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albo-incanis^ capitulis parvis 8-10-floris dense corymboso-paniculatis, 

 pedicellis brevibus lanuginosis, involucro oblongo bracteis multiseriatis 

 oblongis obtusis luteis adpressis glabris dorso convexis, pappo albo 

 flexuoso. 



A Lerbaceous perennial, with slender terete stems, clothed with 

 white tomentum. Lower stem-leaves about an inch long, ^ in. 

 broad, crowded, dilated at the base ; upper shorter. Corymbs 

 1-3 in. broad, with ascending tomentose brancbes ; heads very 

 numerous. Involucre ^ in, long, under § in. in diam. Elowers 

 yellow, ^ in. long. Pappus as long as the corolla. — Baron 

 4964 ! Near H. tripUnerve, DC. 



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IIelichrtsitk rLATTCEPHALU]\r, n. sp. 



Herbaceum, perenne, cauhbus erectis dense ca3spitosis; sterilibns 

 brevibus crebre foliatis, fobis hnearibns uninerviis utrinque persistenter 

 albo-incanis, floriferis elongatis 1-3-cephalis foliis dissitis reductis sessili- 

 bus ascendentibus, involucro niagno late campanulato bracteis ovatis 

 acutis multiseriatis scarlosis glabris subicquilongis adpressis, pappo albo 

 flexuoso. 



An erect densely csespitose perennial, with slender erect 

 sparsely leafy 1-3-headcd flowering-stems under a foot long and 

 numerous short sterile branches. Leaves linear, persistently 

 matted with white on both sides, those of the sterile stems 

 l|-2 in. long, of the flower-stems smaller and suberect. In- 

 volucre I in. in diam,, not more than \ in. long; bracts glossy, 

 bright yellow, scariose and glahrous down to the base. Flowers 

 100 or more to a head. Eeceptacle convex, \ in. in diam. Flowers 

 \ in. long. Pappus as long as the corolla. — Baron 3485 ! 



ApnELExis FLExuosA, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, ratnosissima, ramulis gracilibus divaricatis albo-lanuginosis, 

 foliis lanceolatis rigidulis adpressis dorso acute carinatis, capitulis 10-12- 

 floris ad ramulorum apices paucis glomeratis, involucro obcouico bracteis 

 scariosis longe unguiculatis apicibus minutis oblongis brunneolis, pappi 

 setis albidis flexuosis. 



A much-branched shrub, with terete woody main stems and 

 more or less ascending slender brancblets coated with white 

 tomentum. Leaves adpressed to the branchlets, \ in. long. 

 Heads in very numerous clusters at the tips of all the branchlets. 

 Involucre \ in. long ; bracts glossy, drab-brown, with very small 

 spreading tips. Corolla \ in. long. Achene brown, glabrous- 

 Pappus as long as the corolla.— 5aro?t 3510 ! This and the two 

 next are allied to A, selaginifolia, DC. 



