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multicapitulatas densas a foliis ultimis bracteatas digestis, 
involucri 3-seriati phyllis serr. I. et II. late oblongis obtusissimis 
basi ipsa araneosis phyllis intimis spathulatis omnibus fere 
omnino scariosis argyreis haud radiantibus, receptaculo plano, 
flosculis 1-3 exterioribus angustis femineis  reliquis her- 
mapbroditis, achzniis compressis glabris, pappi setis caducissimis 
scabriusculis sordide albis. 
Hab. Mount Milanji, 6000 feet ; A. Whyte. 
Ramuli circa O'1 em. diam. Folia modice 1°0-1'5 em. long., 
0°35-0°6 cm. lat.; nervi supra impressi, subtus eminentes. 
Cyme 1°5-3:0 em. lat. Involucra 0°45 em. long., 0°25 cm. lat. ; 
phylla exteriora parum ultra 04 em. Jong., summum 0:12 em. 
lat.; phylla intima vix 0-4 em. long., 0°08 em. lat. Corolle 
0°25 em. long. Achenia 0°07 em. et pappus 0°3 em. long. 
A very distinet species not likely to be mistaken for any other 
of § Declinate, and which, but for the fact of most of its florets 
being hermaphrodite, would unhesitatingly be referred to 
Achyrocline. 
HELICHRYSUM LEPTOLEPIS, DC. 
Damaraland: 7. G. Een. 
H. areyrospuerum, DC. 
Damaraland; 7. G. Een. 
H. Sruntmannt, O. Hoffin. 
Mt. Ruwenzori, 12,000 feet ; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 8106. 
H. eLe@antissimuum, DC. 
Mt. Ruwenzori, 9-10,000 feet; G. F. Scott Elliot, no. 8010. 
H. (Argyreia § Elegantissima) NANvENSE, sp. nov. Elatum, 
fruticosum ?, ramis teretibussulcatis pubescentibus demum glabris, 
foliis sessilibus leviter amplexicaulibus lineari-lanceolatis apice 
breviter pungenti-acuminatis supra puberulis subtus aliquan- 
tulum araneosis firme membranaceis senioribus maxime revolutis, 
capitulis mediocribus late campanulatis pedunculatis multi- 
flosculosis in corymbum pluricapitulatum digestis, involueri 
glabri phyllis cirea 10-seriatis fere a basi scariosis deinde 
radiantibus lauceolatis acutis nitentibus albis interdum juxta 
basin dilute roseis, flosculis extimis femineis reliquis herma- 
phroditis, receptaculo nudo convexo alveolato, acheeniis sub- 
teretibus glabris, pappi setis scabriusculis prorsus attenuatis albis 
Hab. Nandi, 7-8000 feet; @. F. Scott Elliot, no. 6949. 
