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the phyllaries shade away from purplish-red above to a pale anaemic brown at the 

 base itself, where they are succeeded by the uppermost foliage-leaves. 



The following additional specimen, in Herb. Kew., is apparently H. flam' 

 meiceps in a more advanced state, with the phyllaries laxer and more squarrose: 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, very common in grasslands, flowering 

 tufts about 30 cm. in diameter and up to 50 cm. high, heads golden-yellow to 

 reddish-yellow, Aug. 14, 1949, P. O. Wiebe N/209. 



Helichrysum kirkii Oliv. & Hiern ex Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. 29: 95. pi 61. 1873; 

 Moeser, Bot. Jahrb. 44: 331. 1910. 

 Helichrysum milanjiense Britten, Trans. Linn. Soc. II. Bot. 4: 19. 1894; Moeser, Bot. 

 Jahrb. 44: 342. 1910. 



Blantyre District: Near Blantyre, in Brachystegia woodlands, herb, flowers 

 yellow, 1000 m., May 24, 1946, Vernay 16024.* Zomba District: Zomba, occa- 

 sional in woodlands, herb 70-90 cm. high, flowers yellow, 1150 m., May 26, 1946, 

 16039. Zomba Plateau, frequent in woodlands, perennial herb 80-100 cm. high, 

 leaves grey beneath, flowers yellow, 1430 m., May 30, 1946, 16097. Mlanje Dis- 

 trict: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, locally common in open grasslands, 

 herb 40-50 cm. high, leaves grey, plant compact, showy, base woody, flowers 

 greenish-yellow, 2150 m., June 27, 1946, 16467; ibid., plentiful in grasslands 

 from 2000-2250 m., herb 30-50 cm. high, bracts greenish-yellow, erect, 2150 m., 

 July 3, 1946, 16624. Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, frequent in Brachy- 

 stegia woodland, shrub 60-100 cm. high, stems several, erect from a stout stock, 

 leaves grey, bracts yellow, discs brown, 1400 m., July 26, 1946, 16900, Mpofu, 

 Bua River, in Brachystegia woodland, herb 30-40 cm. high, flowers yellow, 970 

 m., Aug. 1, 1946, Vernay 17095. North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common 

 in open grasslands, shrub 30-40 cm. high, bushy, with many stems erect from an 

 enlarged stock, florets yellow, bracts greenish-yellow, 2350 m., Aug. 16, 1946, 

 17249; ibid., Nchena-chena Spur, in Brachystegia woodlands, about 1 m. high, 

 flowers dry, bracts yellow, 1500 m., Aug. 20, 1946, 17357; ibid., frequent in 

 grasslands, about 1 m. high, flowers and bracts yellow, 1650 m., Aug. 20, 1946, 

 17367. Kasungu District: Kasungu, sporadic in Brachystegia woodland, perennial 

 herb 60-80 cm. high, flowers yellow, 1000 m., Aug. 26, 1946, 17427. Kenya, Tan- 

 ganyika Territory, Belgian Congo, and Nyasaland. 



H. kirkii is decidedly variable in breadth and density of leaves, number of 

 heads per stem, size of capitula and number of phyllaries. I cannot see any satis- 

 factory reason for keeping H. milanjiense Britten separate. 



Bras~ 16039 approaches the var. luteo'rubellum (Bak.) Moeser in having a 

 pale dull reddish tinge on the upper part of the phyllaries, but it is hardly ex- 

 treme enough to pass as the variety itself. 



Helichrysum huchanani Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. (Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 

 Berl. 1891:) 429. 1892; Moeser, Bot. Jahrb. 44: 331. 1910. 

 Zomba District: Zomba Plateau, common in open grasslands, perennial herb 

 50-80 cm. high, grey, stems several to many, erect from a woody stock, flowers 

 yellow, 1800 m., May 31, 1946, 16141. Nyasaland and S. Rhodesia; also in Tan- 

 ganyika Territory according to Moeser. 



Helichrysum buchanani Engl. var. majus Brenan, var. nov. 



A typo capitulis valde numerosis saepe majoribus (1-) 1.3-1. 5 cm. longis 

 aggregato-corymbosis differt. 



Mlanje District: Tuchila Plateau, 1830 m. f Aug. 1901, /. M. Purves 86 (Herb. 

 Kew.). Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, among grass and rocks, the most 

 common species, 2130 m., Sept. 23, 1929, /. Burtt Davy 1987 (Herb. Kew.); ibid., 



