Elichrysum| LXXI, COMPOSITE. 565 
Hu1iia.—Flowers very bright yellow. In elevated bushy pastures, 
in rocky situations in Morro de Lopollo; fl. April 1860. No. 3497. 
Flowers very bright yellow. In elevated bushy pastures in Morro de 
Monino ; fl. end of April 1860. No. 3498. 
14. E. leiopodium DC. Prodr. vi. p. 200 (1837) (Helichrysum) ; 
Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 239 (1865). 
Huiiia.—In the drier bushy pastures annually set on fire in the 
winter, between Mumpulla and Nene; fl. Oct. 1859. No. 3472. At 
Mumpulla ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 3473. In bushy pastures near 
Mumpulla ; fl. June 1860. No. 3474. 
This species is very nearly related to FE. nudifoliwm, and difficult to 
be distinguished from it. 
15. E. nudifolium Less. Syn. Gen. Comp. p. 299 (1832) (Heli- 
chrysum) ; Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. p. 240. 
Gnaphalium nudifolium L. Pl. Rar. Afr. p. 19, n. 56 (1760). 
AmpBaca.—An erect herb, apparently perennial, very sparingly 
branched ; flowers deep yellow. In hilly wooded places near Puri 
Cacarambola ; fl. Oct. 1856. No. 3476. 
Pungo ANDONGO.—No notes. Fl. and fr. April 1857. No. 3477. 
HuiLtia.—In the more elevated pastures, among low bushes, in 
Morro de Monino, rather rare ; young fl. April 1860. No. 3475. 
16. E. Mundtii Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 243 
(1865) (Helichrysum). 
Hvitita.—Rhizome 1 to 3 ft. long, horizontal; flowers yellowish, 
nearly whitish. At the banks of the Lopollo river ; fl. beginning of 
May 1860. No. 3457. 
17. E. globosum Schultz Bip. in Mohl & Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. iii. 
p. 174 (1845); A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 425 (1847) (Helichrysum) ; 
O. & H. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 354. 
Gnaphalium globosum Schultz Bip., .c. 
Punco ANDONGO.—<An erect, apparently biennial herb, with pallid- 
yellowish flowers. In rocky sparingly grassy moist parts of Quilombo 
near the presidium ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1857. No. 3478. 
30. STQBE L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 323. 
1. 8. cinerea Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. p. 169 (1800); Harv. in 
Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 284 (1865). 
Hui~ita.—A cespitose shrub, 2 to 4 ft. high; involucral scales 
scarious, not horny ; florets dark purple ; achene sulcate-striate ; setze 
of the pappus plumose, connate at the base into a ring. In dry 
ie thickets about Lopollo; fi. April and May 1860. 
oO. : 
31. ATHRIXIA Ker; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 328. 
1. A. feliciodes Hiern, sp. n. 
A low scabrid perennial plant, 2 to 4 in. high, with the aspect 
of Phagnalon persicum Boiss.; rootstock woody, cespitosely 
branched ; stems woody below, wiry ; branches slender, ‘aumerous, 
crowded, spreading and ascending, leafy, angular or very 
narrowly alate by the decurrence of the leaves, dichotomous ; 
