166 compositT (Harv.) [| Matricaria. 
%. M. grandiflora (Fenzl) ; annual, erect, pubescent, corymbose at 
the summit ; leaves petioled, half-clasping and often toothed at base of 
petiole, bi-tri-pinnatisect, the pinne several, lobules linear, callous mucro- 
nate; fi. branches pedunculoid, corymbose, more or less fistular upwards ; 
heads flattish-convex, discoid; inv. scalesoblong, obtuse, ribkeeled tomen- 
tose ; the innermost membrane-tipped ; corolla 4-lobed ; pappus obsolete, 
sub-entire. Tanacetum grandiflorum, Th.! Cap.642. DC.1.c. 132. Also, 
Cotula tripinnata, Th. ! Cap. 696. Cenocline grandiflora, Koch. 
Var. B. lobes of corolla taper-pointed, very acute. (Hb. Hk.) 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Olifant’s R., Drege! Brackfontein and Kapallsloot, Z. g Z- 
(Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stem robust, 1-1} ft. high, branched chiefly towards the summit, the branches 
level-topped. Leaves 1}~2 inches long, with basal stipulaform lobules, more divided 
than in M, globifera. Pedunc. 2-3 inches long, swelling upwards. Heads 6-8 
lines across, much flatter than in M. globifera. 8. has flowers nearly as in M. acu- 
tiloba, but the invol. of M@. grandiflora. 
8. M. multiflora (Fenzl !); annual, corymbosely much branched, erect 
or diffuse, thinly pubescent ; leaves subpetiolate, bipinnatisect, the 
lobules linear, short or toothlike, subacute; corymbs branching, many- 
headed, leafy at base ; heads (small) subglobose, discoid ; inv. scales 
broadly oblong, very obtuse, membrane-edged, nearly glabrous ; pappus 
obsolete, rim-like, subentire. Tanacetum multiflorum, Th.! Cap. 642. 
DC. 1. c. 132. T. fruticosum, Linn. Sp. 1183. Cotula tanacetifolia, Willd. 
Var. 8. leptoloba; more lax and slender, with longer leaves. Tan. leptolobum, 
DOL 1.6433. 
Has. Cape, Thunb.! E.§ Z.! Drege! &c. From Capetown to Namaqualand, and 
the Western Districts, common. Very common near Capetown. (Herb. 
Th., . Hk., Sd.) 
Stems strong, the larger ones almost ligneous at base; those from the sea-side 
(near Greenpoint) especially stout, depressed or widely spreading, rigid and closely 
much-branched, Leaves commonly uncial, in 8. 14-2 in, long. Heads 2-3 lines 
across, bright yellow. 
9. M. acutiloba (Harv.); annual, rigid at base, thinly pubescent, erect, 
much-branched; leaves sessile, bipinnatisect, the lobes linear, obtuse, 
2-4 of the basal ones stipular; branches ending in nude, one-headed 
peduncles; heads flattish-convex ; inv. scales pluri-seriate, subulate- 
acuminate ; corolla urceolate, 4-lobed, the lobes taper pointed ; pappus 
rim-like, subentire. Tanacetum acutilobum. DC.! 1. c. 132. Cenoeline 
acutiloba, Koch, l.c. Chameaemelum acutilobum, Fenzl. 
Has. Verleptpram, on the Gariep, Drege! (Herb, D., Hk., Sd.) 
More rigid than M. globifera, almost ligneous at base, with smaller leaves, flatter 
fi. heads, and specially acuminate inv. scales. The corolla has a cylindr. tube, and 
a much inflated, narrow mouthed, sharply 4-toothed limb. Achenes white, obconic, 
sub-compressed and sharp-edged, with a prominent ventral angle. Pappus obvious 
a8 a marginal rim, but very short. Pedunc, 1-2 incheslong. Heads 6-7 lines wide. 
10. M. albida (Fenzl); annual, dichotomously much-branched, diffuse; 
stems and branches glabrescent; leaves petiolate, bi-pinnati-partite, 
pubescent or villous, the lobes and lobules linear, obtuse or acute ; 
peduncles long, glabrate, one-headed, filiform ; invol. scales oval-oblong, 
obtuse, pubescent, membrane-edged, the outer subacute; pappus ear- 
