71. composite: antiikmide^e. 439 



Pyrethnim sinense, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 62 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. viii. 

 p. 517; Franchet, PI. David, p. 167; Steetz in Seem. Bot. Voy. ' Herald' 

 p. 391 ; Bot. Mag. tt. 327, 2042 ; Bot. Reg. t. 455 (sub Chrysanthemo 

 indico varietatibus). 



Chihli : near Peking ( Williams ! Moellendorffl Bretschneider ! 

 Bushell !) ; Hupeh : Patung district (A. Henry !) ; Hongkong 

 (Wilfordl Champion ! Seemann !) ; Lucnu Archipelago 

 {Wright !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



Var. ? vestitum, Hemsl. ; foliis crassis integris vel grosse den- 

 tatis, subtus densissime appresseque tomentosis albidis, involucri 

 bracteis exterioribus crassis dense albo-tomentosis. 



Hupeh : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 1115, 

 3102 !). Herb. Kew. 



Of his number 1115 Dr. Henry writes, " common in winter in 

 the mountains ;" and of 3102, " I have only seen this in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Dome," a peak 2000 feet high a little south-west 

 of Ichang. He further states that the disk is yellow and the ray 

 white. 



This is very distinct in aspect from ordinary O. sinense ; but a 

 specimen collected in the Luchu Archipelago by Wright and re- 

 ferred to by Bentham (PI. Hongk. p. 185), and a cultivated 

 specimen from Japan, collected by Maximowicz and labelled 

 (inadvertently, it is presumed) "Pyrethrum indicum, /3. plenum," 

 connect it with the other forms. 



1. Matricaria inodora, Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2, p. 765 ; DC. 

 Prodr. vi. p. 52 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 545. 



Chatnseraelum (Gastrosulum) liraosum, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 156? 



Shingking : Peiling ( Webster !), between Moukden and Tung- 

 cheshien (James I). Herb. Kew. 



Western Europe to Mandshuria. 



It is a little doubtful whether the Shingking plant be correctly 

 referred to this species. 



1. Cotula anthemoides, Linn. S_p. PI ed. 1, p. 891 ; DO. 

 Prodr. vi. p. 78; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 185; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. iii. p. 316. 



Pleiogyne anthemoides, C. Koch in Bot. Zeit. 1843, p. 40. 



Pleiogyne cardiosperma, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 71 ; Benth. 

 in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 235. 



Machlis hemisphaerica, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 140. 



