Gyttura.'] CompOSttCB. 43 



bricate, inner very obtuse, membranous, receptacle naked, fl. 

 all tubular, outer row female, fertile, disk-fl. few, bisexual ; 

 anth.-bases obtuse; style-branches of bisexual fl. short, trun- 

 cate, with tuft of hair at end ; achene very small, oblong, 

 striate, pappus o. — Sp. 150; 27 in Fl. B. Ind. 



*IL. vulg-aris, L. Sp. PL 848 (i753)- Wal-Itolondu, S. 



A indlca, Willd., Moon Cat. 58. Thw. Enum. 165. C. P. 1755. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 325. Wight, Ic. t. 11 12 {A. hidica). 



Perennial, semi-shrubby, stems erect, 2-3 ft., virgate, slightly 

 cottony, 1. numerous, 2-4 in., broadly oval in outline, very 

 deeply pinnatisect, the upper segm. large, the lower very 

 small, and the basal ones stipule-like, all again cut into 

 narrow acute mucronate segm., pilose or glabrous above, 

 densely cottony-pubescent and white beneath, uppermost 

 lanceolate, entire; heads solitary or two or three together, 

 sessile or stalked in axils of 1., and forming long spicate leafy 

 infl., outer in. -scales slightly pubescent. 



Roadsides and waste places ; rather common, but only as an escape 

 from gardens, and scarcely to be included in our flora. Fl. brownish- 

 yellow. 



Throughout temperate Asia and Europe, Siam, and Java. 



Leaves, &c., sweetly aromatic. A variety of the common ' Mugwort' 

 of England. 



30. G-'S'NUSliL, Cass. 



Biennial or perennial herbs, 1. alt. ; heads of moderate size, 

 in terminal inflor., involucre oblong-cylindrical or campanulate, 

 with several filiform spreading bracts at base, and a single 

 row of erect narrow ones with membranous margins, receptacle 

 flat or convex, glabrous, fl. numerous, all tubular and bisexual ; 

 anth.-bases not tailed or sagittate ; style-arms long, slender, 

 tapering, hairy ; achene narrow, strongly ribbed, pappus of 

 copious white hairs. — Sp. 20 ; 7 in FL B. Ind. 



L. with large auricles at base. 



L. more or less hispid ; achene slightly hairy i. G. lycopersicifolia. 



L. densely velvety ; achene hispid . . 2. G. zeylanica. 



L. without auricles at base ; achene glabrous . 3. G. hispida. 



I. G-. lycopersicifolia, DC. Prod. vi. 300 (1837). 



Thw. Enum. 166. C. P. 420, 2826, 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 334. 



Perennial herb, stem 2-5 ft., stout, 5-angled, glabrous or 

 slightly hairy, with many spreading branches; 1. numerous, 



