Neja
(a meaningless name, invented for this genus by Don). ORD. Compositae. A small genus (now regarded, by Bentham and Hooker, as synonymous with Hysterionica) of half-hardy herbaceous perennials or under-shrubs, generally hispid with long spreading hairs, and bearing scattered, narrow, linear, finely-pointed leaves. The undermentioned is a compact little plant, and produces an abundance of flower-heads. It has a very neat appearance in the borders, and thrives in any common garden soil. Propagated by seeds, or by divisions.
N. gracilis (slender).* fl.-heads yellow, solitary, on long stalks. May to October. h. 1ft. Uruguay (wrongly ascribed to Mexico, in books), 1828.