230 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Helichrysum. 
Has. Between Omsamceulo and Omsamwubo, Drege! Natal, Gueinzius! (Herb. 
Hk., D., Sd.) 
Seemingly a large shrub. Petioles 1-2 inches long; lamina 2-3} inches long, 
14-3 inches wide, varying in amount and persistence of indument, and in shape. 
Panicles 5-6 inches long, very much-branched. Heads 2 lines long, 1 line diam, 
Fl. yellow. Not like any other 8. African species, Lvs. like those of some Abutilon. 
57. H. marifolium (DC.! 1. c. 186); stems diffuse or prostrate, slen- 
der, flexuous, irregularly branched, woolly ; branches sparsely leafy, 
naked towards the summit ; leaves alternate, obovate-oblong, cuneate 
at base, nigro-mucronulate, thinly woolly (becoming nude) on the upper, 
densely woolly on the lower surface ; heads 5-8, sessile, in peduncled 
tufts, about 20-flowered, homogamous ; recept. naked ; inv. scales im- 
bricated, the outer densely shaggy externally, the inner hairy at the apex, 
linear, subacute ; pappus plumoso-barbellate. Also Hriosphera Oculus 
Cati, DC.! Prod. 6, p. 166 (non Lessing) ; and Eriosph. apiculata, DC. ? 
Has. Table Mt., Drege! Swellendam, £. 4 Z.! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stems 12-14 inches long, leafy nearly to the summit. Leaves about 4 inch apart, 
nearly } inch long, 2-3 lines wide, green (but woolly) above, foxy or dirty white, 
and thickly woolly beneath, much attenuated at base. Heads 2} lines long; in 
E.G Z.’s specimens 20-flowered! Pappus armed with long, acute, slender, lateral 
cellules. DC.’s “ Eriosphera apiculata,” judging by his description, scarcely, if at 
all, differs. Of it he says :—‘‘ Stem diffuse? tomentose at the summit ; leaves obo- 
vate, nigro-mucronate, the younger on both sides tomentose, the adult cobwebby 
above ; the flowering branches subelongate, sparingly leafy, the floral leaves (?) 
oblong, woolly beneath and at the margin, glabrous above ; heads 3—4-sessile, densely _ 
woul “ete 20-f1."—DC.  Eriosphera apiculata, DC. l. c. 166. (Eastern Districts, 
58. H. rotundatum (Harv.); “stem erect? tomentose ; leaves obovate- 
subrotund, very obtuse, obsoletely tipped with a black point, tomentose 
beneath, velvetty-cobwebbed and at length glabrate above ; peduncles 
elongate ; floral leaves oblong, acute, on the outside and at the margin 
densely woolly, within glabrescent ; heads 4~5, ovate, sparingly woolly.” 
DC. Eriosphera rotundifolia, DC. 1. c. 166. 
Has. Eastern Districts, Burchell. 
Unknown to me. Said to be allied to “ Eriosphera apiculata.” Leaves 8-9 lines 
long, 6-7 wide, the older ones glabrate above, and then 3-nerved at base. Flowers 
not known. 
59. H. coriaceum (Harv.); stem robust, suffruticose, erect or sub- 
erect, densely woolly, the woolly branches leafy nearly to the summit; 
leaves crowded, spreading, obovate-oblong, nigro-mucronulate, coria- 
ceous, closely tomentose above, densely woolly beneath ; heads numerous 
(20-30) densely crowded in sessile or shortly peduncled, branching, 
subcapitate cymes, 20—2 5-fl., homogamous ; inv. scales imbricated, linear, 
all densely shaggy externally; pappus barbellate. Hriosphera coriacea, 
DC.! lc. 167. Gnaph. coriaceum, E. Mey.! in Hb. Drege. 
Has. Mountains near Swellendam, Drege/ (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
_ Much more robust than H. marifolium, with more compound inflorescence. Leaves 
4-1 imch long, 4-5 lines wide. Heads campanulate, 3-4 lines long, clothed with 
fulvous wool ; tips of the inv. scales scarcely protruding. 
60. H. umbellatum (Harv.); stem erect, suffruticose ; branches virgate, 
