Helipterum. | COMPOSIT (Harv.) 257 
‘one-nerved, thick; heads solitary, peduncled, very many-fl. ; inv. cam- 
. panulate, loosely radiating, the outer scales sessile, ovate or ovato-lan- 
ceolate, inner stipitate, elongate, lanceolate-acuminate. Helichr. specio-, . 
sissimum, Willd. Less.! Syn. 315. Hel. Steehelina, Thunb.! Cap. 664. \\” 
AXeranth. speciosissimum, Linn, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 51. (Ex 
Var. 8, angustifolium (DC.) ; more slender, with longer peduncles; leaves linear, 
2-3 lines wide. DC. 1. ¢. 212. H. seminudum, Sch. Bip. Bot. Zeit. 27, 692. 
Var. y, glabratum; toment yellowish ; leaves glabrous beneath or nearly so, 
laxly woolly above; inner inv. scales less acuminate. H. glabratum, Sond/ in Linn. 
23, p. 66. 
Var. 5, polycephalum; stem divided at the summit into many short, scaly, sub- 
pedunculoid, one-headed branches ; leaves lance-linear, woolly on both sides ; inv. 
scales narrow-lanceolate, acuminate (whiter than in a), the inner shorter and bluntish. 
Has: Table Mt., and the Cape Flats, common. Simon's Bay, C. Wright, 373. 
-  Kirstenbosch, Zey./ 8. Klynrivierkloof, Zey.! Genadendal, Pappe! &c. y. Klynrivier- 
kloof, Zey./ 2839. 5, near Swellendam, Heklon! (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
Stems 6-12 inches to 2 ft. high, branched chiefly near the base ; branches erect, ‘ 
simple, in 3. multifid at the summit. Leaves 14-2 inches long, }—} inch wide, 
: mostly acute. Heads 13 inch across. Iny. scales a dull, ochraceous white, brighter 
in 6. Recept. deeply honey-combed and toothed. 
2. H. variegatum (DC.! 1. c. 212); stem robust, suffruticose, simple ~/. 
or sparingly branched; branches imbricated with leaves throughout, 
the upper leaves gradually smaller, and membrane-tipped, the lower 
narrow-oblong, sessile, subacute, on both sides densely and softly woolly ; 
heads solitary, nodding, very many-fl.; inv. campanulate, loosely radi- 
ating, the scales obtuse, oblongo-lanceolate, the very-innermost much 
shorter than the medial. Helichr. variegatum, Thunb.! Cap. 663. Less. 
Syn. 316. H. speciosum, Th.! ex pte. Hel. spirale, Andr. Rep, t. 262. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Tulbagh, Drege! Worcester and Stellenbosch, Ecklon! 
Howhoek, Mundt/ Simon’s Bay, C. Wright, 375. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
1-2 f, high; branches, when any, virgate. Whole plant closely shaggy, with 
whitish or fulvous wool. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 3-4 lines wide, very closely set, 
gradually smaller upwards, all the upper ones tipped with a lanceolate, membranous, 
glabrous scale. Heads 14-2 inches across. Inv. either white, or the scales tipped 
with brown, or rusty, glossy. 
PA [es L 
8. H. Zeyheri (Sond. in Linn. 23, p. 66); stem robust, shrubby ; {qw 
branches closely leafy throughout ; leaves oblongo-lanceolate, narrowed te 4 
to the base, the uppermost lance-linear, imbricated, erect, obtuse or *” b ee 
subacute, very densely and softly woolly, one-nerved ; heads terminal, \“*} 
1~3 together, subsessile or short peduncled ; inv. scales radiating, rosy- \ 
' purple, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the outer and inner short. Dvetr. | : 
£1. Univ. Comp. t. 5. ©. 
Has. Grassy places, on hills at mouth of Klynrivier, Zey./ 2845. (Hb. Sd.,D.) yy! 
Stems short, 6-8 inches high, divided into several erect branches. Leaves2 inches |) ~' 
long, 3-4 lines wide, the upper shorter and narrower. Heads in the specimens seen, r 
which are immature, subsessile, ending leafy branches; but probably, in mature » 
specimens, shortly peduncled, the pedune. sparsely scaly. To the foliage of H. varie- 
gatum this joins the invol. nearly of H. canescens ; and in its 1- or 3-headed branches 
it unites the corymbose with the one-headed species. 
: 4, H. canescens (DC.! 1. c. 212); stem suffruticose, sparingly branch- ~..”” 
ed; branches virgate, closely leafy throughout ; leaves (small), oblong cake 
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