Tab. 8644. 

 CHRYSANTHEMUM foeniculaceum. 



Tenerife. 



Compositae. Tribe Anthemideae. 

 Chrysanthemum, Linn. ; BentJi. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 424. 



Chrysanthemum foeniculaceum, Brouss. ex Willd. Enum. Hort Berol 

 p. 903 ; Steud. Norn. ed. i. p 192 ; DC. Prodr. vol. vi. p. 66, partim ; affinis 

 C. anethifoho, Brouss., sed foliis glaucis profunde pinnatipartifcis glabris 

 segments lineanbus, involucri bracteae latioribus superne membranaceis 

 dinert. 



Fruticulus ad 0-75 m. altus, glaber, omnino glaucus; rami teretes vel sub- 

 angulares, corymboso-adscendentes, superne berbacei, dense foliati. Folia, 

 petiolata, ambitu ovata, usque ad 10 cm. longa et 7 cm. expansa, pinnati- 

 partrta, segmentis hneanbus lobulatis acutis 1-nervis tenuiter chartaceis 

 vel sicco fere membranaceis, lobulis linearibus usque ad 8 mm loneis 



2i7r erOSa, u in aXiUiS su P eriorib ™ longe pedunculata, solitaria;' 

 pedunculi folia multo superantes, erecti, gracillimi, nudi. Involucri 



■ tT P rtl ClrCer 4 "f natae ' ab GXfcra Sensim lon gi^es, exteriores ovatae, 

 nteriores superne et secus marginem membranaceae, demum inaequaliter 

 laceratae glabrae. Flares radii numerosi, circiter 5 cm. expansi^pa tulT 



SintinS r T 18 ' P T e g landulosus ; ^mina oblongo-lanceolata, apice 

 denticulata ; achaema tnquetra. Flores disci flavi ; corollae tubus interne 



^S If ,8UP !T leViter ^ XpansU8 ' P arce g^nduloso-puberulus; lobi 5, 

 V„l' T* 1 '- A t amia obl ° n g a > angularia, angulis membranaceo-alatis. 

 fappus brevis, oblique cupularis, inaequaliter dentatus. Becevtaculum 

 comcum nudum.- Pyrethr -urn foeniculaceum, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 

 p. yud , ±;ot. Keg. t. 2 1% Argyranthemum foeniculaceum, Webb. PhvtoT 



jTuTcmLoN P ' *' 98; Pltard 6t Pr ° USt ' IleS Ca ° ar ' FL P" 2 ^- 



This long-known and familiar Chrysanthemum, the horti- 

 cultural value of which is well known and fully appre- 

 ciated, is a native of the Island of Tenerife where it is 

 endemic, and where it inhabits the barrancos or steep 



P t l nJn o yS Which are so marked a feature of the island 

 at 1,000-2,000 feet above sea-level ; sometimes it may be 

 met with, more sparingly, at even lower levels. There is 

 another Chrysanthemum in Tenerife, closely related to 

 tnat now figured, which is restricted to the upland rocky 

 plain, known as the Canadas, that nearly encircles the 

 upper portion of the mountain at about 8,000 feet eleva- 

 tion ; according to Barker- Webb this latter is the only 

 Chrysanthemum of the region above the cloud-belt in 

 January, 1916. 



