232 COMPOSITZ (Harv.) [ Helichrysum. 
Heads nearly as in H. fetidum, to which this is allied, but from which it differs in 
habit, the solitary fl.-heads, and pubescence. 
64. H. foetidum (Cass.) ; stem tall, herbaceous, erect, tomentose; leaves 
cordate-clasping, oblong or ovate, acute or acuminate, spreading, scabrous 
above, more or less woolly beneath; heads panicled or glomerate, on 
leafy branchlets, very many-fl., pedicellate; inv. hemispherical-stellate, 
radiating, its scales imbricated, glossy, scarious, lanceolate, or ovato- 
lanceolate, acute, golden-yellow or cream-colour. Less, Syn. 284. DC. 
l.c. 187. Gn. foetidum, Th.! Cap. 653. Bot. Mag. t. 1987. Anaxeton 
Ffetidum, Lam. Ill. t. 692, f. 1. 
Has. Throughout the Colony, and at Natal. (Herb, Th., D., Hk., Sd., &c.) 
A strong growing biennial, 2-4 f. high, simple or corymboso-paniculate. Leaves 
variable in shape, the upper cordate-ovate, acuminate, the lower longer, and oblong 
or oblongo-lanceolate, 2-3 inches long, 4-1 inch wide, strongly and disagreeably 
scented. Heads very showy, }—3 inch across, sometimes in a loose, sometimes a 
much contracted panicle. Scales varying from cream-white to brilliant yellow. 
65. H. decorum (DC.!1. c. 188); stem herbaceous, erect, simple, 
white-woolly, branched at the summit, subcorymbose, the branches 
leafy, one-headed ; leaves sessile, the radical ovate-oblong, narrowed at 
base, 3—5-nerved, the cauline half-clasping, oblongo-lanceolate, acute, 
the uppermost acuminate, all scabrous and thinly woolly on the upper 
side, white-woolly beneath; inv. hemispherical-radiate, the scales im- 
bricating, glossy, scarious, lanceolate-acute, bright-yellow. 
Has. Port Natal, Drege! T. Williamson! Dr. Grant! Dr. Sutherland! Gerr. § 
M‘K., 853. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.) 
Intermediate between H. fetidum and H. fulgidum, with more the habit of the 
former, but more woolly. The root is said to be perennial. Stems 2-3 feet high. 
Leaves 14-2 inches long, 3-1 inch wide. Heads in a leafy corymb. 
66. H. fulgidum (Willd.); stem herbaceous, erect, subsimple, loosely 
woolly; leaves half-clasping, oblong, erect, acute, concolourous, on each 
side scabrous and glandular, with woolly margins; heads very many-fl., 
mostly solitary at the end of the stem, or of the leafy branches, some- 
times aggregated, sessile; inv. stellate, radiating, its scales imbricating, 
glossy, scarious, lanceolate, acuminate, bright yellow. Zh.! Cap. p. 664. 
Less, Syn. 285. DC. 1. c. 187. Xeranth. fulgidum, Linn. f. Jacq. Le. 
Rar. t. 173. Bot. Mag. t. 414. 
Var, 8. angustifolium (DC.); root-leaves long and narrow, on each side loosely 
woolly ; upper-leaves wool-margined. Zey.! 2840. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
Var. y. heterotrichum (DC.); root-leaves elliptic-oblong, 3-nerved, narrowed at 
base ; medial wool-margined ; uppermost glandular-pubescent. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Var. 6. subnudatum (DC.); lower lvs. scarcely wool-margined, sparingly gland-pu- 
bescent above, hispid beneath along the nerves ; root-lvs. ovato-lanceolate. (Hb. Hk.) 
Var. e. monocephalum (DC.) ; stems sparsely woolly, simple, one-headed ; root- 
leaves oblong, obtuse, narrowed at base, the younger on each side tomentose, adult 
scabrid ; lower cauline wool-edged, upper glandular-scabrid. H. decorum, Pl. Krauss! 
No. 315. Gueinz. 595, 317. Gerr. § M‘K.! No. 270. (Hb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Var. ¢ nanum (DC.); stem very short, woolly tomentose, one-headed ; lower 
leaves oblong, obtuse, woolly on both sides; cauline linear-acuminate, wool-margined; 
adult glandularly scabrid. (Herb. Sd.) 
Has. Eastern Districts and Port Natal. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Very variable in size and minor characters; stem 4 inches to 2-3 feet high. Root 
