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Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 (Sphæranthus по. 1, App. Speke’s Journ. 637), Col. Grant. 
[Found in the wet mud edges of bogs in Madi. Flower (December) a blue or pink-purple button, 
called * bozeea ” by the Wezees, who mash the whole plant, add cold water, and wash their bodies with 
the mixture when troubled with ague.—J. А. G.] 
26. SPHÆRANTHUS POLYCEPHALUS, Oliv. & Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. (ined.). Нета 
ramosissima, tomentosa; ramis striatis, alatis; foliis oblongis lanceolatisve, subacutis, 
setuloso-dentatis, sessilibus, decurrentibus; capitulis turbinatis, in glomerulos globosos 
solitarios pedunculatos aggregatis ; flore hermaphrodito tubulari-infundibuliformi, in quo- 
que capitulo solitario; involueri bracteis 7-8 membranaceo-scariosis, oblanceolatis v. 
ovalibus, ciliatis ; acheniis compressiusculis v. subteretibus. 
Diffusa, ramosissima, verisimiliter 1-2 ped. alta. Rami striati; alis denticulatis, tomentosis. Folia 
4-14 poll. longa, tomentosa. Capitula composita, sphærica, j poll. diam., purpurascentia ; pedunculi 
tomentosi, nudi, 3-1 poll. longi. Receptaculum commune ellipsoideum у. ovoideum, 75-14 poll. longum, 
basi squamis lanceolatis, subulato-acuminatis, tomentosis, deflexis, 25—7; poll. longis. 
Hab. Zungomero, Oct. 1860 (S. hirtus, App. Speke's Journ. 637), Col. Grant ! 
[This plant grows in thick tufts upon dried-up swamps or cracked clay soil near rice-fields, Zun- 
gomero. Flowers (October) are like purple buttons.—J. А. G.] 
Plate LIX. fig. 1. Common receptacle; fig. 2. Capitulum ; fig. 3. Female, and fig. 4. 
Hermaphrodite floret ; fig. 5. Stamens; fig. 6. Style. 
27. ACHYROCLINE SCHIMPERI, Schultz Bip. in hb. ; Schimp. Abyss. i. 393 ; A. Rich. Fl. 
Abyss. i. 428.— 4. (Gnaphalium) adoénsis, Schultz Bip. іп hb.; Schimp. Abyss. i. 41. 
Gnaphalium no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 688. 
Hab. Karagué, Dec. 1861, Col. Grant! Also found in Abyssinia and Zambesia. 
[Large bush, with handsome clusters of white soft-looking flowers, growing by watercourses at 
Karagué, alt. 4000 feet.—J. А. G.] ; 
28. HELICHRYSUM Ктвки, Oliv. & Hiern, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. (ined.). Erectum a basi 
suffruticosa; caule folioso, subvirgato, tomentoso; foliis linearibus v. anguste lineari- 
lanceolatis, apiculatis, marginibus revolutis, subtus albido-tomentosis, supra pilosulis 
tomentosisve, sessilibus, amplexicaulibus; capitulis late campanulatis, multifloris, laxe 
corymbosis, ramulos ultimos terminantibus ; involueri braeteis multiseriatis, laxe im- 
bricatis, flavido-stramineis, exterioribus brevioribus ovatis, obtusiusculis, intermediis ob- 
longis, aeutatis, interioribus linearibus acutis; receptaculo foveolato, glabro; floribus omni- 
bus hermaphroditis; acheniis oblongis, nitidis, glabris, obscure. дыра: шии; рарро 
barbellato, flavido. | 
Frutex 11-9 ped. altus; ramis sæpius apicem versus ramulos (loriferod fastigiatim хийн Ғойа 
4-14 poll. longa, approximata. Capitula 3-3 poll. diametro. 
Hab. East-coast range, 7° 24 S. lat., Oct. 1860 (Helichrysum по. 1, App. иг, s 
Journ. 638), Col. Grant! Found also in the Maravi country and in the Manganja hills. 
[18 inches high, with woody root and stem. Found on the east-coast range of hills at an altitude 
of 1000 feet, 7° 24’ S.lat. Flowers (October 30, 1860), like our “ everlasting flowers," bright yellow and 
shiny.—J. A. G.] - ! 
Plate LXI. fig. 1. Floret; fig. 2. Stamens ; fig. 3. €— fig. 4. Seta of 
pappus. ; 
29. HELICHRYSUM UNDATUM, Less. ; DC. Prod. vi. 198. redi perennis; eaule sim- 
o2 
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