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H. isoLEPis Bolus, n. sp. (Euhelichrysum § Stoechadina). 



H. fruticulus decumhcns ; foliis oblongis ; cajpitulis in corymbum 

 globosum arete congestis ; involucri squamis erectis inter se snb- 

 (zquilongis. 



Caules piures rhizomatici radicantes ; rami adscendentes foliosi 

 tomentosi, ad 15 cm. longi ; folia patentia, superiora fere erecta, 

 oblonga, obtuse acuta, apiculata, basi parum angustata, 1-2-5 cm. x 

 0'3-0-6 cm., 1-nervia, utrinque breviter pubescentia, pilis longioribus 

 parce intermixtis, nervo cum marginibus incrassatis prominenter 

 albo-lanatis, superiora sensim minora usque ad corymbos attingentia, 

 apice squamis scariosis coloratis appendiculata ; capitula homogama 

 turbinata 0-6 cm. longa, in corymbum globosum polycephalum, 

 2-2*5 cm. diam. arete congestum disposita; involucri squamae 

 circ. 32, 5-seriat8e, laxiuscule erectae subsequilongse obtusissimae 

 citringe, basi tomentosse, extimae oblongge vel oblongo-cuneatae, 

 0'6 cm. longae, interiores oblanceolatse, intimae lineares basi angus- 

 tata ; receptaculum foveolatum vel forsitan demum alveolatum ; 

 flores 28-30, corollis immaturis 035 cm. longis ; pappi setae apicem 

 versus barbellatae et aureae. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; on the side of the Great Winterberg, distr. 

 Queenstown, approx. alt. 2,250 meters, March, Galpin, 2657 ! 



This species has somewhat the habit of H. splendidum Less., var. 

 montanum Harv., next to which I would place it, although the heads 

 are very different. The leaves resemble those of certain forms of 

 H. fulgidum Willd., and of H. marginatum DC. 



H. Flanaganii Bolus, n. sp. (Euhelichrysum § Stoechadina). 



H. psiloleioidi Harv. affine, foliis obovatis oblongisve, obtusissimis, 

 capitulis minoribus, magis congestis, sat diffei'-t. 



Fruticulus perennis procumbens ; rami lignosi late patentes 

 radicantes, deinde debiliores, subherbacei, laxe adscendentes sim- 

 plices 8-10 cm. alti ; folia semi-amplexicaulia, inferiora patentia 

 vel reflexa, + conferta, superiora erecta saepius appressa, remotiora, 

 internodia aequantia, semper basin corymbi attingentia, eumque 

 saepius involucrantia, obovata oblongave obtusissima suprema 

 floraliaque acuta, nigroapiculata, obscure 3-nervia, utrinque 

 appresso-tomentosa, 1-1*5 cm. longa, 0-2-0-5 cm. lata ; corymbi 

 sessiles polycephali semi-globosi vel interdum fere globosi, dense 

 congesti rarius laxiusculi, subtus saepe dense araneoso-tomentosi, 

 l-3-l*8 cm. diam. ; capitula late campanulata, 0'3-0*4: cm. longa et 

 lata ; involucri squamae 3-seriatae erectae, apicibus patentibus vel 



