FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 329 
HELICHRYSUM LEUCOPHYLLUM, n. sp. 
Perenne, caulibus albo-incanis, folis parvis sessilibus oblongis acutis 
facie tenuiter dorso dense albo-incanis, capitulis multifloris magnitndine 
mediocribus copiose corymboso-paniculatis, involucro campanulato bracteis 
multiseriatis obtusis scariosis citrinis, pappo albido fragili. 
An herbaceous perennial, with slender erect stems, clothed with 
white tomentum. Leaves many, sessile, reflexed, $ in. long, only 
the midrib visible through the dense whitish tomentum of the 
under surface. Involuere } in. diam., hairy in the lower half, 
bright yellow and glabrous in the upper. Flowers as long as the 
involucre, a rather darker yellow. Achene minute, cylindrical, 
glabrous. Pappus and corolla „5 in. long.—North Imerina, 
Baron 5540! 
HELICHRYSUM ERICIFOLIUM, n. sp. 
Perenne, caulibus gracilibus ramosis deorsum calvatis, sursum tenuiter 
pilosis, foliis multis parvis sessilibus rigidis linearibus uninerviis margine 
vevolutis, capitulis parvis multifloris dense glomeratis, involucro campanu- 
lato bracteis pauciseriatis adpressis interioribus lanceolatis summo apice 
luteis, pappo albo fragili. 
An erect perennial, with slender firm brown branched stems, 
glabrous towards the base, hairy upwards. Leaves ascending, at 
most 4 in. long, acute, obscurely pilose, with strongly revolute 
margins. Clusters of heads single, terminal, 4-14 in. diam. 
Involuere 4 in. diam., greenish-white except at the very tip of 
the inner bracts. Flowers rather overtopping the involucre. 
Corolla J; in. long, yellow and eampanulate at the tip.—Antsi- 
hanaka, Baron 5500! Hildebrandt 3547! Near H. emirnense, 
DC. 
SENECIO RHODANTHUS, n. Sp. 
Herbaceus, glaber, caulibus gracilibus erectis ramosis, foliis sessilibus 
linearibus integris uninerviis margine revolutis, capitulis discoideis parvis 
laxissime corymbosis, involucro campanulato bracteis 8-9 zqualibus, 
floribus rubellis, pappo albo flexuoso. 
An ereet herb, perhaps an annual, with slender branched 
laxly leafy stems. Leaves 13-2 in. long., narrowed from the 
middle to the base. Involuere 4 in. diam.; bracts few, lanceo- 
late, glabrous. Flowers reddish, a little longer than the in- 
voluere. Corolla 4 in. long, with a funnel-shaped limb as long as 
the cylindrical tube. Pappus pure white, as long as the corolla. 
—Ambatovory in Imerina, Baron 5121! Near S. Boutoni of 
Rodriguez. 
