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Fruticulus erectus ramosus ad 60 cm. altus ; rami adscendentes 

 dichotomi robusti rigidi inferne nudi superne adusque corymbos 

 dense foliosi ; folia sessilia semi-amplexicaulia adscendentia vel 

 patentia, inferiora saepe reflexa, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata acuta, 

 utrinque 7-9-nervia, superne glabra rudia nervis profunde depressis 

 bene notata, inferne tomento intertexto cano vestita, nervis promi- 

 nentibus sub tomento demum + perspicuis, ad 1-4 cm. longa, 

 0-4-0-7 cm. lata; corymbi terminales sessiles dense conferti, polyce- 

 phali semiglobosi, foliis floralibus cincti, 2-2*5 cm. diam. ; capitula 

 campanulata sessilia vel pedicellis tomentosis 0-l-0"2 cm. longis fulta, 

 circa 26-30 fl., 0-5-0'6cm, longa, apice 04 cm. lata, floribus femineis 

 perpaucis; involucri squamae 3-seriat8e fuscae erectse, exteriores lanceo- 

 latae acuminatas basi araneosse, 0*2 cm. longae, interiores intimseque 

 lineares acutae apicibus tantum patentibus reflexisve, 0-5 cm. longae ; 

 receptaculum foveolatum ; pappi setae circa 10-12, minute serrulatae 

 apicem versus barbellatae ; achaenia subcompressa papillosa fusca. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; district Barkly East, Witbergen, Ben Mac- 

 dhui, approx. alt. 2,925 meters, March, Galjjin, 6692 ! (in my herb.). 



A very distinct species with the habit of H. trilineatum DC, 

 differing from that by its broader acute leaves, which are always 

 glabrous above, by ics acute and differently coloured inv. scales, 

 and by its foveolate receptacle. In H. trilineatum, which is placed 

 in the subgenus Lepicline ; the receptacle is honeycombed with 

 distinctly raised and toothed ridges between the cells, while such 

 ridges in ours are quite absent. It should therefore be placed in the 

 subgenus Euhelichrysum, where it may stand at the end of the 

 section Stoechadina. 



H. OLiGOPAPPUM Bolus, n. sp. (Lepicline § Aptera?). 



H. foliis linearihiis ad 6 cm, longis, 0-l-0*3 cm. latis ; capitulis 

 numerosis in corymhum conglomeratum 0-9-1 '7 cm. latum + dense 

 confertis, lO-l^-floi'is ; pappi setis perpaucis, apicem versus phimosis, 

 apice squamis vesicularihus inflatis corojiatis. 



Fruticulus erectus ad 25 cm. altus, e basi ramosus ; rami ramu- 

 lique adscendentes, interdum subvirgati foliosi, cum foliis indumento 

 membranaceo arete intertexto griseo vestiti ; folia sessilia, sub- 

 decurrentia erecti-patentes vel saepius late recurva, linearia acuta, 

 basi parum ampliata, saepe conduplicata, 1-nervia, 1-6 cm. — saepis- 

 sime 2-3 cm. longa, 0"l-0*3 cm. lata; capitula turbinata 10-12-fl., 

 0'3 cm. longa, in corymbum 20-40- cephalum bracteatum adpresse 

 lanatum, 1-2 cm. latum, + dense conferta ; involucri squamae 

 3-4-seriatae, appressae hyalinae obtusissimae, exteriores ovatae, in- 



