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glumerulum fere contracta terminatur. Folia coriacea, . triher- 

 via, nervis subtus nec supra prominulis, sparsa, seniiample- 

 xicaulia, margine inflexa, divergenlia, elliptica, obtusa, mu- 

 cronulata, tomento supra laxo demumque secedente, subtus 

 persisienle et crasso vestita, | — 3" longa, \ — 1\ 11 lata. 

 Capitula homogama, oo-llora, Ccrasi domesiicac magnitu- 

 dine. Involucrum niveum, scariosum, nitidum, multise- 

 riale, laxe imbricatum, foliolis uninerviis, planis ex ellipticis, 

 acutis in spathulata, circiter 5'" longa, laminis oblongo-el- 

 lipticis, obtlisis, niveis unguem linearem, virescentem duplam 

 circker aequantibus. Rhachis nuda, plana. Pappus clava- 

 lus, basi cohaerens, corollae lutescenti apiceque punctatae ae- 

 qualis. Ovaria scabra. 



23. Helichrysum grandiflornm * (GnapJialium gran- 

 diflorum L. sp. pl. 1191. Berg. cap. 245! Burrm, afr. t. 76. 

 f. 1. Andr. bot. repos. t. 489. G. fruticaus "W. sp. III. 

 1851. Ej. hrb. n. 15419. Andr. bot. rep. t. 4S9. nec L.) 



Frutex foliis utrinque albo-tomentosis, basi 

 latasessilibus; involucri campanulati, eradiantis, 

 flavescentis foliolis exterioribus acutis; capitulis 

 cyinosis. 



Bcrgius in valle inter monteni tabularem et diaboli 

 Febr. ; EcJdou in monle tabulari Febr. ; Muudt et Jlaire 

 in Kerstenbosch Jan. (v. sp. s. oo.) 



Caulis suffruticosus, erectus, -§ — pluripedalis, lanato- 

 tomentosus, pl. simplex, basi aphyllus. Folia rigido-mem- 

 branacea, sparsa, semiamplcxicaulia , margine plana, conco- 

 ldra, lanato-tonientosa, pl. exapiculata, ex coiifertissimis, di~ 

 vergentibus, ellipticis, acutiusculis, 1\ — 2" longis, \ — | u 

 latis in conferta, semilanceolala, cauli adpressa, multo mi- 

 nora, appendice scariosa terminata. Cyma multiradiata, 

 basi nuda, saepius fere in glomerulum contracla, simplex s. 

 composita, lerminalis in caule superne minus foliato. Capi- 

 tula mulliflora, homogama, vix parum majora quam in J/. 

 fclino. Involucrum semiglobosum, eradians, pallide stru- 

 mineo-flaveseens, scariosum, nitidum, imbricatum, muhise- 

 riale, foliolis planis, uninerviis, inlegerrimis ex elliplieis, 

 acutis in spathulata, 2 //; longa, lamina obtu.sissima, rotundo- 

 obovata, ungui virescenli, lincari, brcviori. llhachis plana, 



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