218 COMPOSITH (Harv.) [ Helichrysum. 
Has. Cape, Ecklon! (Herb. Sond.) ! 
Very similar in aspect to H. ericefolium vars. lazum and allidulum, but differing 
in its flat (not revolute-edged), slightly adnate leaves and solitary fl.-heads. The 
single specimen which I have seen was separated from H. ericefol. by Dr. Sonder. 
16. H. ericoides (Pers. ench. 2, p. 415); shrubby, depressed, much- 
branched and ramulous; leaves very minute, imbricating, appressed, 
coriaceous, ovate, obtuse, glabrous without, concave and tomentose 
within; heads solitary at the ends of the branches, 10-12-fl.; inv.- 
scales at the base fulvous, otherwise white, glabrous, lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, spreading; achenes densely silky. DC. 7. c. 172. Less. Syn. 324. 
Argyrocoma ericoides, Lam. Ill. t. 693, f. 2. Stoebe nivea, Th. Cap. -29. 
Has. Near Verkeerde Valley, Thunberg/ Among rocks on the summit of the 
Sneeuwekop, Dr. Wallich/ (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Root thick and woody. Stems many from the crown, ligneous, spreading or 
prostrate, very much and closely branched, and twiggy, every twig closely imbri- 
cated to the summit. Leaves precisely as in Elytropappus Rhinocerotis, 4 line long. 
Heads 3 lines long. A very distinctly marked, neat little plant: its silky achenes 
very unusual in Helichrysum. 
§ 3. Decrinata, (Sp. 17-21.) 
17. H. declinatum (Less.! Syn. 278); perennial, herbaceous; stems 
many, diffuse or ascending, branched toward the extremities, woolly ; 
leaves sessile, linear or linear-spathulate, acute, crowded, sub-erect, 
nerved, on both sides albo-tomentose ; heads corymbulose at the ends 
of the branches, shortly pedicelled or sub-sessile ; invol. glabrous, 
radiating, the outer scales and bases of the inner testaceous, tips of the 
inner scales oblong, sub-acute or denticulate, snow-white. DC. 1. ¢. p. 
172. Gnaph. declinatum, Linn. f. Gn. pygmeum, Th! Cap. p. 652. 
Has. East and West Districts. Drakeensteenberg and Albany, Drege! Caledon, 
Swellendam, and Uitenhage, Z. ¢ Z.! Pappe! Mundt! (Herb, Th., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Resembling H. expansum,; but the root is perennial, the crown somewhat woody, 
and the inyol.-scales narrower, longer, and inclining to acute. Stems 3-10 inches 
long, mostly prostrate. Leaves } inch long or more, 1-2 lines wide. In Drege’s 
specimens the heads are less obviously corymbose than usual, and the outer inv.- 
scales paler and less glabrous. 
18. H. serpyllifolium (Less.! Syn. 277); suffruticose, loosely much- 
branched, the branches flexuous, spreading, tomentose; leaves oval or 
obovate, sessile, narrowed at base, nerved, flat or wavy, albo-tomentose 
beneath, green and either glabrous or cobwebby above ; heads densely 
corymbose or fascicled at the ends of the branches, cylindrical, homo- 
gamous, about 12-fl. ; outer inv.-scales woolly, inner narrow oblong, 
glabrous, spreading, milk-white, obtuse, DC. 1. c. 172. Gnaph. orbi- 
culare, Th. Cap. 659, and G. polifolium, Th.! Cap. 656. 
Has. Cape Flats, and throughout the Colony, to Natal. (Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Stems 2-3 f. long, branching chiefly near the extremity: branches simple or again 
divided. Leaves 2-5 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, varying from nearly circular to 
obovate-oblong, snow-white beneath, more or less green above. Corymbs 1 inch 
across, many-headed. 
19. H. Sutherlandi (Harv.); dwarf, tufted, the barren twigs short, 
densely leafy, rosulate at the extremity, fl.-branches sparingly leafy, 
