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distantibus sessilibus linearibus uninerviis acutis facie tenuiter dorso dense 
albo-incanis, capitulis multifloris dense corymbosis, involueri campanulati 
bracteis 3-4-seriatis oblongis obtusis fulvis inferne albo-incanis superne 
glabris, pappi setis rubellis floribus subzquilongis. 
A perennial herb, with long slender branches trailing in the 
lower part, densely matted with persistent white tomentum. 
Leaves distant, sessile, Suredines linear, l-nerved, acute, not 
rigid in texture, 2-1 in. long, 4 in. broad, narrowed from the 
tuiddle to the one densely matted with white tomentum like 
that of the stem beneath, and thinly on the upper surface. Capi- 
tula 6-12 in dense terminal corymbose panicles; peduncles at 
most as long as the heads. Involucre campanulate, 4 in. long 
and broad, white-canescent towards the base ; inner bracts mem- 
branous, fulvous, obtuse and glabrous in the upper half. Flowers 
not seen fully developed. Pappus of numerous-reddish bristles 
as long as the corolla.—Central Madagascar, Baron 453! Allied 
to H. emirnense and H. fulvescens, DC. Prod. vi. 207. 
HELICHRYSUM SQUARROSUM, n. Sp. 
Suffruticosum, ramulis gracilibus albo-incanis, foliis parvis sessilibus 
rigidis lanceolatis uninerviis facie glabris dorso albo-incanis inferioribus 
squarrosis, capitulis multifloris dense corymboso-paniculatis, involueri 
campanulati bracteis 3-4-seriatis albis obtusis patulis, receptaculi paleis 
lanceolatis quam achenium longioribus, pappi setis albis quam achenium 
longioribus. 
A small shrub 1-2 ft. high, with long slender erect terete 
branchlets matted with close persistent white pubescence. 
Leaves rigid in texture, with slightly recurved margins, green 
and glabrous above, white like the branchlets beneath, the lower 
ones crowded, recurved or spreading, 1—1 in. long, 4 line broad, 
the upper ascending and erect, those towards the MY very 
small and adpressed. Heads 20-40 in a dense terminal corym- 
bose panicle; peduncles at most as long as the capitulum. Invo- 
luere 1 in. long and broad ; bracts 3—4-seriate, the outer ovate, 
S presced, ihe inner "yes obtuse, white and spreading in the 
upper half. Tubular corollas yellow, 3 in. long. Bristles of the 
pappus white, as long as the corolla.—Andrangaloaka, Dr. 
Parker! Alied to H. retrorsum, DC. Prod. vi. 207. 
HELICHRYSUM BULLATUM, n. sp. 
Herbaceum, perenne, ramis gracilibus albo-pilosis, foliis parvis reflexis 
lanceolatis amplexicaulibus bullatis margine revolutis facie tenuiter dorso 
dense pubescentibus, capitulis minutis 9—10-floris dense cory mboso- pani- 
