In the article AstELMA eximium (fol. 532 of the present 
volume) we have already said that ANTENNARIA Was Origi- 
nally separated from GNaPHALIuM by Gzertner, and subse- 
quently divided into. Metarasia, Leonropoprum, and Ay- 
TENNARIA by Mr. Brown. As it now stands it consists 
wholly of dioicous species, the staminiferous counterparts 
of which have the radii of their pappus of a shape somewhat 
resembling that of the Antennz or Feelers of an insect ; 
and hence has arisen the generic name. 
We received from Mr. Herbert the sample for the 
drawing. The plant was raised at Spofforth, and has been, 
we believe, now first introduced into this country. The 
species was originally observed by Dr. Hamilton (then 
Buchanan) near the town of Narainhetty in Nepal, and 
‘samples collected in, the native spot are preserved in Mr, 
-Lambert’s Herbarium. The more immediate source of the 
present plant has probably been the Botanic Garden at 
Calcutta. Four other unrecorded species of the genus Were 
found by Dr. Hamilton in the same country; two of them, 
nearly allied to the well-known margaritacea, and. distin- 
guished by the Doctor by the names of Busua and Timmuia, 
are said to be in the same request for the boughpot among 
the natives as the Everlastings are with us. y 
The plant before us is the staminiferous counterpart of 
the species, the pistilliferous is probably not in this coun- 
try. Don MSS. 
