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ARCTOTIS AntHEMOIDES. CHAxMOMILE 



Arctotis. 



C/afs and Order. 



SyNGENESI A PoLYGAMr A NEC ESS ARIA. 



Generic Charatler. 



Recept. viilofum feu paleaceum. Pappus corona 5-phylla. 

 Cat. imbricatus: fquamis apice fcariofis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ARCTOTIS anihemoide s; radio {terili, paleis flofculos fub- 



a^quantibus, feminibus bafi penicillatis, foliis 



duplicato-pinnatifidis linearibus. 

 ARCTOTIS anihemoides ; paleis flofculo brevioribus, foliis 



fupra decompoiitis linearibus. Sp. PL 307. 



Martyns Miller s Ditl. 13. 

 CHAM^MELUM. Barman. Afr. 174. /. 63./. 2. 

 URSINI.E Spec. Gxrt.frutJ. 2. 462. 



Descr. Root annual, fibrous. Stem much branched at the 

 bale ; /raves fmooth, alternate, doubly pinnatifid : leaflets 

 linear, fomewhat reflexed. Peduncles terminal, long, obfoletcly 

 channelled. Calyx fubovate, imbricate ; fcales ovate, margi- 

 ned, the interna] ones largeft. Receptacle chaffy and hairy, 

 the hairs coming off attached to the feed. Chaffs involving 

 the floret and nearly equal to it, perfiflent. Radius about 

 twelve-rayed, neuter, fterile, yellow within, and purple without. 

 1 Uijk yellow, florets crowded, a little exceeding the chaffs. 

 Seeds ftriated, incurved, with a membranous crown of five 

 leaflets, which are white with a brown ftreak in the middte, 

 and have a tuft of cottony hairs at the lower extremity. 



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