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The ftalks branch at the top fomewhat like thofe of the 
firft, but the middle flowers have mucli thorter foot- 
fialks than thofe which branch on the fide, and are gar- 
niflied with fmall leaves, almoft to the top ; but, I am 
not certain if this is a diftinft fpecies, or.only a variety 
which has accidentally rifen from the feeds of the other. 
Thefe plants are natives of America ; the feeds of both 
I have received from Virginia and New England, where 
they grow wild in great plenty in the woods, and other 
thady places where the ground is moifl.” 
2. Helenium pubefcens, or downy helenium: leaves 
pubefcent. This alfo is native of North America; it 
was introduced in 1776 by Mr. William Malcolm, and 
flowers in Auguft and September. 
Propagation and Culture. They may be propagated by 
feeds, or by parting their roots; but the latter is gene¬ 
rally praflifed in this country, becaufe they feldom per¬ 
fect their feeds here ; but, if the feeds are procured from 
abroad, they fltould be fown the beginning of March on 
a border of light earth ; and, if the feeds thould not 
come up the firfl year, the ground thould not be dif- 
turbed, becaufe they often remain a whole year in the 
ground before the plants come up ; in which cafe there 
is nothing more to be done, but to keep the ground clear 
from weeds, and wait until the plants rife. When they 
appear, if the feafon proves dry, they mud be often wa¬ 
tered, which will greatly forward their growth;' and 
where tire plants come up too dole to each, other, they 
fliould be thinned, and tranfpianted out into beds a foot 
afunder every way, being careful to fhade them until 
they have taken root, as alfo to water them in dry wea¬ 
ther. In autumn they may be tranfpianted where they 
are to remain, and the following lummer they will pro¬ 
duce their flowers, which will continue till thefroft pre¬ 
vents them ; and their roots will abide many years, and 
afford many offsets, by which they may be increafed. 
The beft feafon to tranfplant the old roots, and to part 
them for increafe, is in the end of October, when their 
flowers are pall, or the beginning of March, juft before 
they begin to (hoot; but, if the fpring fhould prove 
dry, they muft be duly watered, otherwile they will not 
produce many flowers the fame year. Thefe plants 
fliould not be removed oftener than every other year, if 
they are expeded to flower ftrong ; they delight in a foil 
rather moift than dry, provided it be not too ftrong, nor 
hold the wet in winter;«but if they are planted in a 
dry foil, they muft be often and plentifully watered in 
dry weather, to make them produce plenty of flowers. 
See Inula and Helianthus. 
HEL/ENUS, a celebrated foothfayer, fon of Priam 
and'Hecuba, greatly refpeded by all the Trojans. When 
Deiphobus was given in marriage to Helen in perference 
to himfelf, he refolved to leave his country, and retired 
to mount Ida, where Ulylfes took him prifoner by the 
advice of Chalcas. As he was well acquainted with fu¬ 
turity, the Greeks made ufe of prayers, threats, and 
promifes, to induce him to reveal the fecrets of the 
Trojans; and either the fear of death or gratification of 
refentment feduced him to difclofe to the enemies of his 
country, that Troy* could not be taken whilft it was in 
pofleflion of the Palladium, nor before Polydeftes came 
from his retreat at Lemnos, and allifted to fupport the 
liege. After the ruin of his country, he fell to the fliare 
of Pyrrhus the fon of Achilles, and faved his life by 
warning him to avoid a dangerous tempeft which in re¬ 
ality proved fatal to all thofe who let fail. This en- ’ 
deared him to Pyrrhus, and lie received from his hand 
Andromache the widow of his brother HeTtpr, by whom 
lie had a foil called Ceftrinus. This marriage, accord¬ 
ing to fome, was confummated after the death of Py r¬ 
rhus, wiio.lived with Andromache as his wife. Helenus 
was the only one of Priam’s fons who furvived the ruin 
of his country. After the death of Pyrrhus, he reigned 
over part of Epirus, which he called Chaonia in memory 
of his brother Chaon, whom he had inadvertently killed. 
