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Frutex paucipedalis, glaber, ramis floriferis crassis. Folia 

 in ramorum apicibus conferta, coriacea, oblongo-elliptica vel 

 interdum obovata, 5-10 cm. longa, utrinque rotundata vel 

 interdum subcuneata, obtusa. Flores inter minores, in cymas 

 subterminales quam folia multo breviores dispositi, albi, pentameri. 

 Calyx obscure 5-dentatus, fructu paullo accrescente. Corollae 

 tubus intus villosus. Fructus ovoideus, 6-8 mm. longus, coeruleus. 



Seychelles. Mahe : summit of Morne, 900 m., /. Stanley 

 Gardiner, 1906. 



Kew possesses a coloured drawing of this plant, made by Miss 

 E. Dupont, daughter of Mr. R. Dupont, Curator of the Botanic 

 Station, Seychelles, and also a photograph of the shrub in its natural 

 habitat ; both presented by Mr. Gardiner. 



908. Helichrysum argentissimum, J. M. Wood [Compositae- 



Inuloideae] ; aflfinis H. albo, N. E. Brown (a nobis non viso) sed 

 foliorum forma et acheniis glandulosis distinctum. 



Folia basalia dense rosulata, linearia vel lineari-oblonga, 2'5-5*5 

 cm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, subamplexicaulia, in apicem obtusum 

 attenuata, densissime albo-pannosa (imprimis juniora) ; folia 

 caulina similia nisi breviora et apice hyalina, glabra, uninervia, 

 •apicibus superiorum ^ longitudinis aequantibus, summorum 

 involucri bracteas imitantibus. Pedunculi erecti, capitulum soli- 

 tarium gerentes, ad 10 cm. longi, dense lanosi. Capitula ad 2*5 

 cm. diam.,multiflora; involucri bracteae pluriseriatae, lanceolatae, 

 acutae, patulae, 8-18 mm. longae, infimae 5 mm. latae, superiores 

 2 mm. latae, omnes argenteo-albae, nitentes, glabrae, supra basin 

 transverse purpureo-notatae, basi incrassatae ; receptaculum alveo- 

 latum, fibrilliferum. Corolla breviter 8-dentata, glabra. Pappus 

 deciduus, setis apice clavato-barbellatis. Achaenia (immatura) 

 turgida, glandulosa. 



Natal. On the summit of Mount Gilboa, in open stony ground 

 and in crevices of rocks, 1,500-2,600 m., September, J. Wylie 

 {Herb. Wood, 10,025). ^ ' 9 



The collector, Mr. Wylie, states that the plant grows in dense 

 masses of 1-2 feet in diameter. With age the lowest leaves become 

 glabrous and dark brown and shining beneath. 



909. Coreopsis bella, Hutchinson, [Compositae-Helianthoideae]; 

 attims 6. pinnatipartitae, O. Hoffm., sed foliis pubescentibus 

 supra non scabridis, bracteis linearibus, pappo 2-aristato, et 

 achaemis pubescentibus. 



Siiffrutex circiter 1 m. altus. Rami sulcati, parce pubescentes. 

 bolia petiolata, tenuiter coriacea, pinnatipartita, ambitu ovata, 

 supra breviter subtus longe pubescentia segmentis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis acutis plus minusve profunde serratis vel irregulariter 

 pmnatilobis. Capitula pedunculata, terminalia, circiter 2 cm. 

 cliametro. Receptaculum latum, planum ; paleae oblongae,obtusae, 

 L cm. longae, 1-5 mm. latae, glabrae, versus apicem leviter con- 

 strictae. Involucri bracteae obtusae, 1-3 cm. longae, 4 mm. latae, 

 extenores herbaceae, oblongae, pilosae, interiores membranaceae, 

 extra pubescentes, intus glabrae. Flores radii 12, neutri ; tubus 

 hrevis, extra pilosus ; lamina oblongo-elliptica 12-nervia, 3 cm. 

 longa, apice subacuta vel obscure dentata. Achaenia pilosa, pappo 



