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luteis, flosculis externis femineis, receptaculo plano, acheniis 
glabris, pappi setis albis sursum paullulum latioribus scabrius- 
culis apice ipsa sepe barbellatis. 
Hab. Sotchi, Shiré Highlands; G. #. Scott Elliot, no. 8609. 
Planta 3:0-4°0 cm. alt. Folio radicalia circa 8:0 cm. long., 
1:5 em. (raro usque ad 2°0 em.) lat. Folia caulina caulem 
omnino oceludentia, cirea 3°5 cm. long., 1:0 em. lat. _Involucram 
1:2 em. long., vix 2°0 em. lat.; phylla extima 0°5-0°6 cm. long. ; 
intermedia 1:0 em. long., 0°3 cm. lat.; intima vix 1°0 cm. long. 
et 0°1-0°2 cm. lat. Corolle 0°3 em. long. Achznia immatura 
0:06 cm. et pappus 0°45 cm. long. 
To be inserted in the genus next to Helichrysum fulgidum, 
Willd., and greatly resembling in habit the var. nanum, DC., of 
that species. Its chief peculiarities are the curious epidermis- 
like tomentum, the somewhat narrower capitula, the more 
numerous and brown involucral Jeaves, the longer florets, and 
the white (not yellow) pappus. 
Hericurysum (Chrysolepidea §Xerochlena) TAYLORII, Sp. Nov- 
Verisimiliter suffruticosum, caule sursum ramoso, ramulis erectis 
dense foliosis, foliis imbricatis ramos omnino obtegentibus 
sessilibus lineari-lanceolatis superioribus linearibus majoribus 
leviter amplexicaulibus omnibus nigro-mucronatis margine 
revolutis dense araneoso-tomentosis, capitulis mediocribus 
cirea 50-flosculosis ramulos breves solitatim coronantibus, flosculis 
fere omnibus hermaphroditis, involucri campanulati multiseriati 
aliquantulum araneosi phyllis deorsum cartilagineis sursum 
scariosis erectis exterioribus brevioribus obovatis obtusissimis 
superne erosis et ciliato-serrulatis interioribus oblongis obtusissimis 
intimis oblongo-linearibus una cum interioribus luteo-stramineis 
exterioribus paullulum pallidioribus, receptaculo plano, acbeeniis 
cylindricis abbreyiatis glabris, pappi setis lutescentibus breviter 
barbellatis. 
Hab. German East Africa, between Zanzibar and Uyul; 
Rea. W. E. Taylor. 
Folia 1:0-2'5 em. long., majora se. seniora basi 04 ems 
sub apice 0°15 em. lat., juniora angustiora. Involucra 10 cm. 
long. et lat. ; pbylla exteriora 0°4-0-45 em. long. (seriei extime 
vero 0°35 cm.), sursum 0'2-0'25 em. lat.; phylla interiora 07 em. 
long., 0°15 cm. lat.; intima vix O1 cm. lat. Corolle 03 em, 
long., 0°03 em. diam. Achenia adhuc eruda 0°06 cm. long-, 
angulata ; pappi sete 0°35 em. long. 
