Helichryswm.] LXX11. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). 349 
8. H. horridum, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. ii. n. 
975. Shrubby, spinous; branches terete, floccose, lower glabrate ; 
bark pallid ; spines 13 in. long, straight, axillary and terminal. Leaves 
approximated on young shoots, often subfasciculate, linear, acute, ses- 
sile, apiculate, tomentose especially beneath, }4 in. long; margins 
entire, revolute. Capitula campanulate, 1-4 in. long, solitary, termi- 
nating the numerous young branches, leafy at base. Scales of the 
involucre multiseriate, imbricate, straw-coloured ; inner linear-oblong, 
obtuse, glabrous; outer successively shorter and rounder, thinly woolly 
outside at base. Receptacle naked, flat. Florets all apparently her- 
maphrodite. Achenes obscurely angular or subterete, with few minute 
scattered hairs.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 422. Gnaphalium horridum, 
Schultz Bip. in Mohl et Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. iii. p. 173 (1845). 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
9. H. Petersii, 0. § H. Snuffruticose at least below, 2 ft. high 
ormore. Stems erect, pubescent with short weak spreading hairs ; 
branches ascending, leafy throughout. Leaves lanceolate, acute at the 
apex by the recuyving of the two sides, rounded at the sessile base, 
chartaceous, rather softly scabrid above, 5-nerved, hoary and velvety- 
pubescent beneath, ranging up to 1} in.; margins revolute. Capitula 
hemispherical, 3 in. long, sessile at the extremity of the subcorymbose 
branches, based by the upper leaves. Scales of the involucre multi- 
Seriate, bright yellow, with ovate subobtuse mucronulate tips, glabrous. 
orets all hermaphrodite. Receptacle areolate-foveolate, nearly flat, 
glabrous. Achenes glabrous, ovoid-oblong, about 5-ribbed. Pappus 
barbellate, yellowish.—H. Kirkii, Vatke in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. xxvu. 
195 (1877); non O. & H. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, Kirk ! Tette, Peters! , 
10. H. Kirkii, 0. & H. ex Oliv. in Trans, Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. 
P. 95, t. 61. Suffruticose at the base, 14-2 ft. high or more,erect ; 
ranches virgate, terete, faintly striate, pubescent or tomentose, leafy 
above. Leaves (cauline) linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, apicu- 
te, Sessile, clasping, subauriculate, white-tomentose beneath, sub- 
glabrescent above; margins revolute, entire, $—-14 in. long, 3 in. 
wide. Capitula widely campanulate, very many-flowered, Pe in. long 
and wide, singly terminating the upper often short leafy branches, 
orming loose corymbs. Scales of involucre multiseriate, imbricate, 
glabrous, shining, of a bright straw colour; inner linear, acute ; inter- 
mediate oblong, narrowed at the apex, subacute; outer ovate, obtuse 
or subacute, Receptacle foveolate, nearly flat, glabrous. Florets all 
‘rmaphrodite. Achenes oblong, glabrous, of a milk-white colour, 
shining, obscurely 5-6-sided. Pappus barbellate, yellowish. 
i Mozamb. Distr. Manganja Hills, Dr. Meller! Soche Hill, Dr. Kirk! Shire, 
79 sewart ! ?Maravi Country, west of Lake Nyassa, 12° S. Lat., Dr. Kirk! 
40'S. Lat., M’buiga, south of Coast range, Speke and Grant ! 
ll. . Newii, 0. & H. Fruticose, leafy; branches (upper) terete, 
#8 well as the leaves coverad with appressed silvery tomentum. Leaves 
~oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, revolute at the margins, sessile, 
