354 LXXIII.’ COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Helichrysum. 
revolute, 4-1 in. long by ;',-} in. wide. Capitula campanulate-oblong, 
ty in. long by 7; in. wide, 10-20-flowered, subsessile, crowded in dense 
corymbose-globose cymes. 3-1} in. diameter. Scales of the involucre 
pauciseriate, unequal, imbricate, of a shining deep straw colour; inner 
oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse or eroded at tip, coriaceous below; 
outer broadly ovate or elliptical, thinly woolly outside. Receptacle 
with conspicuous subulate orange-coloured fimbrille exceeding the 
ovaries. Carpels glabrous. 9% fl. 4-7.—H. chrysocoma, Schultz Bip. 
in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. nn. 836, 979. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 424. 
~ Gnaphalium fruticosum, Forsk.! Fl. Alg.-Arab. p. 218. H. chryso- 
cephalum, Schultz Bip. 1. c. iii. 1765. Gnaphalium chrysocephalum et 
G. chrysocoma, Sch. Bip. in Mohl et Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. iii. p. 174 
(1845). H. fruticosum, Vatke in Linnea xxxix. p. 491. cum. varr. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po and Cameroon Mountains, 7-11,000 ft. alt., 
Mann! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Roth! 
Mozamb. Distr. Kilima-njaro, Rev. C. New! 
Occurs also in South Africa, Arabia, ete. 
23. H. globosum, Schultz Bip. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. il. n. 988. 
Perennial herb, }-21 ft. high; stems simple from the thick root-stock, 
erect, more or less lanate, naked above. Leaves 8-nerved, albido-tomen- 
tellous beneath, squamous-scaberulous above, entire, narrowly elliptical, 
acutely acuminate; cauline distant, narrowed towards the auriculate 
amplexicaul base, sessile or lowest quasi-petiolate, ranging up to 3-6 in. 
long by 4-1} in. wide; radical approximated, attenuate at base into 
petiole 4-4 in. long. Capitula oblong, 12-18-flowered, }-} in. long, 
on very short pedicels crowded in dense subglobose terminal clasters 
1-2 in. diameter ; occasionally the cluster is broken up into smaller 
subordinate globular clusters. Scales of the involucre pauciseriate, 
brownish yellow; inner oblong obtuse, coriacous below, glabrous ; 
outer shorter broadly elliptical, obtuse, lanate below. Receptacle with 
orange fimbrille. fl. about 4, the rest 2. Achenes oblong terete 
glabrous. Pappus cohering slightly in basal ring.—A. Rich. Fl. 
Abyss. i. p. 425; Gnaphalium globosum, Sch. Bip. in Mohl et Schlecht. 
Bot. Zeit. iii. p. 174 (1845). 
My, Upper Guinea. Fernando Po and Cameroon Mountains, 5-10,000 ft. alt., 
ann: 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
Var. B. rhodochlamys, Vatke in Linnea xxxix. p. 492 (1875). 
24-3 ft. high, simple erect, shortly pale-tomentose above, puberulous d 
below. Stem striate. Leaves elliptical oblanceolate elongate-lanceolate or upper 
most linear, acute, upper very much so, lower with fine obtuse point, 1-5-nerve" 
membranous, shining, 2-44 in. long by 4-1} in. wide; cauline sessile, ampere 
radical attenuate into petiole, Capitula campanulate-oblong, $-% in. long, 13- 1 
flowered, bright purple, sessile or subsessile in dense branched subglobose termina 
panicles 2} in. diameter. Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, glabrous, pany 
purple above ; inner oblong, obtuse, minutely denticulate at apex ; outer oval, acu the 
shorter. Receptacle with long jagged coloured fimbrille equalling or exceeding 
ovaries. § fl. 1-3. 9 fl. 12-14. Achenes glabrous, subterete. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! a. 1863, n. 1122. 
Herbaceous, 
and shining 
