FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 491 



floribus filiformibus pluribus, tubulosis hermaphroditis paucis, pappo albo 

 flexuoso. 



A perennial, with densely caespitose stems, many short and 

 sterile, the flowering ones branched, spreading, 2-3 in. long. 

 Leaves alternate, oboyate-cuneate, | in. long, per^sistently matted 

 with white tomeutum on both sides. Heads | in. in diam., densely 

 tomentose at the base; bracts oblong, pale brown. Achenes 

 subcylindrical, brown, glabrous. Corolla jV-y i^- ^^^^S- Pappus 

 as long as the corolla, the bristles falling singly. — JBaron 3G02 ! 



HELTCnRTST:31 ARANEOSUM, n. Sp. 



Fruticosum, ramulis gracilibus albo-incanis, foliis petiolatis oblongis 

 obtusis basi cuneatis facie viridibus obscure pubescentibus dorso tenuiter 

 albido-incanis, capltulis 6-8-floris in paniculani terininaletn ramis corym- 

 bosis dispositis, pedicellis brevibus albo-lanosis, involucro infundibulari 

 bracteis multiseriatis albo-rubellis obtusis squarrosis deorsum viridi 

 carinatis, pappo albo setoso fragili. 



A shrub, with slender terete woody branchlets, clothed with 

 white tomentum. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 1-1| in. broad below the 

 middle, moderately firm in texture, with very distinct ascending 

 main veins. Panicle 4-5 in. in diam. ; branches leafy, clothed 

 with thick wliite tomentum. Livolucre \ in. long, ^ in. in 

 diam., lanuginose in the lower half ; bracts in many rows, outer 

 gradually shorter. Corolla -g- in. long. Pappus as long as the 

 corolla. — Baron 4894 ! Nearly allied to H.farinositm. 



Heltchrysuh FATiiNosr:\r, n. sp. 



Fruticosum, ramulis robustis dense albo-lannginosis, foliis brevitcr 

 petiolatis subeoriaceis ovatis facie tenuiter dorso dense albo-incanis, 

 capitulis G-8-floris dense corymboso-paniculatis, panicuLx ramis albo- 

 lanugiuosis, pedicellis snbnullis, invokicro oblongo bracteis multiseriatis 

 oblongis obtusis albo-rubellis squarrosis deorsum viridi carinatis extcri- 

 oribus dorso lanugiuosis, pappo albo setoso. 



An erect shrub, with terete tomentose leafy branchlets ^-^ in. 

 in diam. Leaves 1^-2 in. long, |-1 in. broad, densely lanuginose 

 below, obtuse, rounded at the base, with very ascending main 

 veins. Corymbs dense, terminal, 2-3 in. in diam. Involucre 

 nearly \ In. long, ^ in. in diam. ; outer bracts gradually shorter, 

 the inner with large reddish-white obtuse spreading tips. Co- 

 rollas \ in. long. Pappus as long as the corolla, — Baron 4026 ! 



HELTCIIRYSrM: AMPLEXICAULE, n. sp. 



Ilerbaceum, perenne, ramis gracilibus albo-incanis, foliis caulinis crebris 

 lauceolatis amplexicaulibus facie viridibus subclavatis dorso persistenter 



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