Gmail: wrong "from" address on iPhone

Is set up my gmail account and am receiving email fine. I set my account up online and in the account section chose a different address as my "From" default.
When I send email from my gmail web account, it comes through from the correct address ([email protected]).
However, when I send from the iPhone, it comes through the gmail address ([email protected])
I've tried every setting and can't figure it out. Really frustrated! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

So I tried this set up, let me know what I did wrong, because I still can't get it to work right:
Name: Jane Doe
Address: [email protected]
description: [email protected]
Incoming:
Host name: pop.gmail.com
username: [email protected]
password: xxxxxxx
Outgoing:
Host: mail.mycompany.com
username: [email protected]
pasword: xxxxxxx
With that setup, I thought it would work, but my test email still came in as @gmail.com
Did I do something wrong?

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