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used in decoction ; the Indians were those who 
discovered those properties. 
224. Verbesina coreopsis, Mich ?—Verbes. 2. Rob. p. 
444. Also winged, with yellow flowers, two or 
three feet high ; it possesses the qualities of the 
foregoing, but in a less degree. 
225. Coreopsis aurea Wild?—Coreopsis 1. Rob. p. 
444. 
22G. Coreopsis angustifolia Wild ?—C. 2. Rob. p. 
444. 
227. Coreopsis scahra Raf. Ramis remotis elongatis 
subulatis, foliisque imis oppositis, summis alternis, 
foliis integris (lanceolatis ?) scaberrimis : semini- 
fous oblongis angulatis Raf.—Coreopsis 3. Rob 
p. 444. About six feet high, leaves five inches 
long, flowers yellow, over two inches diameter, 
12 to 15 rays ; perhaps C f . acuta of Pursh. 
€28. Silphium perfoliatum L. Rob. p. 445. A beau¬ 
tiful plant of which Robin gives an elegant des¬ 
cription, and which he thinks may suggest the 
idea of a new order, or at least new ornaments, of 
architecture. Stem simple, rising over nine feet, 
angular-rhomboidal, leaves undulated acuminate. 
229. Helianthus giganteus Wild ?•—Soleil vivace Rob. 
p. 447. 
230. Helianthus pubescens Wild ?—H. doronicoide 
Rob. p. 447. 
231. Helianthus multiflorus Wild? Hel. 3. Rob. p. 447. 
XVI. N. G. Heliophthalmum Raf Perianthus pla~ 
niusculus, laxus polyphyllus, foliolis inequalibus, 
externis elongatis angustatis ; phoranthus planus 
