Helipterum.] COMPOSITA (Harv.) 259 
commonly infolded, whitish or rusty at tip. Heads scarcely half inch in diameter, 
few-flowered. Scales sometimes rusty. 
7. H, citrinum (Harv. andSond.); stem suffruticose, sparingly branch- 
ed; branches virgate, closely leafy to or beyond the middle, pedunculoid 
upwards ; densely woolly as well as the leaves ; leaves oblong, half-clasp- 
ing, obtuse, scarcely narrowed to the base, one-nerved, thick, the upper- 
most tipped with a minute scale; heads solitary, peduncled, many (25-40) 
fl., erect ; invol. campanulate, imbricated, all the scales very obtuse, the 
outer oval, sessile, inner stipitate, elongate, oblong. Helichrysum ferrugi- 
neum, Less.! Syn. p. 317. Helichrysum citrinum, Less.! MSS.in Herb. Thb. f 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Langekloof, Mundt. and Maire., Bowie! Pikenierskloof, 
£.§Z.! Betw. Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege! (Hel. virgatum, c.), Kardow, Zey! 
863, ex pte. (Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sond.) 
Very similar to H, virgatum, but more robust, with flatter and broader leaves, 
larger fl. heads, and much blunter inv. scales. It was confounded with H. virgatum 
by Thunberg and De Candolle.—Zeyher’s specimen (863) exactly agrees with the 
specimen in Hb. Thunb. quoted by Lessing, and marked by him ‘‘citrinum, n. sp.? 
a virgato diversum.” Some of Zey.! 863 specimens belong to H. virgatum. 
8. H. argyropsis (DC.! 1. c. 211); stem suffruticose, corymbosely 
branched ; branches leafy throughout, clothed, as well as the leaves with 
close-lying, white, interwoven wool ; leaves oblongo-spathulate, obtuse or 
subacute, greatly narrowed to the base, erecto-patent, one-nerved, thick; 
heads corymbose, pedicellate, many-fl. ; invol. campanulate, loosely im- 
bricate, scales shining-white, the outer ovato-lanceolate, sessile, the in- 
ner on a gradually longer, coloured (dark-red) stipe, bearing an ovato- 
lanceolate, acute, snow-white limb. 
Has. Swellendam, Dr. Thom! Caledon and Swellendam, Ecklon! Dr. Pappe! 
Cape L’ Aguillas, Drege? (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
Robust 2-3 ft. high, much branched. Toment. thick, interwoven, snowy. Corymbs 
subsimple, 3-5~8 headed. Heads about } inch across. Inv. externally quite white ; 
the coloured claws of the inner scales hidden by the outer ones. Pappus plumose. 
Recept. fimbrilliferous.— Very similar in aspect to Helichrysum argenteum, but differ- 
ing in generic character. 
9. H. phlomoides (DC. ! 1. c. 213); stem robust, shrubby ; branches 
closely leafy throughout; leaves ovate or oblongo-lanceolate, acute or 
acuminate, densely and softly woolly, half-clasping, one-nerved; heads 
extremely numerous, oblong, ro—-r12-fl., ina much branched, corymbose 
panicle, bearing many membranous bracts (depauperated leaves) ; inv. 
not radiating, its scales oblong, erect, flat, obtuse, white or pale-rosy ; 
recept. covered with rigid, subeoncrete fimbrils, longer than the achenes. 
Helichrysum phlomoides, Spreng. Less.! Syn. 320. Gnaph. milleflorum, 
Linn. Thunb.! Cap. 658. Gn. phlomoides, Lam. 
Has. Uitenhage and Albany, Thunberg!, E § Z./ Genl. Bolton, &c. Zuureberg, 
Drege! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) : 
Stem and leavesasin H.eximium. Inflorescence 6-8 inches in diameter, excessively 
branched. Heads 4 inch long, } inch diameter, quite white or pale-rosy at tip. 
Pappus united in a ring at base, feathery. 
10, H. eximium (DC.! 1. c. 213); stem robust, shrubby; branches 
closely leafy throughout; leaves (large) broadly ovate or elliptical, acute 
or acuminate, very densely and softly woolly, half-clasping, 1-nerved ; 
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