Matricaria.] COMPOSITE (Harv.) 165 
3. M, tenella (DC.!1.c. 51); glabrescent or thinly puberulous, simple 
or branched; leaves petiolate, bipinni-partite, the pinne horizontally 
patent, lobules short, subacute or mucronulate; pedunc. elongate; inv. 
scales obtuse, with a wide,membranous margin and tip; dise-fl. 4-toothed; 
pappus entire, truncate or wavy, unilateral or split at one side. 
Has. Langevaley, Drege! Cape, Zey.! 829. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
6-8 inches high, slender, either many-stemmed or simple, laxly leafy. Leaves 
1-2 inches long, the laciniz uncial, the lobules 1-3 lines long, $line wide. Pedunce. 
3-5 inches long. Heads smaller than in M. Capensis, and whole plant more slender. 
4, M. glabrata (DC.1.c. 51); stem erect, glabrous, simple or branched, 
branches angular, one-headed ; leaves glabrous or nearly so, pinnati- 
partite, the lobes linear, subacute, entire or rarely one-toothed ; invol. 
scales obtuse, with wide membranous margin and tip; rays broadly 
oblong or obovate, reflexed ; achenes of the disc angular, with a sharply 
toothed, unilateral pappus, of the ray sub-abortive, with a shorter, more 
equally-toothed pappus. Chrysanthemum glabratum, Thunb.! Cap. 693. 
Pyrethrum glabratum, Less.! Syn. 254. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ E. § Z.! Piquetberg, Drege! (Herb. Th., Hk.) 
A foot or more high, rigid, sparsely leafy. Upper leaves often quite simple; 
lower 1-14 inch long, their lobes 3-5 lines long, 4 line wide. Peduncle 2-3 inches 
beyond the uppermost leaf. Heads smaller than in M. Capensis, with much broader 
and shorter rays. Recept. very convex, globose. 
5. M. hirta (DC.1.c. 51); stem diffusely much branched or prostrate, 
nearly glabrous, angular; pedunc. terminal and opposite the leaves, 
striate, and thickened under the fi.-heads; leaves roughly hispid, the 
lower bi-pinnati-partite, the upper pinnatifid, lobes linear, subacute, 
thickish ; inv.-sc. glabrous, with membranous margins ; recept. ovate- 
conical ; rays linear-oblong, reflexed ; achenes of disc bluntly angular, 
with a sharply 5-toothed, unequal or unilateral, ear-like pappus; of the 
ray flattish, without pappus. Chrysanthemum hirtum, Th.! Cap. 693- 
Pyrethrum hirtum, Less.! Syn. 254. 
Has. Wet places near Capetown, Z7h.! Marshes near the Salt R., Cape Flats, 
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forked. Yoiitiy stems sparsely hispid. Teaver Sopeeualy hispid with brittle hairs. 
Sect. 2. AnacTrpEA. (Sp. 6-11.) 
6. M.globifera (Fenzl!) ; annual, much-branched, glabrescent or 
sparsely pubescent; leaves petioled, bi-tri-pinnatisect, the lobules linear, 
short, subobtuse; fl. branches pedunculoid, naked, 1-headed; heads 
globose, discoid; inv. scales oblong, obtuse, glabrous, membrane-edged ; 
corollas 4-lobed; pappus denticulate, short. Cotula globifera, Th. / Cap. 
696. Tanacetum globiferum, DC. in Deless. Ic. 4, t.48. Prodr. 6, p.132- 
7. obtusum, Th. Cap.! 641. Cenocline globifera, Koch. Bot. Zeit. 1, p. 41. 
5 i — Thunberg! &c. A common weed throughout the colony. (Herb. Th., 
‘This i the \ BUnk- net” of Ue collision 1-14 ft. high, often excessively 
branched, but not ligneous, robust or slender, purplish or pale, quite glabrous or 
hairy. Leaves 1-14 inch long, including the petiole, finely divided. Pedunc. 1-3 
Anches long. Recept. very convex, at length quite globose, inflated. Cor. lobes 
short, ovate. The fi. heads vary much in size. 
