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GNAPHALIUM apiculatum. 
New Holland Everlasting. 
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_SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Nat. ord. CoryMsirer®. Jussieu gen. 177. Div. I. Receptaculum 
Audum. Semen papposum. Flores flosculosi. : 
GNAPHALIUM. Recept. nudum. Pappus pilosus s. plumosus. 
Cal. imbricatus, squamis marginalibus aun atin scariosis, coloratis. 
Willd. sp. pl. 3. 1849. 
Suffrutices aut herbe ; folia alterna sepé canescentia ; flores sepé termi- 
nales, glomerati, aut corymbosi 3 calyx persistens. Species una dioica insignt 
exceptione. Juss. 1. c. 179. 
Div. Herbacea Chrysocoma. 
G. apiculatum, herbaceum, foliis ‘subspathulatis tomentosis apice nudis 
+ membranaceis subulatisve, floribus paniculatis, squamis calycinis ciliatis. 
_ Labillard. nov. holl. 2. 43. t. 188. 
Gnaphalium apiculatum. Persoon syn. 2.418. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 15. 
Herba tota gossypino-lanata, cana; caulis erectus simplex v. paniculato- 
ramosus, sesqui-bipedalis v. ultra. Fol. sparsa, distantia, erecta, semiam- 
plecicaulia, spathulato-oblonga, aliquotiés longiora quam lata, sensim in 
bracteas decrescentia, longiora feré 4-uncialia, abrupté et laté acuminata, 
apiculo subulato fulvescente glabro prafiza, nervo medio simplici. Flores 
aurei, plures, erecti, subcorymboso-fastigiantes, breviores pedunculis. Cal. 
hemisphericus: squame flave, lanceolato-lineares, ordine plurimo imbricatt, 
ungue terett viridi villoso petioliformt, lamina scartosad lineart-lanceolaté, 
sepe maculis sanguineis vage notata, latere utroque supra unguem pro breve 
spatio land longa implexa munitéd indéque invicém cum proximis continente, 
ultra lanam sericeo-ciliata, superné nudd, nervo medio Horath ¢ Squamarum 
intimarum ungues membranoso-marginati et laminis eroso-dentatis longiores. 
Discus planiusculus, amplus, aureus, subbrevior calyci: flosculi numero- 
_sissimi, infiindibuliformes, aurei, glabri: tubus filiformis, viridiusculus, 3-plo 
longior limbo: limbus aureo-micans campanulatus lacinits acutis recurvo- 
patentibus. Germ. 2-v. 3-plo-brevius flosculo, gracile: pappus ex radits 
pluribus (7-8?) plumosis, equalibus disco. Necept. nudum, punctatum. 
A greenhouse perennial, native of Van Diemen’s Island; 
introduced in 1804 by Colonel William Paterson. Now 
become very general in our collections, and deserves to be 
so, as it is of easy culture, brilliantly coloured, and in bloom 
for several months together. 
_ Gnaruauium is distinguishable from Exrcurysum and 
XERANTHEMUM, by having a rayless calyx. 
Stem and foliage covered over by a white cottony fleece, 
through which the green shines but faintly. Stem upright, 
