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gama (flore unico 2 in capitulo unico detecto), e cymulis breviter pedun- 
culatis vel sessilibus in corymbum planum araneoso-intertextnm, 1-2 cm. 
diam., arete congesta, cylindracea, 3-4-fl. rarissime 5-fl., 0'3-0-4 cm. longa ; 
involucri squamae circa 12, 4-seriat8e, adpressae, ellipticae, oblongse vel late 
lineares, obtusas vel subacutse, flores fere sequantes, exterioribus basi 
araneosis, fuscescentibus, reliquis glabris nitentibus flavidis apice aureis, 
0-15-0-3 cm. longge ; receptaculum alveolatum ; corolla 0*18 cm. longa ; 
pappus -0-; achaenia elliptica subcompressa, anguste marginata, glabra, 
0"07o cm. longa. 
Var. : /3 robustum ; e basi multiramosa, ramis brevioribus, foliis 
densioribus obtusiusculis. 
Hab. : Cape Colony ; Griqualand East, near the summit of Malowe 
Mt., in marshy ground, approx. alt. 1,675 metres, March, Tyso7i, 2756 ! (in 
herbb. Kew and Cape Gov.). Natal, swampy ground on Great Noodsberg, 
approx. alt. 900 metres, April, /. Medley Wood, 4131 ! Nkandhle, id. 8827 ! 
Transvaal, Mpome Berg, approx. alt. 2,000 metres, March, B. Schlechter, 
4735 ! (in herbb. Kev^, my own, &c.). Yar. /3 Cape Colony ; distr. 
Maclear, Drakensbergen, near Luhana Pass, approx. alt. 2,280 metres, 
May, Galpin, 2325 ! Tsitsa footpath, 1,825 metres, March, Galpin, 6681 ! 
Sutton's Peak, Gatberg, Baur, 236 ! 
In habit and general appearance this resembles H. simillimum, D.G. 
But, owing to its alveolate receptacle, without fimbrils or projecting teeth, 
it should rather be placed in the sub-genus Euhelichrysum, next to H. 
umhraculigermn, Less., to which by its inflorescence it is very similar. It 
differs, however, by the almost complete absence of female florets, and by 
the absence of pappus. Whether this last character be constant is at 
present uncertain. Ten heads from two difl'erent gatherings have been 
examined and no pappus found. This is not a solitary exception in the 
genus, for no pappus has been found in H. infaustiim, Wood and Evans, 
of which, besides the type, I have had the opportunity of examining other 
specimens. In H. anomalum, Less., the setae are reduced to 1-4 in 
number. 
H. Dykei, Bolus, n. sp. (Lepicline § Edmondia). 
H. foliis ohlongis oblanceolatisve, tomentosis ; capitulis solitariis magnis 
ttirhinatis pedunculatis midtifioris ; peduncidis dense multibracteatis, 
bracteis gradation in squamos involucri transeuntibus ; involucri sguamis 
^-1-seriatis, exterioribus flores multo superantibus. 
Fruticulus humilis ? ; rami ad 10 cm. longi rigidi, dense foliosi tomen- 
tosi ; folia patentia vel erecto-patentia sessilia oblonga oblanceolatave 
subacuta tomentosa, 0-8-1-4 cm. longa, 0-2-0-4 cm. lata; capitula pedun- 
culata solitaria turbinata 2-2-5 cm. longa, apice 3-4 cm. lata ; pedunculi 
dense bracteati, bracteis imbricantibus ovatis acuminatis membrana- 
