SPENCER MOORE: GAMOPETALA. 109 
HELICHRYSUM BUCHANANI, Engl. in Abhandl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1891 
(1892) 429. 
Melsetter at 6000 ft. ; in. fl. Sept. ; n. 1905. 
Distrib. Nyasaland. 
Н. зктозом, Нате. Fl. Cap. iii. 251. 
Near Chirinda ; Melsetter at 6000 ft. ; in fl. April ; nos. 279, 279 a, 281. 
Distrib. East Africa from Uganda southwards ; also in South Africa. 
Н. nrrens, Oliver & Hiern, in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 350. 
Near Chirinda, Chimanimani Mountains; Mt. Pene, 6500-7000 ft. ; 
Melsetter, 6000 ft. ; in fl. Aug.-Oct. ; поз. 280, 1836, 1839, 1840, 6111. 
Distrib. Usambara to Rhodesia. 
Неаснвузом (Chrysolepidea, Xerochliena) SWYNNERTONIL, 5. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herbaceum, perenne, caulibus e rhizomate lignoso valido ascendentibus 
griseo-tomentosis inferne dense foliosis superne foliis imminutis sparsim 
instructis, foliis sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis rarius ovato-oblongis obtusis 
haud decurrentibus utrinque tela griseo-tomentosa arcte intricata indutis 
membranaceis, capitulis solitariis majusculis campanulatis multiflosculis homo- 
gamis, involucri eirca 9-serialis glabri phyllis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis obtusis 
firme seariosis dilute albido-fulvis tandem radiantibus, corollis inclusis superne 
leviter ampliatis limbi lobis parvis triangularibus, antherarum caudis sub- 
simplicibus, achzeniis cylindricis sparsim papillosis, pappi setis pluribus ima 
basi connatis glabris albis. 
Hab. Melsetter at 6000 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 6110. 
Planta semispithamea vel ultra. Folia vulgo 8°5-5 ст. long. 1-1:5 em. 
lat., trinervia, summa + 1 ст. long. Capitula cirea 17 x 24 mm. — Involueri 
phylla extima 5-6 mm., intermedia 11 mm., intima 14 mm. long. Corolle 
11 mm. long., inferne 0:25 mm., ore ægre 1 mm. long. Achænia 1:25 mm., 
pappus 12 mm. long. 
То be inserted in the genus close to И. squamosum, Thunb., from which it 
can be distinguished on sight by the stouter habit, the broad leaves and pale 
involucres. 
HELICHRYSUM (Chrysolepidea $ Steechadina) АСЕВУАТОМ, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herbacea, caule simplici vel perpauciramoso usque ad apicem crebro folioso 
ut folia tela araneosa dense obsito, foliis sessilibus oblongo-obovatis apice latis 
ipso subito obtuse acutis basi leviter angustatis vix amplexicaulibus breviter 
decurrentibus, capitulis homogamis 3-flosculosis in. glomerulos paucos subses- 
siles brevipedunculatosve ad apicem caulis confertos et bracteis involueri 
phylla mentientibus intermixtos dispositis, involucri anguste cylindrici 
3-serialis phyllis oblongis apice truneatis ibidemque denticulatis haud 
radiantibus extimis ut pedunculi et bractez inferne arancosis intimis quam 
reliqua. paullulum brevioribus omnibus citrinis extimis хере sursum dilute 
