Eelichrysum.'] Lxxui. composit;e (oliyer and hiern). 351 



very numerously flowered, nearly 1 in. long, at or near the extremity 

 of the stem. Scales of the involucre pluriseriate, imbricated, 

 glabrous and shining, mostly rose-purple ; inner linear, acute ; outer 

 lanceolate, gradually narrowed, subacute, rather shorter. Receptacle . 

 Fl. all § (?). Achenes glemdulsir. —GnaphaUum adenocarpum, Sch 

 Bip. in Mohl et Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. iii. p. 170 (1845). 



Mozamb. Distr. Kilima-njaro, highest zone of vegetation, Ecv. C. New ! 

 Occurs also south of the Tropic. 



15. K. argryrosphaerum, DC. Prodr, vi. p. 174 Diffuse or de- 

 cumbent herb, much-branched from suffruticose stock; branches terete 

 below, subangular above, more or less lanate, not or scarcely exceeding 

 6 in. long, leafy. Leaves spathulate, obtuse or subacute, mucronulate, 

 sessile, subamplexicaul, upper subdecurrent, more or less lanate on both 

 sides, entire, |-1 in. long by -j\-^ in. wide. Capitula widely campanu- 

 late or hemispherical, many-flowered, ^ in. diameter, solitary, sub- 

 sessile, terminal. Scales of involucre pluriseriate, loosely imbricated, 

 rounded or acuminate at apex, glabrous, hyaline, in some cases with 

 reflexed tips ; innermost linear- spathulate with coriaceous green midrib 

 extending two-thirds distance up the scale ; outer successively shorter 

 and more elliptical. Receptacle naked. Florets hermaphrodite, few 

 outer ones female. Achenes oblong, small, covered with small sessile 

 glands. — Gnaphalium argyrosphcerum^ Schultz Bip. in Mohl et Schlecht 

 Bot. Zeit. iii. p. 170 (1845). 



Soutb Central. S. Lat. 23°, Chapman and Baines! Maravi Country, west of 

 Lake Nyassa, 12° S. Lat. (Form with capitula ^ in. diameter and acuminate. Dr. 

 Livingstone! scales recurv'-ed at tip ; possibly a distinct species.) 



Occurs also south of the Tropic. 



16. K. abyssinicum, Schultz Bip. in Eh. Schimp. Abyss, sect. i. 

 n. 127, ii. n. 663. Suffruticose, 9-18 in. high or more, branched above; 

 branches subvirgate, terete, cottony above, leafy. Leaves linear or 

 linear-oblong, subobtuse with short cartilaginous mucro, sessile, wide 

 or scarcely narrowed at base, more or less densely tomentose on both 

 sides especially beneath, entire, margins often revolute, ^-1^ in. long 

 by xV~4 i^- wide. Capitula campanulate, I in. long, about oO-flowered, 

 subsessile, crowded in dense globose or corymbose clusters, 1-3 in. 

 wide at ends of branches. Scales of involucre pluriseriate, of prim- 

 rose colour, shining ; inner oblong-oblanceolate or oval-oblong, sub- 

 acute or obtuse, glabrous ; outer oblong or ovate, subacute, thinly 

 woolly at base outside. Receptacle rather prominent, naked. § fl. <x, 

 outermost ? . Achenes minutely glandular, otherv/ise glabrous. — 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 423. Gnaphalium ahyssinicum, Sch. Bip. in 

 Mohl et Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. iii. p. 174 (1845). 



Wrile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Q. Dillon and Petit ! Rot/i ! 

 Mozaznb. Bistr. Kilima-njaro, highest zone of vegetation, Ecv. C. Ncu>.' 

 Very like H. splcndidum, Less., but differs by more spreading leaves and less ob- 

 tuse involucral scales. 



17. K. biafranum, Hook. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 202. 

 Tall erect slender herb, 10 ft. high. Branches virgate, terete, striate, 



