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Helichrysum.] LXX111. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). 351 
very numerously flowered, nearly 1 in. long, at or near the extremity 
of the stem. Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, imbricated, 
glabrous and shining, mostly rose-purple; inner linear, acute; outer 
lanceolate, gradually narrowed, subacute, rather shorter. Receptacle . . 
Fi. all § (?). Achenes glandular.—Gnaphalium adenocarpum, Sch. 
Bip. in Mohl et Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. iii. p. 170 (1845). 
Mozamb. Distr. Kilima-njaro, highest zone of vegetation, Rev. C. New! 
Occurs also south of the Tropic. 
15, H. argyrospherum, DO. Prodr. vi. p. 174. Diffuse or de- 
cumbent herb, much-branched from suffruticose stock; branches terete 
below, subangular above, more or less lanate, not or scarcely exceeding 
6 in. long, leafy. Leaves spathulate, obtuse or subacute, mucronulate, 
sessile, subamplexicaul, upper subdecurrent, more or less lanate on both 
sides, entire, 4-1 in. long by ;!,—} in. wide. Capitula widely campanu- 
late or hemispherical, many-flowered, 3-4 in. diameter, solitary, sub- 
sessile, terminal. Scales of involucre pluriseriate, loosely imbricated, 
rounded or acuminate at apex, glabrous, hyaline, in some cases with 
reflexed tips ; innermost linear-spathulate with coriaceous green midrib 
extending two-thirds distance up the scale; outer successively shorter 
and more elliptical. Receptacle naked. Florets hermaphrodite, few 
outer ones female. Achenes oblong, small, covered with small sessile 
lands. —Gnaphalinm argyrospherum, Schultz Bip. in Mohl et Schlecht. 
ot. Zeit. iii. p. 170 (1845). 
South Central. S. Lat. 23°, Chapman and Baines! Maravi Country, west of 
Lake Nyassa, 12°S. Lat. (Form with capitula 4 in. diameter and acuminate, Dr. 
vingstone! scales recurved at tip ; possibly a distinct species.) 
Oceurs also south of the Tropic. 
16. H. abyssinicum, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. i. 
n. 127, ii. n. 663. Suffruticose, 9-18 in. high or more, branched above; 
ranches subvirgate, terete, cottony above, leafy. Leaves linear or 
linear-oblong, subobtuse with short cartilaginous mucro, sessile, wide 
or scarcely narrowed at base, more or less densely tomentose on both 
Sides especially beneath, entire, margins often revolute, 4-1} in. long 
by Te- in. wide. Capitula campanulate, } in. long, about 50-flowered, 
subsessile, crowded in dense globose or corymbose clusters, 1-3 in. 
wide at ends of branches. Scales of involucre pluriseriate, of prim- 
Tose colour, shining ; inner oblong-oblanceolate or oval-oblong, sub- 
acute or obtuse, glabrous ; outer oblong or ovate, subacute, thinly 
Woolly at base outside. Receptacle rather prominent, naked. § fl. o, 
Outermost 9. Achenes minutely glandular, otherwise glabrous.— 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 423. Gnaphalium abyssinicum, Sch. Bip. in 
Mohl et Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. iii, p. 174 (1845). 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! @Q: Dillon and Petit! Roth! 
Mozamb, Distr. Kilima-njaro, highest zone of vegetation, Rev. C. New! 
Very like H. splendidum, Less., but differs by more spreading leaves and less ob- 
086 involucral scales, 
17. biafranum, Hook. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 202. 
Tall erect slender herb, 10 ft. high, Branches virgate, terete, striate, 
