Helichrysum. | COMPOSIT (Harv.) 227 
46. H. sordescens (DC.! ].c.178); stem suffruticose, flexuous, branch- 
ing, the branches and both surfaces of the leaves silky-villous; leaves 
linear-spathulate, acute, mucronate, 3-5 nerved at base, squarrose or 
recurved, flattish or convolute; pedicels several from the upper axils, 
corymbose, one-headed ; heads hemispherical, many-fl., shortly radiating; 
scales glabrous, lanceolate, acute, appressed, whitish or pale horn-colour ; 
pappus scabrous, * 
Has. Cape, Bowie! Sandhills near Port Elizabeth, Drege! (Herb. D., Hk. Sd.) 
Stem 1 foot or more long, diffuse or ascending, corymbosely branched. Pubescence 
long, soft, and loose, dull or dirty whitish (not silvery). Leaves 1-14 inch long, 
their lower half appressed, adhering to the stem by the long, marginal hairs, the 
upper half strongly recurved. Pedicels 1-2 inches long, silky, slender, corymbose. 
Heads 4-5 lines diam, inv. greenish-white or dull whitish. 
47. H. argenteum (Th.! Cap. 662); stem shrubby, erect, branched, 
the fi.-branches subpeduncular, tomentoso-canescent; leaves obovate- 
oblong, narrowed at base, plurinerved, rigid, spreading or squarrose, 
recurvo-mucronate, on both sides closely-silky-silvery ; heads corymbose, 
on longish, naked or bracteate pedicels ; invol. ovate, radiating, the 
outer scales ovate, acute, the medial lanceolate, the innermost much 
shorter, narrower, obtuse. DC. l.c.179. H.afine, Less. ! 292 (fide Sond.) 
DC. 1. ¢. 178. 
a Has. Districts of Uitenhage and Albany, Th., Drege! E.g Z.! je. (Herb. Th., 
.» Hk., Sd. 
1-2 feet ‘eh, erect or ascending, irregularly branched. Leaves $-1} inch long, 
3-5 lines wide; those on the fl.-branches much depauperated and distant. Heads 
rarely solitary; commonly on pedicels 1-2 inches long. Inv. glossy-white or rose- 
coloured. Dr. Sonder informs me that he has ascertained, by comparison with the 
original specimens in Herb, Berol., that H. affine, Less. ! is identical with this species ; 
and that H. argenteum, Less,! is a syn. of Helipterum argyropsis, DC. 
§ 8. XERANTHEMOTDEA. (Sp. 48-52). 
48. H. lancifolium (Th.! Cap. 662); stem suffruticose, diffuse or 
decumbent, branching, branches and leaves closely silky-silvery ; sterile 
branches closely leafy to the summit, fi.-branches leafy at base, prolonged 
into a sparsely bracteated, elongated, one-headed peduncle ; leaves linear 
lanceolate, acuminate, squarrose or recurved, channelled or complicate, 
cobwebby and appressed at base; heads oblong-turbinate, acute at base, 
radiating ; scales glabrous, acuminate, the outermost ovate, brownish, 
the medial ovato-lanceolate, more acuminate, purple, the innermost very 
long, narrow-lanceolate, white. Hel. xeranthemoides. DC.! 1. c. 178. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Ecklon! Langekloofberg in several places, Drege! (Herb. 
ge ae ing. Leaves §-6 lines long, 2-3-1. wide, closely set 
1-2-f, long, straggling. ves » 2~3- : : 
Pedune. 4-8 rib iy eo several, pe te linear, Pit closely appressed 
bracts or d ted leaves. Heads like those of an Edmondia, the outer inv. 
scales itis atoag the pedunc. Pappus of many set, subconcrete at base and 
barbellate near the summit. Inner inv. scales } inch long, 1-2 lines wide, satiny 
within. 
49. H. recurvatum (Th.! Cap. 662); shrubby, diffuse, much branched, 
the branches and under surfaces of leaves whitish-tomentose with long, 
appressed hairs; sterile branches closely leafy to the summit, fi. branches 
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