Tab. 5431. 

 HELICHRYSUM Mannti. 



Mr. Manns Helichrymm . 



Nat. Ord. Composite. — Syngenesia Superfltja. 



Gen. Char. Capitulum multiflorum, nunc homogamum, fl. omnibus tubulosis 

 hermaphroditis 5-dentatis, nunc heterogamum, fl. radii uniseriatis ssepe paucis- 

 simis,fcemineis gracilibus. Involucrum imbricatum, squamis scariosis, interioribus 

 conniventibus aut radiantibus. Jieceptaculum planum, epaleaceum, nunc nudum 

 aut areolatum, nunc fimbrilliferum. Achmiia erostria, sessilia, areola terminali. 

 Pappus uniserialis, setis subscabris nee plumosis, nunc liberis, nunc asqualiter 

 basi subconcretis, nunc inaequaliter subcoadunatis seu ramosis. — Herbae aut 

 suffrutices. Species preesertim Capenses, in omni orhi veteri et Australasia etiam 

 crescentes, sed nunquam in America observatce. Be Cand. 



Helichrystjm Mannii ; caule erecto annuo (?) sed basi lignoso simplici inferne 

 nudo, foliis copiosis lanceolatis approximates patentibus oblique pinnatim ve- 

 nosis acuminatis basi serniaraplexantibus subdecurrentibus, subtus pra3cipue 

 cano-tomentosis, corymbo terminali amplo, capitulis globosis copiosis, invo- 

 lucri squamis scariosis (rarius flavis) albis flosculos tubulosos sequantibus 

 omnibus erectis vel incurvis sequalibus (non radiantibus), pappo scabro. 



Helichrysum Mannii. Hook.fll. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. v. 6. p. 12. 



De Candolle says of the genus Helichrysum " (etiam Heliptero 

 disjuncto) vastissimum, nee tamen ulterius meo sensu separan- 

 dum." He enumerates, so long ago as 1S07, no less than 215 

 species ! Time was when the beauty of many of the Cape and 

 Australian species {Gnaphaliums, as they were then called) re- 

 commended them to our greenhouses and conservatories, and 

 for the winter decoration of our mantelpieces, on account of the 

 property of the flowers retaining their colours long after being 

 gathered, whence they obtained the name of Everlastings. The 

 present noble species, if it can be retained in our gardens and 

 increased, may revive the taste for the genus. It is a native of 

 the summit of the Peak of Fernando Po, and of the Cameroon 

 Mountains, elevation from 4000 to 13,000 feet, where it was 

 collected by Mr. Gustav Mann. As a species, its affinity is cer- 

 tainly with the Cape Helichrysum, II. fmtichnn, Linn., figured 



MARCH 1st, 1864. 



