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absent, or very sparingly exhibited, in H. suhglomeratum, and is not 

 noticed either by Lessing or Harvey. It is, however, found on the 

 leaves of one or two other species of the genus. 



H. LEPiDOPODiUM Bolus, n. sp. (Lepicline § Chionostemma, 

 Harvey, extens.). 



H. in toto argenteo-alhiclum ; foliis simthulato-ohovatis, utrinque 

 tojnento intertexto arete aclpresso levi tectis ; pechcnculis monocephalis, 

 squamis crehris scariosis cadueis onnstis. 



Fruticulus ramosus, 60 cm. altus ; rami rigidi lignosi foliosi ; folia 

 imbricata erecta appressa sessilia semiamplexicaulia spathulato- 

 obovata, obtuse acuta, subtus 1-nervia, utrinque tomento intertexto 

 arete adpresso argyreo levi subnitente tecta, 1-2-2 cm. longa, 0*8- 

 1-3 cm. lata; pedunculi robusti lignosi erecti monocephali, 9-10 cm. 

 longi, bracteis crebris scariosis diaphanis ovatis, longe acuminatis, 

 cadueis, basibus semiamplexicaulibus persistentibus, circa 1 cm. 

 longis, ornati ; capitula ovalia circa 3*3 cm. longa et lata ; involucri 

 squamae 5-6-seriat8e erectse sublaxse, nee radiantes, scariosae nitentes 

 nivesB, basi purpureo-maculatse, exteriores ovatae acuminat^e 1*5 cm. 

 longae, interiores lanceolatae longe acuminatse, 2-8 cm. long^, intimae 

 oblongae obtusae, 0-5-0-7 cm. longae ; receptaculum subplanum, 

 alveolatum, septis fovearum in setas 4 breves pallidas productis ; 

 flores ^ , corollae 0-6 cm. longae ; pappi setae fere glabrae vel vix 

 scabrae, basi brevissime concretae ; achaenia ovalia crassa, facie 

 leviter applanata, glabra granulata brunnea, 0*25 cm. longa. 



Hab. : Cape Colony; on slopes of the Sneeuwkop Mt., near 

 Stellenbosch, approx. alt. 1,460 meters, Jan., Marloth, 1831 ! (in 

 my herb.). 



A very distinct species, without any near ally known to me. It 

 may be recognised at once by its close silvery indument, without 

 visible hairs and almost metallic in appearance, combined with its 

 large solitary heads. The latter most resemble those of H. vestitum, 

 Less., next to which it may be placed. 



Helichrysum, sub-gen, nov. Lysiolepis, Bolus. 



Beceptamilo paleis scariosis cadueis ovaria semi-amplectentiBus 

 onusto. 



H. argyrophyllum De Candolle, Prodr., vi., p. 186. This species 

 w^as placed by Harvey (Flora Capensis, iii., p. 233) in the subgenus 

 Euhelichrysum, section Chrysolepidea, subsection Xerochlaena. 

 But neither author makes any mention of the paleae on the 

 receptacle. These are oblong acute, strongly incurved, scarious 



