Tas. 5350. 
HELIPTERUM Sanprorptt. 
Major Sandford’s Helipterum. 
Nat. Ord. Composir#.—SyNGENESIA AlQUALIS. 
Gen. Char. Capitulum multifloram, discoideum, homogamum, floribus omnibus 
hermaphroditis, rarissime floribus centralibus abortivis heterogamum, Involucri 
imbricati sguame scariose, interiores conniventes vel radiantes. Receptaculum 
nudum vel alveolatum sive fimbrilliferum. Corolle tubulose, limbo quinqueden- 
tato. Anthere basi bisetee. Stigmata exserta, obtusiuscula. Achenia sessilia, 
erostria, areola terminali. Pappi sete uniseriate, plumose, libere vel basi con- 
natee.—Herbe v. suffrutices, in Capite Bone-Spei et in Nova-Hollandia indigeni ; 
facie Helichrysi, involucris albis vel flavis. 
Hewiprerum Sandfordii; suffruticosim totum arachnoideo-tomentosum, cauli- 
bus erectis pedalibus sesquipedalibus, basi parce ramoso apice composito- 
corymboso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, involucris elongato-turbinatis squamis 
aureo-flavis, ovatis imbricatis, internis radiantibus, flosculis tubulosis, 
limbo quinquefido, acheniis (immaturis), pappi setis hirsuto-plumosis. 
HELIPTERUM Sandfordii. Hort. Thompson. 
Whether or not this be one of the species of Helipterum of the 
‘Plante Preissianee, or whether it be a true //elipterum or a 
Helichrysum, 1 will not venture to say. De Candolle, who es- 
tablished the genus Helipterum, says of it, “omnia S/elichrys, 
sed pappus plumosus.” In Helichrysum the “ pappus is subsca- 
brous.” In our plant the pappus is more than scabrous, yet 
scarcely plumose. 
The present species has long been in our herbarium, gathered 
by Mr. James Drummond (n. 160) in Western Australia, “ be- 
tween Moore and Murchison Rivers,” and we have also received 
native specimens from Mr. Burgess, collected m 1860. Mr. 
Thompson, of Ipswich, has raised it from seeds sent from the 
Swan River settlement by Major Sandford, whose name he de- 
sires it should bear,—a gentleman who has done much during 
a long sojourn in Western Australia to explore the natural 
DECEMBER Ist, 1862. 
