which are the largest, tipped with red, the innermost pale 
yellow or cream-coloured ; all of them elliptical, rather 
obtuse, concave, suddenly contracted into a long, narrow, — 
green claw, which has a tuft of hairs at its top. Florets — 
all tubular. I could not find that any were female or 
pa Gare all appeared to have both stamen and pistils, 
and to be five cleft, and yellow. Pappus yellowish, plu- — 
mose. Receptacle plane, dotted, naked. 
A very beautiful species of Exicurysum of which the seeds 
were received from Van Dieman’s Land, under the name of 
«© Native Amaranth.” We have specimens likewise in the 
Herbarium from Fraser and other correspondents, gathered 
in the interior of New Holland. It differs from all the 
described species of the genus, by its long, narrow, and dis- 
tinctly, on both sides, hoary leaves. 
Its flowers are produced in May, and, as may be ex- 
pected from _their nature, they continue a long time in 
flower; opening and closing many times in the day, ac 
cording to the temperature and force of the sun’s rays. 
—— 
Fig. 1. Inner Seale of the Involucre. 2. One of the larger coloured Scales. 
3. Flower. 4, A Hair of the Pappus.—Magnified. 3 | 