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Helenus received .ffineas as he voyaged towards Italy, 
and foretold him fome of the calamities which attended 
his fleet. The manner in which he received the gift of 
prophecy is doubtful. Virg. JEn. iii. 295, &c. 
HE'LEPH, a city of Paleftine, belonging to the tribe 
of Naphtali; fituated upon the boundaries of that pro¬ 
vince. JoJk. xix. 33. 
HELEP'OLIS, f. in the ancient art of war, a machine 
fpr battering the walls of a place befieged, the inven¬ 
tion of which is aferibed to Demetrius Poliorcetes. Di¬ 
odorus Siculus fays, that each fide of the Helepolis was 
405 cubits in breadth, and 90 in height ; that it had 
nine ftages, and was moved on four ftrong folid wheels 
eight cubits in diameter; that it was armed with large 
battering rams, and had two roofs capable of fupport- 
ing them ; that in the lower ftages there were different 
forts of engines for carting ftones; and in the middle 
they had large catapultas for difeharging arrows, and 
fnialler ones in thole above', with a number of expert 
men for working thefe machines.—See the article Ar¬ 
tillery, vol. ii. p. 231, and the correfpondent En- 
HE'LER, f. [from haelan, Sax. to cover.] A tiler, 
thateher, or-Hater.—In the weft he that covers a houfe 
with Hates is called a heler or hellier. Ray. 
HE'LES, in ancient geography, a river of Lucania, 
near Veiia. 
HE'LEZ, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
HEL'FENBERG, a town of Germany, in the arch¬ 
duchy of Auftria : ten miles fouth-eaft of Aigen. 
HEL'FORD, a fmall filhing town of'England, in the 
county of Cornwall, on the river Hel : three miles fouth- 
vveft of Falmouth. 
HE'Ll, [Heb. an afeent.] The name of a man. 
HELI'ACA, y. [from jjXtof, Gr. the fun.] Sacrifices 
in honour of the fun. 
HELI'ACAL, adj. [ heliaquc , Fr. from ?)7Uoj, Gr.] 
Emerging from the luftre of the fun, or falling into it.— 
Had they aferibed the heat of the feafon to this ftar, 
they would not have computed from its heliacal afeent. 
Brown. 
The heliacal riling of a ftar or planet, is when it rifes 
with, or at the fame time, as the fun; and heliacal fet- 
ting, the fame as the letting with the fun. Or, a ftar rifes 
heliacally, when, after it has been in conjunction with 
the fun, and lo invifible, it gets at fucli a diftance from 
him as to be feen in the morning before the fun’s rifing. 
And it is faid to fet heliacally, when it approaches lb 
near the fun as to be hid by his beams. So that, in truth, 
the heliacal rifing and letting are only an apparition and 
occupation. 
HELPACALLY, adv. —From the rifing of this ftar, 
not cofmically, that is, with the fun, blit heliacally , that 
is, at its emeriion from the rays of the fun, the ancients 
computed their canicular days. Brown. 
HELPADES, in mythology, the daughters of the 
Sun and Clymene. They were three'in number, Lam- 
petie, Phaetufa, and Lampetlnifa ; or feven according 
to Hyginus ; Merope, Helie, CEgle, Lampefie, Phoebe, 
Ritheria, and Dioxippe. They were fo afflicted at the 
death of their brother Phaeton, that the gods,’ moved 
with companion, changed, them into - poplars, and their 
tears into precious amber; on the banks of the Po. Ovid. 
Heliad^s was alfo the name of. the firft inhabitants of 
Rhodes. This ifland, being covered with mud when the 
world was firft created, was warmed by the cherifhing 
beams of the fun, and from thence Iprang feven men, 
which were called Heliades, rov vhicv, from the Jun. 
The eldeft of thefe, called Ochimus, married Hegeto- 
ria, one of the nymphs of the iHand ; and his brothers 
fled from the country for having put to death, through 
jeaioufy, one of their number. Diodorus. 
HELliE'A, v in Grecian antiquity, the great court in 
Athens for the 1 trial of civil caufes. See Heliast^e. 
HELIANTHEMOPDES. See Turnera. 
HELIAN'THEMUM, 
