338 PROF. OLIVER ON THE PLANTS 
PLUCHEA Dioscorrpis, DO., var. GLABRA. Kilima-njaro, 5600 ft. 
РѕтАртА, sp. поу.? 6000 ft. 
ACHYROCLINE Носнзтеттевт, Sch. Kilima-njaro, 6000 ft. 
GNAPHALIUM LUTEO-ALBUM, L. 6000 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM Newt, Oliv. & Hiern. 18,200-14,200 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM ELEGANTISSIMUM, DO., var. ? (H. formosissimum, Sch. Bip., var. angusti- 
Jolia). 9000-11,000 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM FORMOSISSIMUM, Sch. Bip. var.? With the facies of H. adenocarpum, 
DC., but the ovaries are glabrous. 8000-13,000 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM FORMOSISSIMUM, var. capitulis albis. 10,000 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM KILIMANJARI, Oliv., sp. nov. ; caulibus gracilibus adscendentibus v. erectis 
subteretibus glanduloso-puberulis, foliis caulinis anguste linearibus acutiusculis 
amplexieaulibus supra v. utrinque glanduloso-puberulis subtus plus minus laxe 
villoso- v. arachnoideo-tomentosis, capitulis homogamis hemisphzericis multifloris 
longiuscule peduneulatis in cymis laxis corymbiformibus 7-9-cephalis dispositis, 
involueri squamis pluriseriatis exterioribus brunneo tinctis ovatis acutiusculis, 
interioribus flavidis apice oblongo-lanceolatis aeutis, receptaculo nudo areolato, 
corollis tubulosis coriaceis, acheniis minutis subteretibus v. obscure angulatis, pappo 
caducissimo barbellato. 
Kilima-njaro, 8300 ft. 
Caules i-1-ped. superne ramosi. Folia į poll. longa, cire. 1 lin. lata. Capitula + poll. 
diam.; pedunculi 3-1 poll., graciles bracteati. 
HELICHRYSUM GLOBOSUM, Sch. Bip., forma? 10,000 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM FRUTICOSUM, Vatke, var. 13,000 and 13,200 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM ABYSSINICUM, Sch. Bip. 9000-11,000 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM ABYSSINICUM, Sch. Bip., forma. 11,000-13,200 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM SETOSUM, Harv. (H. feetidum, Cass., var. ?). 9000-11,000 ft. 
HELICHRYSUM Ктвки, Oliv. & Hiern, forma ? 
Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft. 
. The capitula are rather too young, but probably of this species, which we have from 
various localities in the Eastern Tropical Highlands. 
ASTEPHANIA, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1506. (Compositze $ Buphthalmez.) 
Capitula heterogama homochroma radiata, floribus radii 2 1-seriatis discique 9 fertilibus. 
Involucrum subhemisphericum basi leviter intrusum, bracteis 2-3-seriatis herbaceis 
basi coriaceis subzqualibus. Receptaculum convexum paleis angustissimis flores 
subzequantibus onustum. Corolle 9 ligulatæ, lamina ovali-oblonga apice minutis- 
sime 3-denticulata v. integra; 9 regulares tubo angusto sursum ampliato limbo 
breviter 5-dentato. Anthere basi sagittatze auriculis per paria connatis apice 
connectivo breviter ofato acuto apiculate. Styli fl. 9 rami lineari-oblongi obtusi 
