200 PLANTS COLLECTED ON MT. RUWENZORI. 
LAGGERA АГАТА, Sch. Bip. ex Oliver, in Trans. Linn, бое. xxix. (1873) 
94, var. DENTATA, var. nov. Differs only from some of the more hairy 
forms of the species in the toothed wings to the stem. 
E. 6000 ft. January. 
Distrib. Common (the type) in tropical and subtropical Africa. Also a 
Mascarene and tropical Asian species. 
Heticurystm (Argyreia $ Elegantissima) ARGYROCOTYLE, sp. nov. 
Herbacea, caule erecto forsan simplici tereti fistuloso araneoso- -puberulo 
vel pubescente crebro folioso, foliis mediocribus sessilibus lanceolatis vel 
lanceolato-oblongis apice mueronatis basi obtusis leviterve rotundatis 
uninervibus membranaceis supra  seabriuseulis subtus pubescentibus, 
capitulis mediocribus homogamis multifloseulosis in corymbo terminali 
laxo plurieephalo braeteato folia excedente vel æquante araneoso- 
pubescente ordinatis, bracteis foliaeeis junioribus imminutis, involucri 
hemispherici multiserialis phyllis extimis comparate brevibus interiori- 
bus gradatim longioribus lamina sat elongata lineari-lanceolata (phyll. 
intimorum lineari) acuminata radiante nitente instructis, receptaculo 
plano alveolato nudo, floseulis inclusis, corollis 5-lobis, antherarum caudis 
sparsim setaceo-ramosis, styli ramis apice subcapitatis, achæniis eylindricis 
glabris, pappi setis uniserialibus scabridis sordidis. 
Hab. Ruwenzori Е. 10,000 ft. February. 
Planta saltem 30-0 em. alt. Pili glandulosi in omnibus partibus pubigeris 
eum simplicibus plus minus intermixti. Folia radicalia desunt ; caulina 
inferiora. 75x Z0 em., superiora 30-60 em. long. 1°2—1°% em. lat. 
Corymbi 4:0-10:0 em. long., 80150 em. diam. — Bracte:e sæpissime 
0:7-2:5 em. long. plerumque lineares vel lineari-lanceolatæ, sursum 
attenuate, araneoso-puberulie. Pedunculi proprii solemniter 2°5—3°5 em. 
long., patentes. Capitula 1:25 x 15 ет. Involueri phylla extima basi 
waneosa, 0*6—0*7 em. long. ; intermedia 05—09 em., intima 1*0-1:1 em. 
long. Receptaculum 0:5 em. diam. Corollee 0:25 em. long. Anther- 
D 
arum loculi 0:8 cm., caudæ 0:3 em. long. Achænia segre 0:1 cem.. 
pappus 0:3 em. long. 
Near H. eleguntissimum, DU. (И. formosissimum, Sch. Bip.), from which it 
is easily distinguished by the smaller leaves, the smaller heads with more 
pronouncedly acuminate involucral leaves, and the small corollas. 
To this isto be referred Scott Elliots No. 8010 (Ruwenzori, 9000— 
10,000 ft.), which I formerly (Journ. Linn. Soe., Bot. xxxv. (1902) 333) 
named “ H., eleyantissimum, DC." 
HELICHRYSUM (Argyreia ў Elegantissima) WoLLASTONI, sp. nov. 
H. caule erecto crebro folioso dense albo-araneoso lanuginoso, foliis sessilibus 
lanceolato-oblongis apice mucronatis uninervibus chartaceis supra laxe 
