iOiÖ BULMCllN DK l>'HF.!tBlEn BOISSlKlî (2"'« SÉR.). 



fere lolidem lal. Involiicri phylla exlenora circa 0.08 cm. inleriora 

 0,05 cm lat. Receptaciilum 0.12 cm diam. Flosc. hermaph. corollsß 

 0,16 cm long.; harum limbus 5-fidus; ilosc. fem. lenuissimse, fere 0,2cm 

 long. Acheenia 0,06 cm, pappus 0,2 cm long. 



At once distinguished from ils allies G. repens Linn. and G. pros- 

 tratum Thuiib. by its narrow and acuminate involucral leaves. At a first 

 view it looks much like Lasiopogon micropoides DC. The puppus-hairs 

 are peculiar. 



Helichrysum (Argyreia i Leptorhi za) scleranthoides S.Moore 

 nov. spec. — Planta anniia, hnmillima, caulibiis radice aLleniialo fullis 

 üliformibus decumbenlibus rarifolialis araneoso-pubescenlibus tandem 

 glabris, foliis exiguis linearibus vel lineari-oblongis breviler araneoso- 

 pubescentibus maxinia pro parle e ramuiis perbrevibus capitulorum 

 glomerulis parvis coronalis oriiindis. capilulis cylindrico-lurbinalis 

 9 — i3-nosculosis. involiicri circa 3-serialis glabri phyllis inier se siib- 

 aequalibus oblongo-lanceoLalis aculis band radianlibus pallide slramineis 

 vel rufescenlibus, flosciilis fem. saepissime 4 — 8. hermaph 5 — 9, acha^niis 

 angusle cylindricis glabris, pappi selis 6—8 deorsum glabris (ima basi 

 scabridis) sursnm plumosis albis. 



Deutsch -Südwest- Afrika : 6'ro5s-iYawa/anrf, !Gubub. Dinier 1242, 

 1244. 



Folia 0,3 — 0,5 cm long., snmmum 0.1 cm lat. vel minus. Capitula 

 0,3 cm long., 0,2 cm. diam. Involucri phylla 0,17— 0,22 cm long. Flosc. 

 fem. corolUe 0,12 cm long., inferne dilatalas; flosc. hermaph. 0.16 cm 

 long. Achssnia 0,06 cm, pappi setœ 0,15 cm long. 



The affinily of this is wilh H. micropoides DC. and //. filagiaenm DC. 

 both known lo me only by description, from which iheir possession 

 of différent leaves and involucres is ajiparent. The plant has given me 

 much Irouble owing to some of Ihe heads having more female Ihan 

 liermaphrodite fiorets. but Ihe reverse condition is the more iisual so 

 for as my expérience goes. 



Helichrysum leptolepis DG. Piodr. TÏ (1837), 170. H. dama- 

 7-ense 0. Hoffm. in Engl. Dot. .lahrb. X (1888), 84. 



— var. intermedia S. Moore nov. var.. foüa oblanceolata. 0,5 cm lala. 

 Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika : Hereroland, Otavi, Dinier 557 (pars). 



— var. iatifüiia S. Moore nov. var., folia obovala,modiceO. 7 — 1,3cm lala. 

 Deutsch -Südwest -Afrika : HereroUuid, Waterberg Plateau, Dinier 



557 (pars). 



Heiichrysum (Argyreia i Obvallatde) Dinteri S. Moore nov. spec. 

 — Humile caulibus e radice valido rariranioso abbreviatis subdeciirn- 

 bentibus glabris ramulos ascendenles teneros iina cum foliis lana 

 araneoso-lomentosa grisea oblectis gigantibus. foliis sessilibus linearibus 

 vel lineari-spathulatis obtusis. capilulis parvulis helei'ogamis subcampa- 

 nulalis solitai'iis foliis ultimis arcte cinclis cii'ca 30-fiosculosis, involucri 

 circa 4-serialis phyllis inter se subaequalibus glabris lamina lanceolata 

 bi'eviler acuminala purpurea deinde sordide siraminea coronalis. recepla- 

 culo, piano flosculis circa 5 femineis, achainiis immaluris oblongis 

 subterelibus papillosis, pappi selis scabriuscuhs albis. 



Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika : Hereroland, Walerbei'g Plateau, Dinier 387. 



Summum i0,0 cm all. Folia 0,5—0,8 cm long.. 0.1—0.12 cm lal. 

 Capitula O.o cm long., 0,4 cm diam. Involucri phylla 0,4 — 0.5 cm long., 

 0,1 — 0,15 cm lat. Receptaculum circa 0,1 cm diam. Fiusculorum fem. 



