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ingly well. Some of them grow uncultivated to a small extent. 
Hab. S. America. 
Siegesbeckia, Linn. 
366. S. orientalis, Linn. — Yellow-flowered, clammy-leaved weed, 
growing wild and very common on the high land. Hab. India. 
Petrobium, B. Br. 
367. *P . arboreum, B.Br. 
Eoxb. ; 
(Spilanth.es tetrandra (masc.) 1 
(Bidens arborea . . . (foem.) 
Laxmannia arborea, Porst. — The Whit jwood Cabbage-tree of the 
islanders is one of the most abundant of the indigenous plants 
still remaining. It attains a height of about twenty feet, and 
flowers in the months of March to June. It grows now chiefly on 
the south side of the high central ridge extending from Diana’s to 
High Peak, at alt. 5 -2. Plate 42. Also Hk. Icon. Plant. 1053. 
Zinnia, Linn. 
368. Z. multiflora, Linn. — Several varieties grow in gardens. 
Alt. 3-8. Cultivated and rather rare. — Hab. Mexico. 
Heliantlius, Linn. 
369. H. nmlti.fl.orus, Linn. — Sunflower; two varieties grow in 
gardens ; cultivated, and rather common. M. Alt. 2. Seeds well.— 
Hab. N. America. 
Tribe Helenioideje. 
Tagetes, Linn. 
370. T. erecta, Linn.— The Yellow African Marigold; grows 
almost wild in gardens. — Hab. Mexico. 
371. T. patula, Linn.— French Marigold ; one or two garden 
varieties grow uncultivated; rather common, at C. M. and H. L. 
Alts. -1 to 3'8. Bot. Mag. 150.— Hab. Mexico. 
Gaillardia, Foug. 
372 G. bicolor, Lam. — Grows cultivated, and is rather common 
in gardens. Bot. Mag. 3551. Hab. Texas. 
