd. and Pursh. 
Small-flowered or Rough-leaved Sun-flower. 
Resembles both No. 1, and No. 2, but is taller and has 
smaller flowers, and narrower leaves. Flowers entire, pale- 
ellow. In similar places with No. 1, the commonest species 
in this neighbourhood. Perennial. August till October. 
—S 
4. H. leaves ovate-acuminate, remotely serrated, “ecapetalus 
tripli-nerved, scabrous; calicine scales lanceo- 
late, nearly equal, sub-ciliate; rays ten or ele- 
ven.—Willd. and Pursh. 
Icon. Rob. ic. 235. (Pursh.) i 
Ten-petalled Sunflower. 
From three to four feet high. Flowers large. In dry woods 
of Jersey, rare. Perennial. August, September. 
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