Tas. 5347. 
PAN AUTIA LEsSONII. 
Lesson’s Panetia. 
Nat. Ord. Composir#.—SyNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Gen. Char. Capitulum multiflorum, heterogamum, foribus tubulosis, radii 
paucis foemineis, disci hermapbroditicis. Znvolucri hemisphwrici flores equan- 
tis sguame imbricate, intermedi petiolate, appendice lata scariosa fimbriato- 
dentata, extimee ad appendicem redacte. Corolle tubulose, radii limbo tripar- 
tito, lobis linearibus ; disci longe tubulosi, quinquefide. Anthere (basi longis- 
sime bisete, apice attenuate, Steetz). Stigmata (apice appendice brevi, conica, 
papillosa aucta, Steefz). Achenia conformia, oblonga, erostria. Pappi sete 
tenuissime, superne plumose, radii bins, disci tres v. quatuor.—Herba Nove- 
Hollandie austro-occidentalis, annua, parvula, erecta, gracilis; caule sparsim 
piloso, apice in ramos monocephalos diviso; foliis alternis, sessilibus, oblongis, 
aculis, integerrimis, subtus albido-tomentosis ; capitulis soditariis, luteis. Endl. 
PanzTIA Lessonii. Cassini, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1829. pp. 19 and 32. De Cand. 
Prodr. v. 6. p. 162. Steetz, in Pl. Preiss. v. 1. p. 461. 
Panetia of Cassini is a genus of one species, native of King 
George’s Sound, and that one of the most graceful of the He/i- 
chrysum or Ary-flowered group of Composite, imported by Mr. 
Thomson, of Ipswich, to whom we are indebted for the speci- 
men here figured. It is an annual, and flourishes in the open 
air in the summer. Sown in masses, or planted out in rather 
compact masses, it cannot fail to prove a valuable border flower. 
We hardly see why this genus should not be united with 
Waitzia of Wendland, of which a species is given at ‘lab. 5342 
of the present volume. 
Descr. Root annual. Plant erect, graceful. Stem slender, 
wiry, terete, dichotomously branched from the base, about a foot 
high. Branches glabrous, purplish green, erect or nearly so, 
terminating in a very lax corymé of very slender flower-stalks, 
each bearing a single capitulum, or head of flowers. Leaves dis- 
tant, one at the setting on of every branch, and at the base 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1862. 
