PHANEROGAMS — PROFESSOR BAYLEY BALFOUR. 131 



on the dry hill slopes. A distinct enough species, it belongs to the section 

 Leptorhiza of the subgenus Euhelichrysum. This section is otherwise entirely 

 confined to south Africa, and with several of the south African species our 

 plant has close affinity. Possibly H. micropoides, DC. (Prod. vi. 170), a Cape 

 Colony plant, is its nearest ally, but is distinguished by the sessile heads and 

 the form of bracts. With H. capillaceum, Less. (Syn. Comp. 275), there is con- 

 siderable resemblance. 



4. H. aciculare, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 839. 

 Tab. XXXIV, B. 



Suffruticosum ericaephylloideum procumbens v. ceespitosum glabreseens ; capitulis obconoideis 

 40-50-floris breviter pedicellatis 3-5 ad apices pedunculorum solitariorum axillarium 

 longorum breviter lanatorum dispositis ; pbyllariis glabris omnibus fulvo-stramineis ; 

 receptaculo nudo ; acbeniis puberulis. 



Suffruticosa parva cum axe subterraneo lignoso longo ramisque procumbentibus v. csespitosis 

 foliis marcidis persistentibus dense vestitis. Folia anguste-linearia ericoidea v. revoluta 

 aciculariaque § poll, longa baseis dilatatis imbricatis marginibusque membranaceis ad 

 apices ramorum stellatim patentia safcurate-viridia, inferiora marcida reflexa rigida nitida 

 leviter punctulata, superiora pilis paucis lanatis floceosis basi vestita. Capitula 

 obconoidea 40-50-flora \ poll, longa subsessilia v. brevissime pedicellata in 3-5-capitatas 

 axillares solitarias longe pedunculatas cymas disposita, cymis plerumque 1-2 ad ramulum 

 quemque ; pedunculi 2-3 poll, longi erecti compressi sparsim floceoso-lanati pbyllis paucis 

 remotis parvis basi gibbosis v. subamplexicaulibus gradatim in phyllaria transeuntibus 

 suffulti. Involucrum polyphyllum, phyllariis multi-(10)-seriatis glabris nitidis fulvo- 

 stramineis marginibus scariosis, intimis linearibus v. apice subexpansis acutis, proximis 

 subaequilongis, cseteris gradatim deorsum minoribus, extimis minutis ovato-acuminatis. 

 Receptaculum nudum. Flores omnes $ regulares. Achenia minuta subteretia sparse 

 puberula. Pappus basi scabridus apice subplumoso-barbellatus. 



Socotra. On the tops of the Haghier hills, at an elevation over 2500 

 feet. B.C.S. n. 397. Schweinf. n. 561. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



Another very distinct species. It differs by its ericoid foliage from all 

 tropical African species, and it has no very near affinity in similarly clad south 

 African forms. Like the foregoing, it is only found on the highest parts of 

 the island. 



5. H. Nimmoanum, Oliv. and Hiern in Oliv. Flor. Trop, Afr. iii. 347. 

 Tab. XXXV. 



Suffruticosum plus minus albido-tomentellum ; foliis breviter petiolatis anguste ellipticis v. 

 ovatis ; capitulis parvis oblongis 8-10-floris pedicellatis in corymbas terminales dispositis ; 

 phyllariis glabris stramineis ; receptaculo nudo ; acbeniis minute glandulosis. 



Suffrutex parvus ramosus ramis teretibus supra albido-tomentellis glabrescentibus 8 poll, longis 

 v. longioribus. Folia breviter petiolata ^— 1£ poll, longa £— \ poll, lata anguste elliptica v. 

 ovata subacuta v. subobtusa apiculata basi subangustata integra inconspicue pinnato-venia 

 albido-tomentella prresertim in pagina inferiore. Capitula oblonga 8-10-flora \ poll, longa 

 breviter pedicellata in corymbos termiuales l-2£ poll. diam. subdense ramosos disposita. 



