252 COMPOSIT& (Harv.) [ Helichrysum. 
cylindrical ; inv. scales imbricate, erect, bullated, obtuse, pale horn-colour 
orcreamy,semipellucid. DC. /l.c.209. Gn. tricostatum, Th. ! Cap.p.657- 
Has. Picketberg, Thunberg! Olifantriver, Drege’ (Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Branches 1-2 feet long, straight, laxly leafy, the upper leaves narrower, continued 
to the base of the inflorescence. Stems white. Leaves }-1 inch long, 2-4 lines wide; 
the petiole 1 line long. Heads 24 lines long, narrow, woolly at base. Recept. 
fimbrilliferous. 
127. H. revolutum (Less.! Syn. 305); stem shrubby at base, branches 
woolly, leafy and ramulous, leaves half-clasping, oblong or linear-oblong, 
above cobwebby and scaberulous, beneath densely woolly, with revolute 
margins, mucronate, heads numerous in much-branched, loose, corym- 
bose-cymes, about 25-fl, heterogamous; inv. campanulate, glabrous, 
scales closely imbricated, glossy-subpellucid, erect, broadly oblong, very 
obtuse, rufous or horn-colour ; fimbrils short. DO. 1. c. 206. Gn. revo- 
lutum, Th.! Cap. 652. Also H. leiolepis, DC.! 1. c. 187. 
Has. About Table Mt., Bergius. Rietvalley, Mdt. ¢ Mre. Groenekloof and 
Paarl, Drege! Zwartland, Ecklon/ Brackfontein, Ecklon’ Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe! (Hb. 
Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stems 1-14 f. high. Leaves spreading or reflexed, 1-14 inch long, 2-4 lines wide, 
at length generally denuded above but persistently rough, with small, raised points ; 
sometimes densely woolly on both sides. Inv. 24 lines long. I have compared 
Ecklon’s original specimens of “ H. leiolepis” DC. and find them absolutely identical 
with ordinary H. revolutum, which varies in the paler or deeper colours of the inv. scls. 
128. H. scabrum (Less.! Syn. 312 non DC.); stem suffruticose, much- 
branched, the branchesspreading, thinly tomentoseand glandular; leaves 
half-clasping, slightly decurrent, oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, the lower- 
most tapering at base, obtusely repand, undulate, with revolute margins, 
above glandularly-hispid or very seabrid, beneath glandular, cobwebbed 
or naked ; heads in simple or branching, loose corymbs, pedicellate, 
campanulate, 20-25-fl.; inv. scales glabrous, oblong, very obtuse, pel- 
lucid, pale horn-colour, fulvous at the extremity. Gn. scabrum, Th.! 
Cap. 655. Hel. repandum, DC.! 1. c. 203. 
Van. 8. scaberrimum ; stems and leaves echinate-scabrous, very rough, glandular. 
Var. y. microphyllum (DC.) ; more woolly and less glandular ; leaves shorter, 
narrower, more strongly repand, with fewer gland-bristles. 
Has. Caledon and Worcester, Ecklon’ Namaqualand, V. Schlicht/ p. Caledon, 
Ecklon! y. at Kamiesberg, Drege! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) 
A bush, about 1 foot high, ramulous, and resinous gland-dotted. Leaves 4-1 inch 
long, 1-3 lines wide, spreading, the upper ones with strongly revolute margins. 
Heads 24 lines long. ; “ei oi 
129. H. petiolatum (DC. |. c. 208); stem shrubby or suffruticose, 
branches woolly, naked and pedunculoid at the extremity ; leaves pe- 
tiolate, ovate, obtuse or subacute, woolly-tomentose ; heads in densely- 
branched, woolly corymbose-cymes, subglobose, glabrous; inv. scales 
oblong, obtuse, cream-white. Gn. petiolatum, Linn., non Th. 
Has, Essenbosch, Burchell, 4825. Swellendam and George, Ecklon! Sneeweberg; 
Drege! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) ; 
Stems 2 or more feet long, flexuous, loosely branched. Petioles }-} inch long, 
slender, clasping at base ; lamina }-1 inch long, 4-8 lines wide, greenish above, the 
nerves not obvious through the wool. Corymbs 1-2 inches across, Allied to H. 
crispum but with distinctly petioled, flat leaves. 
