212 COMPOSITZ (Harv.) [| Helichrysum. 
Lys. quite glabrous above, woolly or nude below; inv. sc. obtuse : 
Cymes very dense; inv. scales flat, 
pale yellow or reddish ... ... ... (86) allioides. 
Cymes loose ; inv. sc. golden-yellow (87) leiopodium, 
Leaves scabrous on the upper surface; nearly nude: 
Cauline leaves lanceolate or lance-linear 
(rarely obovate) ... ... (88) nudifolium. 
Cauline leaves broadly ovate, _Sanerved, 
strongly decurrent a ... (89) quinquenerve. 
Stem bearing leaves to the summit, or very n near it : 
Cauline leaves with revolute margins, rather rigid : 
Cauline leaves quite smooth above ; inv. scales : 
acute, golden... ... vss vee vee (90) miconiefolium. 
Cauline leaves scabrous above : 
Cauline leaves lance.-linear, acute; rad. 
petioled ; inv. scales straw-colour ... (g1) Krebsianum, 
Cauline leaves subulate, hook-pointed ; inv. 
sc. tawny-horn-colour ... ... ... (92) subulifolium. 
Cauline leaves lance.-linear, 3-nerved; “outer 
inv.-sc. purple, inner white-tipped ... (93) oxyphyllum. 
Cauline leaves flat or undulate (not revolute-edged) : 
Heads golden : upper cauline leaves not membrane-tipped : 
Root lvs. woolly on both sides ; oF 
globular. ... (94) cephaloideum. 
Root lvs. glabrousabove, verylong cymes 
becoming loose... ... (95) longifolium. 
Heads pale-yellow or purplish ; upper caul. lys. 
tipped with a membranous pa Ree (96) appendiculatum. 
§ 14. DEcuRRENTIA. Stems herbaceous or fruticose, simple or branched, leafy 
throughout, or pedunculoid upwards. Leaves strongly decurrent, at least the upper 
ones. Heads in No. 97, rather large and corymbose ; in the “other species small 
and cymose. Inv. scales yellow, rufous, or whitish. Receptacle honey-combed or 
fimbrilliferous. (Sp. 97-104.) 
Heads very many-fl., corymbose; inv. sc. golden, rigid (97) Xerochrysum, 
Heads few fl. AS gel ayy 20-2 5-fl.), cymose, subsessile 
*. Invol. scales creamy white : 
Leaves glabrous above; inflorescence panicled (98) Mundtii. 
Leaves white-woollyon, both sides ; infl. cymose (99) Natalitium. 
Inv. scales rufous ; lvs. scabrid,” decurrent in a 
broad wing ... ... (100) platypterum, 
Outer inv. scales fulvous, i inner r yellow ; : ‘stem Ss: 
Leaves nude above, with revolute mar, 
Lys. glabrous, quite smooth above _... (101) Gerrardi. 
Lys. tomentose beneath, scabrous above (102) stenopterum. 
Lys. flat, on both sides woolly : 
Heads 5~6-fl.; peduncles long ... ... (103) gymnocomum. 
Heads To-12-fl.; pedune. short orlong (104) odoratissimum. 
§ 15. Aprera. Suffrutices or small shrubs. Leaves mostly sessile, or half- 
clasping, rarely petiolate, bat not decurrent, or very minutely so, Heads small or 
mediocre, cymose. Inv, scales imbricated, not radiating, either yellow, rufous, or 
pure white. (Sp. 105-127.) 
* Inv. scales yellow, at least the inner ones : 
Leaves fiat or flattish (not strongly revolute-edged) : 
Shrub, much branched and —— leayes 
3-5-lined above... .» .« (105) trilineatum. 
Suffrutices, with virgate branches : 
Leaves obviously 3-nerved, half-clasping : 
Inv. scales erect ; lvs. becoming nude above: 
Robust ; leaves rigid, oblong or 
linear, mucronate... ... ... (107) cymosum. 
