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parvis sessilibus lanceolatis rigidulis plerisque squarrosis facie glabris tri- 
nervatis margine revolutis dorso albo-pilosis, capitulis parvis 7-8-floris in 
paniculam densam terminalem corymbosam aggregatis, pedicellis brevissi- 
mis, involucri oblongi bracteis 3—4-seriatis oblongis obtusis adpressis luteis, 
receptaculi paleis lanceolatis, pappi albi ciliis flori subzequilongis. 
Shrubby, with long slender erect terete woody branches, 
densely clothed with short white p Leaves of the lower 
half of the stem crowded, squarrose, 1-j in. long, narrowed gra- 
dually from a clasping base to an acute point, subcoriaceous, 
green and glabrous on the upper surface, with distinctly revolute 
edges, the under surface covered with dense hairs like those of 
the stem, the leaves of the upper half of the stem more distant 
and erect. Capitula massed in a dense terminal corymbose 
panicle. Involucre oblong, j in. long; bracts all adpressed and 
obtuse, the inner bright een: Beales of the receptacle lanceo- 
late, acute, 4 lin. long. Flowers nearly or quite all hermaphro- 
dite, with sabe hida yellow corollas, shortly toothed at the 
tip. Achene minute, glabrous. Pappus of white bristles about 
as long as the corolla.— Central Madagascar, Baron 1258! Allied 
to H. phylicefolium, DC. Prod. vi. 207. 
HELICHRYSUM TANACETIFLORUM, n. sp. 
Herbaceum, perenne caulibus simplicibus erectis albo-incanis, foliis ses- 
silibus integris viridibus facie glabris dorso albo-incanis inferioribus oblan- 
ceolatis superioribus linearibus sensim minoribus, capitulis permultis mi- 
nutis 8-10-floris in glomerulum globosum terminalem aggregatis, involucri 
oblongi bracteis paucis oblongis obtusis adpressis croceis, receptaculi paleis 
parvis lanceolatis, achenio glabro, pappi setis albidis flexuosis. 
A perennial herb, with slender erect simple stems about a foot 
long, matted with persistent white tomentum. Leaves sessile, 
close in the lower part of the stem, oblanceolate, obtuse, about 
an inch long, those of its upper half small, distant, linear and ad- 
pressed. Heads very numerous, congested into a Vane or lobed 
globose terminal capitulum. Involucre oblong, yy in. long, 
cottony, especially at the base; bracts few, oblong, obtuse, dark 
yellow towards the tip. Scales of the receptacle lanccolate, 
acute, not more than half as long as the flowers. Achene minute. 
Pappus of numerous whitish bristles as long as the corolla.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron 1866! 
HELICHRYSUM FLAGELLARE, n. sp. 
Herbaceum, perenne, caulibus elongatis gracilibus albo-incanis, foliis 
