acute, not rounded at the point. Pappus feathered towards 
the summit. Flowers in some specimens grow crowded - 
together, in others they are spread out on unequal peduncles, 
in-some again they grow in a spreading panicle. 
A greenhouse herbaceous perennial, by no means tender. 
Native of Van Diemen’s Island. Introduced in 1804 by 
Col. Wittiam Parrerson. Flowers most part of the year. 
Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated by 
N.S. Hopson, Esq. Communicated also by Messrs. CuanpLER 
and Buckinenam, of the Vauxhall Nursery; and by Mr. 
Knicut, from the Exotic Nursery, King’s Road. 
