FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 187 
inch long, green and glabrous on the upper surface, matted with 
persistent whitish-brown tomentum beneath. Heads very nume- 
rous, densely crowded in clusters, arranged in a dense terminal 
panicle. Flowers 3 in a head, all fertile. Involuere 4 in. long, 
formed of 12-15 obtuse glossy ferruginous rigid bracts, the 
inner linear-oblong, the outermost minute. Corolla cylindrical 
in the lower half, funnel-shaped in the upper half, with 5 small 
lanceolate teeth. Pappus of numerous red bristles 4L; in. long, 
connate at the base so that they all fall together.— Central 
Madagascar, Baron 406! Allied to S. gymnocephala, DC. Prod. 
vi. 218. 
STENOCLINE INCANA, n. 8p. 
Fruticosa, erecta, ramulis albo-incanis, foliis confertis subpetiolatis lan- 
ceolatis triplinerviis utrinque albo-incanis, capitulis 5—6-floris sessilibus 
dense glomerato-paniculatis, involucri infundibularis bracteis 3—4-seriatis 
imbricatis albidis, pappi setis albidis flori aquilongis. 
A much-branched erect shrub, with ascending terete branch- 
lets, thinly eoated with persistent whitish tomentum. Leaves 
crowded, obseurely petioled, lanceolate, acute, flat, entire, nar- 
rowed gradually from the middle to the base, triplinerved in the 
lower half, moderately firm in texture, thinly coated above and 
more densely beneath with persistent whitish tomentum. Heads 
very numerous, sessile, arranged in clusters that form a dense 
terminal eorymbose panicle. Flowers 5-6 in a head, all fertile. 
Involucre funnel-shaped, j in. long, pilose in the lower part, 
glabrous above; outer bracts small, ovate ; inner white, oblan- 
ceolate, obtuse. Receptacle furnished with minute pales. 
Pappus of numerous white bristles 4'; in. long.—Central Mada- 
gascar, Baron 550! There seems to be no clear line of demarca- 
tion between Stenocline and Helichryswn ; and probably the two 
genera will have to be united. 
STENOCLINE FERRUGINEA, n. 8p. 
Fruticosa, ramosissima, ramulis apice incanis, foliis parvis breviter petio- 
latis subcoriaceis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis subobtusis facie obscure 
albido-incanis dorso dense persistenter pallide ferrugineo-incanis, capitulis 
paucifloris permultis minutis dense glomerato-paniculatis, involucri ob- 
longi bracteis nitidis glabris citrinis exterioribus sensim brevioribus, achenio 
minuto glabro, pappi setis albis flori zequilongis. 
A much-branched erect shrub, the slender ultimate branchlets 
coated with pale ferruginous tomentum. Leaves close, shortly 
