Helichrysum] COMPOSITZ (Harv.) 231 
closely leafy nearly to the summit ; leaves spreading or reflexed, shortly 
oblong, nigro-mucronulate, thickly woolly on both sides ; heads numer- 
ous, (12-20-30), pedicellate, in hemispherical, closely branched, woolly 
cymes, about 15-18-fl., homogamous ; inv. scales imbricated, linear, 
shaggy externally, the innermost subglabrous at tip; pappus barbellate. 
Eriosphera umbellata, Turcz.! in Bull. Mose, 1851. Hol. 24, p. 
Has. Riv. Zonder Einde, Zeyher! 2891. (Herb. Sond.) dit 
Stem 1-2 feet high, distantly branched ; the branches subumbellate, simple, erect. 
Leaves squarrose, 4 lines long, 2 lines wide, Flowering branches laxly leafy toward 
the summit, for 1-14 inch below the cyme. Cymes about 1 inch across. 
61. H. Lambertianum (DC.!1.c. 190); stems suffruticose, erect, 
branched from the base, branches virgate, and, as well as the leaves and 
involucres white-woolly ; leaves sessile, linear, subacute, one-nerved, 
with slightly-reflexed margins, nigro-mucronate ; heads in a terminal, 
simple or branched, sparsely-leafy, crowded corymb, turbinate, homoga- 
mous, 20-25-fl.; inv. imbricate, its scales linear, pale, obtuse, externally 
densely woolly. bsnouet 
Has. Cape, Herb. Lambert., Drege. Clanwilliam and Tulbagh, Ecklon! Above 
the Tulbagh Waterfall, Dr. Pappe/ (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) 
Root and bases of the stems woody, Stems tufted, 10-12 inches high. Whole 
plant closely covered with white wool. Leaves 3-1 inch long, 1 line wide. Corymbs 
I~2 inches across. Heads 23~3 lines long ; the narrow-linear, creamy scales, with 
a green, central line on the inside, all of them densely woolly externally. 
a C. CHRYSOLEPIDEA. (§ 11-12.) 
§ 11. XeRocuimna, (Sp. 62-69.) 
62. H. Cooperi aes) ; stem herbaceous, erect, robust, panicled, 
the branches leafy, densely glandularly setose and hairy, one or more 
headed; cauline leaves clasping and strongly decurrent, oblong or lan- 
ceolate, acute, rameal sessile or but slightly decurrent, clasping, oblong, 
acuminate, all glandularly scabrous on both sides, woolly-edged, pluri- 
nerved, green; heads very many-fl., shortly pedicellate; inv. hemi- 
spherical, stellate, radiating, its scales imbricating, glossy, scarious, 
oblong, acute, golden yellow. 8 —s 
Has. Near Draakensberg, Orange Free-state, 7. Cooper) 1117. (Herb. D.) 
Stem 4-5 feet high, closely leafy. Leaves 3~4 inches long or more, 1-14 wide, 
the medial and lower ones decurrent as a wing to the stem for 1-2 inches below 
their base. Heads asin H. faetidum, from which this is readily known by its strongly 
decurrent leaves, green on both sides. A very fine species, worthy of cultivation. 
63. H. setosum (Harv.); stem herbaceous, erect, paniculately much 
branched, the branches long, leafy, glandularly setulose, one-headed ; 
leaves cordate-clasping, oblongo-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the 
uppermost narrow, sessile, concolourous, glandular and setulose on both 
sides, setoso-ciliate; heads terminating long, leafy branches, sessile, 
subtended by 2-4 lanceolate, setose leaves, very many-fl.; inv, stellate, 
radiating, its scales imbricating, glossy, scarious, lance-oblong, acute, 
golden yellow. 
Has. On the Vaal River, Burke and Zey.! Zey.! 875. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
Probably annual or biennial. Stem 1-2 f. high, pale, much branched. Leaves 
green, thin, glandular and viscidulous, strongly scented, not in the least woolly. 
