350 LXXIII, COMPOSITZ (OLIVER AND HIERN). [Helichryswm. 
scarcely narrowed at the base, coriaceous, entire, }-} in. long by 7-4 
in. wide. Capitula widely campanulate, about 1 in. long and wide, 
many-flowered, terminal, solitary, sessile. Scales of involucre multi- 
seriate, loosely imbricate, glabrous; inner linear, narrowed to obtuse 
apex, ? in. long; outer lanceolate, gradually narrowed to subobtuse or 
subacute apex, successively shorter. Receptacle bracteate, with 
strongly acute-toothed pit-margins. Pappus barbellate above. 
Mozamb. Distr. Kilima-njaro, highest zone of vegetation, Rev. C. New! 
12. H. nitens, 0. § H. Erect perennial, 6-9 in. high; stem 
simple, leafy below, terete, cottony. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute, 
mucronate, sessile, clasping, tomentellous on both sides, especially 
beneath, faintly 3-5-nerved, entire, 2-4 in. long by }—% in. wide, upper 
smaller. Capitula hemispherical, very numerously flowered, about 1 
in. diameter, on short pedicels clustered 3-4 together at end of stem in 
subglobose cymes 11-13 in. diameter. Scales of the involucre multi- 
seriate, imbricate, shining, of orange colour; inner linear, subobtuse, 
glabrous, exceeding the fl.; outer successively shorter, subacute ; 
outermost ovate, woolly at base outside. Receptacle flat, naked, 3 in. 
diameter. Fl. all 8. Achenes glabrous. 
Native names, Donéé, Ousiwa. 
Mozamb. Distr. Mount Chiradzura, 1,000 ft. to summit, Dr. Meller ! 
13. H. elegantissimum, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 179, var. majus. Erect 
strong perennial herb, 3 ft. high, simple or nearly so; stem terete, ob- 
scurely striate, lanate-pubescent above, glabrate below, leafy. _ Leaves 
ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, apiculate, sessile, wide clasping and 
somewhat decurrent at the base, tomentellous beneath, squamoso- 
asperulous above, marked with obscure longitudinal veins, entire, 13-33 
in. long by 4-1} in. wide. Capitula hemispherical, very many-flowered, 
1} in. diameter, solitary, on distinct peduncles, 1-34 in. long, 4-8 in & 
terminal corymb, 3-6 in. diameter. Scales of the involucre pluri- 
Seriate, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, shining, hyaline above, more 
coriaceous and often purplish at base; inner linear-lanceolate, obtuse 
or subacute, white; outer shorter, often purplish, acute, spreading. 
Receptacle naked. FI. all hermaphrodite. Achenes thinly pubescent, 
small. Pappus sordid, barbellate.—H. formosissimum, Schultz Bip. 
Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. ii. n. 672; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 422. 
Gnaphalium elegantissimum et G. formosissimum, Sch. Bip. in Mohl et 
Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. iii. 170, 173 (1845). 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schi ! ifoli ich. 1. ¢.) Ant. Petit. 
Occurs also south of the Tree ie! Kite ae Se Rien ee ) vol. xviii. p- 
372, cites ‘ H, JSormosum, Sch. Bip.’ from Mount Bachil, Abyssinia, at 12,000 ft. alt., 
collected by Schimper Oct. 26, 1850; this name is unknown to us, it may mean “%* 
Sormosissimum. 
14, H. adenocarpum, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 180, var. alpinum: 
Erect simple perennial herb, 6-10 in. high, argenteo-lanate. Leaves 
oval-oblong obtuse or uppermost linear-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, 
sessile, amplexicaul, entire, densely lanate beneath, less 5° above, 
$-1 in. long by 7,- in. wide. Capitula 1-2, broadly campanulate, 
