328 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
lariter pinnatifidis viridibus glutinoso-pubescentibus, capitulis multifloris 
in panieulam amplam dispositis, involucro late campanulato bracteis 
multiseriatis adpressis lanceolatis acutis glutinosis, achenio glabro eylin- 
drico, pappo albo flexuoso. 
An erect eopiously-branehed annual or biennial herb, with 
erect stems 2-3 ft. or more long.  Stem-leaves small, sessile, 
thin, deeply pinnatifid. Panicle reaching a length of a foot and 
a breadth of 6-8 inches ; main branches erecto- patent, corymboso- 
racemose ; final peduncles longer than the heads, very slender, 
densely clothed with black glands. Involucre eampanulate, 4-3 
in. diam.; bracts all adpressed and acute. Flowers as long as 
the involucre. Achene brown, cylindrical, glabrous. Pappus 
white, flexuose, 4 in. long.—North-west Madagascar, Baron 
5348 ! Bembatoka Bay, Bojer ! 
HELICHRYSUM ACHYROCLINOIDES, n. sp. 
Perenne, foliis parvis sessilibus oblanceolatis obscure triplinerviis facie 
tenuiter dorso dense albido-incanis, capitulis parvis paucifloris copiose 
corymboso-paniculatis, involuero oblongo deorsum piloso bracteis imbri- 
catis obtusis intimis scariosis albidis, pappo albido. 
An erect perennial herb, with a slender simple erect stem, 
copiously panieled at the summit. Leaves subdistant, alternate, 
2-4 in. long, acute, entire, narrowed gradually from the middle 
to the clasping base. Panicle 8-4 in. diam., with many erecto- 
patent branches. Involucre } in. long, multiserial; bracts all 
adpressed, those of the upper half white, glabrous and scariose. 
Flowers very immature.—East Androna, Baron 5657 ! 
HELICHRYSUM CRISPO-MARGINATUM, n. sp. 
Perenne, ramulis gracilibus albo-incanis, foliis oblanceolatis spathulatis 
amplexieaulibus triplinerviis facie tenuiter dorso dense albo-incanis, 
capitulis parvis multifloris copiose corymboso-paniculatis, involuero cam- 
panulato bracteis multiseriatis adpressis obtusis intimis scariosis albidis, 
pappo albo. 
A perennial herb, with very slender stems, thinly eoated with 
white tomentum. Lower leaves 14-2 in. long, under 4 in. broad 
at the middle, erisped at the edge, narrowed from the middle to 
the dilated clasping base. Heads erowded in dense clusters. 
Involucre 3 in. diam., greenish-white, none of the bracts brightly 
coloured. Flowers a little overtopping the involuere. Corolla 
and pappus 4; 
z in. long.— East Androna, Baron 5593! Near 
H. triplinerve, DC. 
