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acutis marginibus revolutis, capitulis in glomerulos dense congestis terminalibus v. ramulis brevibus 
axillaribus vix bracteolatis, involucri campanulati squamis lineari-oblongis pallidis hyalinis, flosculis plurimis. 
Lab. Fl. Nov. Holl. v. 2. p. 44. t. 189. DC. Prodr. G. simplex, Forst. fid. Herb. Cunn. A. Rich. Flora. 
A. Cunn. Prodr. : 
Var. a. spithamea ; folis radicalibus caulinis diversis nempe latioribus utrinque lanatis, caulibus 
simplicibus. 
Var. B ; omnia var. a sed foliis angustioribus superne glaberrimis subtus niveo- v. argenteo-tomentosis. 
Var. y; pedalis et ultra, ramis ramulosis proliferisve, foliis omnibus angustioribus, glomerulis brac- 
teolis 1-2 involucratis. Ad G. involucratum accedit. 
Has. Throughout the Islands; abundant, Forster, ete. 
This is a very distinct species, and may at all times be recognized from G. involucratum and G. virgatum by 
the broad involucres, which have more numerous florets and paler broader scales; also by there being very few and 
short bractese below the heads, or more generally none. The var. y has tall leafy branched stems, a foot high, and 
very narrow leaves, resembling G. involucratum in habit and appearance very closely; but the usual state of this 
plant is a tufted herb, a span high, with numerous radical petiolate leaves, and simple, sparingly leafy, woolly stems. 
Radical leaves 1-3 inches long, linear-oblong or spathulate, sharp or apiculate, smooth or sparingly woolly above, 
densely woolly below, or covered with appressed silvery tomentum; cauline leaves narrower, sharp. Capitula 
' clustered into rounded terminal or axillary dense masses, 1-3 inch diameter, pale yellow-brown, shining, with one 
or two generally short leafy bractese at the base. Involucres 3-3 lines long, broadly oblong or campanulate, 
spreading after the florets have fallen away, and exposing the rather broad many-flowered receptacle.— This is also 
a Tasmanian and New Holland plant. In the form of the involucres it resembles G. luteo-album, but the scales 
are less numerous, and the densely-packed inflorescence not presenting the characters of a corymb will at once dis- 
tinguish it. 
Gen. XVI. HELICHRYSUM, DC. 
Omnia Gnaphalii, sed flosculi radii 9 , 1-seriales. 
'The New Zealand species of this genus are to be distinguished from Raoulia by the broad receptacle, and from 
Gnaphalium by the female marginal florets forming but one row. In the Cape of Good Hope, and Australia and 
Tasmania, there are very numerous and often extremely handsome species of Helichrysum, and a few are found in 
Europe and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. There is much difference of habit amongst them, some having 
broad, white, rayed, involucral scales, like the first section of New Zealand Gnaphalia; others having narrow 
involucres, with erect scales, as in the two species to be described here. (Name a Greek one, supposed to have 
been applied to a South European species of this genus.) 
1. Helichrysum ‚filicaule, Hook. fil. ; caule folioso filiformi suberecto simplici v. diviso, ramis apice 
monocephalis lanatis, foliis uniformibus sessilibus obovato-oblongis acuminatis v. mucronatis subtus 
argenteo-lanatis, capitulis pedunculatis, involucri late campanulati squamis exterioribus lanatis intimis 
scariosis hyalinisve nullis radiantibus, acheniis pubescentibus. Conyza uniflora, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Tan, XXXVI. B. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Dry hills, especially towards the east coast, Banks and Solander, 
Forster, ete. 
Stems very slender, a span to a foot long, simple or divided, woolly, leafy except towards the apex of the 
branches, which form long teafy peduncles to the heads, which are solitary. Leaves uniform in size, scattered, 
1—4 inch long, sessile, oblong-obovate, sharp or apiculate, smooth above, densely clothed with appressed silvery wool 
below. Heads 4 inch long, broadly campanulate, many-flowered. Involucral scales imbricated ; outer shorter, 
