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lobes 1 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, ovate, obtuse, glabrous. Filaments 

 1'5 mm. long, filiform ; anthers 25 mm. long, linear, with an ovate 

 gland at the apex, rounded at the base. Pappiis 5 - 5 mm. long, 

 plumose. Ovary 35 mm. long, '75 mm. broad, linear, pubescent; 

 style 4'5 mm. long, terete, glabrous ; style-lobes 15 mm. long, linear, 

 acute, shortly pilose on the upper half. 



Similar in appearance to If. crenata, Ness, from which it is easily 

 distinguished by the bulbous-based setae on the leaves. 



HELICHRYSUM, Gaertn. 



1. H. Hutchinson! i, Phillips, sp. nov. Frutex 18-22 cm. altus. 

 Rami teres, sparse pilosi. Folia "5-1 5 cm. longa, 1-3 mm. lata, 

 oblanceolata, apice obtusa, lanata, interduin seneroria glabra. 

 Ca/pitula solitaria, sessilia, terininalia vel axillaria, 5 mm. longa, 

 circa 4 mm. lata. Bracteae involucri circa 2-3-seriatae, 3-35 mm. 

 longae, - 75-l'25 mm. latae, lineares vel lanceolatae, apice acutae, 

 mucronatae, glabrae vel eximae lanatae. Flores marginis feminei. 

 Tubus corollae 2"5 mm. longus. Flores disci hermaphroditi. Tubus 

 corollae 2 - 5 mm. longus, cylindratus, glaber ; lobi "25 mm. longi, 

 triangulato-ovati, apice acuti. Antherae 1'5 mm. longae, lineares. 

 Ovarium - 5 mm. longum, ellipsoideum ; stylus 2 mm. longus, fili- 

 formis ; lobi # 5 mm. longi. Pappus 3*5 mm. longus, deciduus. 



Western Region : Namaqualand, between Steinkopf and the 

 Orange River, near Henkries, October. Phillips, 1612, Phillips in 

 Herb. Musei Austro-A/ric. 8989. 



A small shrub 18-22 cm. high, with numerous stiff slender branches 

 arising from an underground woody root-stock. Branches terete, 

 scantily pilose, with dark-reddish bark. Leaves - 5-l'5 cm. long, 

 1-3 mm. broad, oblanceolate, obtuse, w T oolly, the older leaves sometimes 

 glabrous. Heads solitary, sessile, either terminating short lateral 

 shoots or arising from the axils of the uppermost leaves, 5 mm. long, 

 about 4 mm. broad. Involucral bracts 2-3-seriate, 3-35 mm. long, 

 •75-125 mm. broad, linear to lanceolate, acutely mucronate, the 

 outermost matted with hairs, otherwise glabrous. Marginal flowers 

 female. Corolla-tube 2 - 5 mm. long. Disc flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Corolla-tube 2 - 5 mm. long, cylindric, glabrous ; lobes "25 mm. long, 

 triangular-ovate, acute. Anthers 1'5 mm. long, linear. Ovary "5 mm. 

 long, ellipsoid ; style 2 mm. long, filiform ; lobes "5 mm. long. Pappus 

 exceeding the corolla, 3*5 cm. long, deciduous. 



Named in compliment to Mr. J. Hutchinson, of the Kew Herbarium. 



