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8. DECURRENT TICK-SEED. 
Plate 35. Fig. 8. 
Character of the Species Coreopfis alternifolia. 
The Leaves are lanced, ferrated, and run down the Stalk. 
This is a native of Virginia, a Perennial j ten feet high, and 
flowers late in Autumn. The Leaves are harth to the touch, and the 
Flowers are pale yellow. 
GENUS IX. 
HEART-SEED. 
- S I L P H I U M. 
Charadler of the Genus. 
The Cup has two rows of diflimilar Scales, the outer row 
leafy. 
Plate 36. Fig. 0 a a. 
I. HELIANTHOIDE HEART-SEED. 
Plate 36. Fig. i. 
Character of the Species. Silphium helianthoides. 
The Leaves grow in pairs on Foot-ftalks : they are oblong- 
oval, and ferrated. 
This is a Perennial, native of Virginia ; a very tall and elegant 
Plant. The Stalk is fix feet high ; the Leaves are naturally of a 
faint green, and ufually variegated with blotches of yellow. The 
Flowers are large and of a deep ftrong yellow. They blow from 
Augufl; to November : and from time to time taller Footflalks rife 
beyond the original Flower. 
2. LACINIATED HEART-SEED. 
Plate 36. Fig. 2. 
Gharader of the Specks. Silphium . laciniatum. 
The Leaves are cut into deep fegments in the pinnatifid 
manner. 
fig'. 5. ^ 
This is a Perennial, native of North America, and a wonderful 
Rately as well as Angular Plant. It is ten feet high. The Leaves 
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