Helichrysum. } COMPOSIT (Harv.) 245 
104. H. odoratissimum (Less.! Syn. 301) ; stem suffruticose at base, 
erect, or diffuse, branching, branches tomentose, ending in a leafless 
peduncle; leaves long-decurrent, spathulate, oblong or lanceolate, 1-3- 
nerved, membranous, white-woolly, the older becoming nude above, 
setoso-scabrid ; cymes more or less peduncled, densely much-branched, 
the branches unibracteate ; heads subsessile, oblong, 10~12-fl.; inv. 
scales erect, glabrous, oblong, obtuse, the outer shorter and fulvous, 
inner yellow. DO. 1. c. 202. Gnaph. odoratissimum, Linn. Sp. 1196. 
Gn. strigosum, Th.! Cap. 654. Gn. aureofulvuum, Berg. p. 257. 
Var. a. acuminatum (DC.) ; leaves linear or lanceolate, acuminate. 
Var. f. undulefolium (DC.); leaves much more woolly, oblong or obovate-oblong, 
subacute, undulate shortly decurrent ; cymes dense, depressed-globose, 
Var. y. lanatum (Sond.) ; stems trailing ; leaves very woolly, white, oblong and 
undulate. 
Has. Common throughout the Colony. 8. Caledon and Swellendam. yy. Uiten- 
hage. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) - 
Stem 4-14 f. high, erect or spreading, much branched. Leaves }-13 inch long, 
2-4 lines wide. Cymes 1-3 inches across, variably compound, always very dense. 
§ 16. Aprera. (Sp. 105-133.) 
105. H. trilineatum (DC.! 1. c. 192); stem shrubby, much-branched, 
branches tomentose ; leaves sessile, crowded, linear or oblong, very 
obtuse, recurvo-submucronulate, on the upper surface longitudinally 
3-5 lined, woolly beneath ; heads in dense tufts or corymbs at the ends 
of the branches, subsessile or shortly pedicellate, ovate, 30~40-fl.; inv. 
scales oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, bright-yellow, 
the outer cobwebby or woolly at base ; recept. fimbrillate. 
Var. a. glabriusculum; leaves glabrous above, thinly tomentose beneath ; heads 
corymbose ; inv. scales obtuse. H. trilineatum, DC.! l, c. 
Var. 8. tomentosum; younger leaves white-woolly on both sides, older glabrous 
above; heads densely tufted, subsessile ; inv. scales sub-acute. H. alveolatum, DC. 1. c. 
Var. y. brevifolium; leaves shortly oblong (4 lines long, 14-2 1. wide), thinly 
tomentose above, more densely beneath, the hairs yellowish ; heads densely tufted, 
subsessile; outer inv. scales rufous, acute, inner bright-yellow, very obtuse. (Hb. Hk.!) 
Has. Witberg, 7-8000 f., Drege/ Lostafelberg, 6-7000 f.; and Compasberg, 
Drege! Somerset, Dr. Atherstone! B. Witbergen, 6-8000 f., Drege! Basutuland, 7’. 
Cooper, 714. Var. y. Mts. of Natal, 100 miles inland, at 6500 f., Dr. Sutherland! 
(Herb. Hk., Sd.) 
A stout, much-branched, small shrub, 6-12 inches high, variable in pubescence. 
Var. 8. is dwarfer and much more copiously woolly, but too similar in general 
characters and habitat to be regarded other than a more alpine variety. Leaves 6-8 
lines long, 1-2 lines wide. Heads 2-2} lines long.’ The recept. is completely that 
of a Lepicline. 
106. H. cymosum (Less.! Syn. 302); stem suffruticose at base, branch- 
ing, branches virgate, thinly canescent ; leaves half-clasping, slightly 
decurrent at base, linear-oblong or linear, mucronate, 3-nerved, spread- 
ing, woolly beneath, cobwebby or naked above, not scabrid; cymes 
densely much-branched; heads subpedicellate, separate, 1o~12-f1.; inv. 
cylindrical, glabrous and glossy, the scales closely imbricating, golden- 
yellow, obtuse, the outer shorter. DC. 1. c. 202. Gnaph. cymosum, Linn. 
~ Sp.1195. Th. Cap. 649. Berg. Cap. 258. Gn. tricostatum, Sieb. No. 206, 
Dill, Eilth. fig. 128. Burm. Afr. t. 76, f. 3. 
