Anthemis. — Anacyclus. 1005 
what more, appressed-hairy, branching from the neck. Leaves small, 
oblong in outline, bipinnatipartite into triangular-linear, acute lobules. 
Peduncles short, at length much thickened; scales of the involucre 
oblong, the inner ones scarious-margined; receptacle ovate; chaff 
linear-awl-shaped; achenes persistent, sulcate, ribbed, tubercled at 
the ribs, the outer ones nearly quadrangular, the inner ones obconical; 
the tip of all truncate, radiate-lobed. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Mariut; Alexandria. — M. p. El-Grady; Sheykh Zoyéd. 
—N. Vv. Luksor; Aswan. O. Little-Oasis. — D.1. D.i. D. a. sept. 
Borders of the deserts, common. 
Local name: ribyan. 
Also known from Cyrenaica, Arabia Petraea and Cyprus. 
1390. (10.) Anthemis mixta L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p.1260. 
— Ormenis mixta DC. Prodrom. VI, p. 18. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. 
d’Eg., p. 247. — Ormenis bicolor Cass. Dict. Scienc. Natur. XXXVI, 
p. 355. — Anthemis Cota Sibth. and Smith Flor. Graec., tab. 880 
not of Linn. — Anthemis mixta Rchbch. XVI, tab.100 fig. 1. — 
An annual plant, 30—50 cm high, or sometimes somewhat more, 
pubescent, erect, diffusely branched. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate 
to oblong-linear in outline, bipinnatisect into linear-lanceolate, mu- 
cronate lobules, upper leaves pinnatifid-serrate, all with a broad 
rachis. Heads 2 cm broad; scales of the involucre oblong, obtuse, 
margin scarious. — Flow. March to April. 
M. p. Sheykh Zoyéd (Sickenberger). 
Also known from Europe. 
579, (39.) Anacyelus Pers. 
Heads many-flowered, radiate, rarely discoid. Ray-flowerets 
female, tube flattened, winged. Disk-flowerets tubular, perfect, 5- 
toothed. Achenes glabrous, more or less flattened, often crowned, 
the outer ones, at least, with a broad, pellucid wing on each side 
terminating in a small ear. Involucre imbricated. Receptacle chafty. 
— Annual herbs with aspect of Anthemis. 
A small genus in the Orient and the Mediterranean region. 
1391. Anacyclus alexandrinus Willd. Spec. Plant. HI (1800), 
p- 2173. — Boiss. Flor. Or. I, p.322. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Il. 
Flor. d@Eg., p.90 no.568. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Mar- 
maric., p. 659 no. 170. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 247. 
— Santolina terrestris Forsk. Flor. aeg.-arab., p. 147. — Tanacetum 
monanthos L. Mant. I. — Cyrtolepis monantha Less. Linn. 1831. 
— Cyrtolepis alexandrina DC. Prodrom.VI, p.17. — Del. Ilustr. 
