Gunniane, N. O. Composite, 
TAB. CCCX X; 
HEticurysum GUNNIANUM. 
Caule erecto vel subdecumbente ramoso gracili arachnoideo- 
tomentoso, foliis acutissimis pubescentibus subtus incano- 
tomentosis, inferioribus subspathulatis superioribus sensim 
minoribus linearibus, ramis monocephalis flavis, involucri 
hemisphzxrici squamis obovatis uninerviis denticulatis obsolete 
venosis, stipitibus lanatis ad apicem longe barbatis. 
Has, Van Dieman’s Land. Mr R. Gunn. (n. 502.) 
A most extensive Genus, even now that Helipterum, DC. 
is excluded, and one whose species we can hardly hope to 
define satisfactorily without the assistance of figures. With 
_Tegard to the Genus of the present plant, it is hard to say whether 
the hairs of the pappus should come under the denomination of 
scabrous or plumose, which is the only distinction between the 
_ tWo genera just mentioned. 
eg 1. Scale of the involucre. J. 2. Floret. f. 3. Hair from 
© pappus ;—magnifed. 
