380 Transactions of the South African PJiilosophical Society. 



MS. name as a new species, but which does not appear to have been 

 pubUshed ; the name, moreover, being preoccupied we are compelled 

 to pass it by. 



HELICHEYSUM, G^ertn. 

 H. GEMMiFERUM Bolus, n. sp. (Euhelichrysum § Ericsefolia). 



H. foliis iKvrvis dense confertis lanceolatis acutis utrinque 

 tomentosis ; capitulis suhumhellatis capitatisve ; involucri squamis 

 inter iorihus quam flores duplo longioribus demnm stihradiantihus- 

 niveis macula purpurea notatis ; corollis apice puryureis. 



Fruticulus erectus rigidus ramosissimus, 9-27 cm. altus ; rami 

 ramulique adscendentes usque ad apices dense foliosi, 2-7 cm. 

 longi ; folia imbricata, saepius erecta appressaque, rarius patentia,. 

 lanceolata acuta v. acuminata, marginibus inflexis, ca. 0*4 cm. longa,, 

 superioribus sensim paullo majoribus et ssepe gemmiferis, ad 0*7 cm. 

 longis ; capitula campanulata, 0'9 cm. longa, apice 0"6-0*8 cm. lata,. 

 in umbellis subglobosis 6-11-cephalis confertis, rarius (in exempli. 

 Marlothianis) 1-2-cephalis ; pedicelli tomentosi, 0-2-0-3 cm. longi,, 

 bracteis foliaceis 1-3 ; involucri squamae S-seriatae, exterioribus 

 erectis vel apicibus reflexis, linearibus acutis subfoliaceis fusco- 

 tomentosis, 0*4 cm. longis, interioribus oblongis, dimidio superiore 

 petaioideo radiante niveo opaco, ad flexionem macula purpurea, 

 notato, quam flores duplo longioribus ; receptaculum foveolatum ;. 

 flores 20-25 homogami, corollis 0*45 cm. longis, superne purpureis ;. 

 pappi setae serratae, apice barbellatae, copiosae, caducae, corollas, 

 excedentes ; achaenia glabra. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; distr. Stellenbosch, slopes of the Sneeuwkop 

 Mt., alt. 1,460 meters, Jan., Marloth, 1835 ! mountains about French 

 Hoek, approx. alt. 1,070 meters, Dec, G. Mann! (6389 in herb. 

 Bolus and herb. Kew); distr. Clanwilliam, Cederbergen, between 

 Clanwilliam and Biedouw, approx alt. 900 meters, Oct., Bolus,. 

 8297. 



Most nearly allied to H. cerastoides DC, which is only known to- 

 me from the somewhat brief description. It seems to be sufficiently 

 different by the more numerous heads, and by the inflexed (not. 

 " subre volute ") leaf-margins — a character which seems to be 

 generally constant. 



H. SiMii Bolus, n. sp. (Euhelichrysum § Declinata). 



H. declinato Less, affine, sed foliis sjMthulato-obovatis, ratione- 

 latioribus, capitidis solitariis majorihus facile distinguitur. 



Fruticulus nanus prostratus, totus albus, indumento molliter 



