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3. LONG-ROOTED SUNFLOWER. 
Plate 37. Fig, 3. 
Chararlcr of the Species. Heliaiithus ftrumofus. 
T'he Root is fpiiidled like a Carrot ; the Leaves are oval 
and indented. 
This alfo is a Perennial, native of North-America : a vaft Plant’ 
ten feet high ; with grey green Leaves and very fine yellow, though 
fmall Flowers. The Leaves have three great Ribs, and the Stalk 
fends out many branches, 
4. SHORT-RIBBED SUNFLOWER. 
Plate 37. Fig. 4, 
Charafler of the Species. Helianthus decapitalus. 
The Leaves are oval, not at all hearted : they have three 
ribs, which join within the Leaf. 
Fig. 4. af. 
This is a native of North-America, a Perennial j four feet high, 
and very elegant : the Stalks are crimfon ; the Leaves are a deep 
green, and the Flowers of a perfetfl: gold yellow. The Scales of the 
Cup are not more than two or three and twenty, and the Rays of 
the Flower about thirteen. Linnaeus makes them only ten ; but 
here at Bayefwater, where the Plant is in unmanured ground, and 
every way in a perfe6t flate of Nature, they are thirteen. The Ribs 
terminating within the Leaf, as in the generality of Plants, diftin- 
guiih this from our eighth Species, which it refembles ; for there 
they run back naked. 
5. SPREADING SUNFLOWER. 
Plate 37. Fig. 5. 
Chara£lcr of the Species. Helianthus clivaricatus. 
The Leaves are oval, and without Foot-flalks ; the Stalk 
is fcattered over with dewy hairs. 
Fig. 5. i 
This is alfo a perennial, native of North-America; a Plant of 
five feet high, flowering all Autumn. The Leaves are of a dead 
green 
