Hewianruus, with the exception of one or two of the 
species, is confined to North America. The present species, 
in our view, is one of the most attractive of the hardy 
ornaments of the pleasure-ground, being neither so tall nor 
heavily leaved as the others, and producing from its nu- 
merous subdivided stems a profusion of the gayest co- 
loured blossom that suffers no intermission from August 
to October. It seems to do best in a strong clayey soil. 
Mr. Nuttall found it all over Upper Louisiana, others 
in Pensylvania and Carolina. The root is creeping, and 
affords the easiest means of propagation. The flowers 
vary much in size, and are seen from about 23 to near 5 
inches in diameter, even on the same plant, having some- 
times a small spatulate leaf on the peduncle just below the 
calyx, at other times none within a foot or more of the 
flower. The foliage, which grows chiefly on the lower part 
of the plant, is of an opaque dull dusty green, with a sur- 
face as rough as shagreen, and nearly as hard as emery 
paper, and makes but little appearance; the branches, the 
divisions of which are terminated by long oneflowered 
straight upright generally leafless peduncles, present a loose 
spreading corymb of flowers at the height of about 3 feet or 
more. 
Cultivated by Dr. Sherard, in the celebrated garden at 
Eltham, before 1732; but seems to haye become rare, till 
lately introduced by Mr. Lambert, who raised his plants 
from Louisiana seed. The drawing was taken at the collec- 
tion of Comtesse de Vandes, Bayswater. 
The Composite (commonly called Syngenesious plants) 
form the tenth class of Jussieu’s arrangement, and are 
divided into three orders; viz. Cichoraceee, Cinarocephale, 
and Corymbifere. Since this division, the study of the class 
has occupied much of the attention of Messrs. Cassini and 
Brown; but no definite arrangement has been given to the 
public, since that of Jussieu. 
The following valuable observations are from Mr. 
" Brown’s Remarks upon the Congo Herbarium. 
“ Composir#. It is unnecessary here to enter into the 
question whether this family of plants, of which 3000 species 
are already known, ought to.be considered as a class or as 
an order merely; the expediency of subdividing it, and 
affixing proper names to the divisions, being generally ad- 
