Cottony herb, 3-10 in. high. Leaves alt., spathulate or obovate, attenuate into short petiole. Heads campanulate, sessile, in dense spiciform terminal clusters; fem. fl. numerous; hermaphr. fl. 4-5 outer invol. lanate; midrib green. Dongola Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit). 537 =Helichrysum rosulatum= _O._ & _H._ Procumbent, tomentose perennial, 1½ in. high. Leaves alt., spathulate, oblong, emarginate, ½-1 in. long, crowded at base of branches. Capitula 6-7 all hermaphr., many together forming a subglobose head; invol. scales purple. Red Sea Prov. (shores of the Red Sea). =H. Nimmoanum= _O._ & _H._ Woolly white, shrubby plant. Leaves alt., oblong or ovate, ab. 1 in. long. Capitula 8-10 flowered, hermaphr., crowded in dense branched terminal corymbs; invol. scales straw-coloured. Red Sea Prov. (shores of the Red Sea). =H. gracilipes= _O._ & _H._ Procumbent rosulate, white woolly herb, giving out offshoots. Leaves elliptic, ½ in. long. Capitula hermaphr., 20-flowered, solitary at ends of branches; invol. scales straw-coloured. Red Sea Prov. =H. undatum= _Less._ Erect white-woolly perennial, 4 ft. high. Leaves linear to lanceolate, up to 5 in. long. Capitula hermaphr., with orange fimbrillæ, crowded in terminal corymbose cymes; 1-6 in. diam.; invol. scales rose-coloured. Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). =H. abyssinicum= _Sch. Bip._ Shrubby, 18 in. high. Leaves linear or linear-oblong, densely tomentose, ab. 1 in. long. Capitula heterog., 50-fl., yellow, crowded in dense globose clusters, 1-3 in. wide, terminal; fem. fl. filiform; invol. scales pale-yellow, shining. Darfur Prov. (J. Marra). 538 =Leysera capillifolia= _DC._ Slender glandular-scabrid annual. Leaves filiform or linear, crowded, 1 in. long. Cap. yellow, heterog., solitary on slender subterminal peduncles; fem. fl. ligulate, ligule very small; hermaphr. fl. tubular, 5-cleft. Red Sea Prov. (Coast: Soturba, J. Shellal at 3,000 ft., Suakin). 539 =Inula macrophylla= _Schultz Bip._ Perennial, 2-5 ft. high. Leaves alt., oval or ovate, 1 ft. or more long, upper cordate-amplexicaul, tawny-tomentose. Capitula hermaphr., yellow, in a dense corymbose terminal cyme, 4-8 in. wide. Red Sea Prov. (Karora). 540 =Iphiona scabra= _DC._ Glandular scabrid undershrub. Leaves alt., subulate-pungent, 1 in. long with 2-6 small basal spines. Capit. hermaphr., yellowish-white, 14-flowered, solitary, axillary or terminal. Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Soturba). 541 =Pegolettia senegalensis= _Cass._ Hispid annual, up to 2 ft. high. Leaves alt. linear or oblanceolate, ½-1 in. long. Capit. hermaphr., yellow, turning purple, 18-30 flowered, solitary, terminal. Blue Nile Prov. (Rufaa); Kordofan Prov. 542 =Vicoa auriculata= _Cass._ Annual, 1-3 ft. Leaves alt., linear-lanceolate to oblong, auriculate, amplexicaul, ½-3 in. long. Capit. hermaphr., orange-yellow, forming a loose terminal panicle.