The vegetable system. 
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ALATEDHELENIA. 
Plate 20. Fig. I. 
CharaAer of the Species. Helenium autumnale. 
The Leaves run down the Stalk in lengthened Films. 
Fig. I. a a. 
T his is a perennial ; native of North America, a fpecious, 
tall, and gaudy Plant : it bears the air with us, and flowers 
in Auguft. The Stalk is round and hollow, ribbed and winged from 
the Bafe of the Leaves, and grows to five feet high. The Leaves 
are of a delicate green, long, fmooth, and narrow. The Flowers 
are very large ; they crown the fpreading head of the Plant in a vail 
number, and are of a gold yellow. 
GENUS IV. 
OSTEOSPERMUM. 
CharaAer of the Genus. 
The Cup is hemifpherick ; and its Scales are fmall and 
fharp pointed. 
Plate 20. Fig. 7.. a b, 
i.PALMATED OSTEOSPERMUM. 
Plate 20. Fig. 2. 
Character of the Species. Ofteofpermum uvedalia didfum. 
The Leaves are broad, and divided in the manner of a 
hand. 
T his is a perennial, robufl, and fpecious Plant, native of Vir- 
ginia, and flowers all the Autumn. The Stalk is five feet 
high. The Leaves are large : they Hand in pairs ; and are divided 
into a number of deep Segments. The flowers crown all the branches; 
and are large and of a delicate yellow. The Rays are few, but they 
are very long ; and the flrudlure of the difk is in no Plant more dif- 
tindl or confpicuous. 
There are other Oilsofpermums ; but they are flirubs, and 
have their place hereafter. 
VoL. II. A a GE- 
