1014 Compositae. 
numerous, tubular, hermaphrodite, sometimes sterile, 4 or 5-toothed. 
Anthers obtuse at the base. Style-branches obtuse or truncate, or 
the style sometimes undivided. Achenes flattened, sometimes winged, 
without any pappus. — Herbs usually small or decumbent, with 
alternate entire lobed or dissected leaves. Flowers-heads small, 
pedunculate. 
A considerable genus, dispersed over the warmer and temperate regions 
of the Old World, with a few American species. 
A. Female flowers in many rows ........ 1. C. anthemoides. 
Be Remale) flowerseins one rower cs )ealenres crea ena 2. C. cinerea. 
1405. (1.) Cotula anthemoides L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p.891. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Hl. Flor. d’Eg., p.91 no.574. — DC. Prodrom.VI, 
p. 78. — Cotula dichrocephala Sch. Bip. in Herb. Schinp. Abyss. II, 
no. 1325. — Boiss. Flor. Or. Il, p. 359. — Pleiogyne anthemoides 
C. Koch in Bot. Zeitung I (1843), p.46. — Usually hirsute or 
pubescent, much-branched, annual; branches spreading or prostrate, 
ranging up to 18 ¢m long. Leaves alternate, deeply sub-bipinna- 
tifid, obovate in outline, S—12 mm long, half-clasping at base, lobes 
lanceolate or ovate, apiculate. Capitula 4—6 mm diameter, solitary, 
terminal; peduncles not exceeding the leaves. Female flowers nume- 
rous, in many rows. Involucral bracts obtuse, bordered with scarious 
margins. Achenes bordered with narrow wing. Receptacle nearly 
flat, finely tubercled. Pappus 0. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. M. p. N. d. N.f. N. v. D. a. sept. A common plant on 
way-sides, in waste and sandy places. 
Local name: ribbin (Schweinfurth). 
Also known from Tropical Africa to South Africa and Northern India. 
1406. (2.) Cotula cinerea Del. Illustr. Flor. d’Eg. (1813), 
p. 131 tab. 47 fig.4. — Brocchia cinerea Vis. Plant. Aeg. and Mub., 
p. 35. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. @Eg., p.90 no. 573. Boiss. 
Flor. Or. III, p. 358. — Tanacetum cinereum DC. Prodrom. VI, p. 131. 
Cotula minor Carud Plant. exsicc. — Cenocline cinerea C. Koch in 
Bot. Zeitg. | (1843), p.41. — Grangea cinerea Link Enum. Plant. 
Hort. Berol. Il, p. 344. — Densely villous pale green herb, some- 
times suffruticose at the base, 2—12 em high or sometimes some- 
what more. Leaves prinnatifid, alternate, obovate or spathulate in 
outline, narrow below, 8—10 mm long; lobes oblong, obtuse. Capi- 
tula 5—6 mm diameter, pedunculate, terminal; peduncles 1—2 cm 
long, exceeding the leaves. Involucral bracts linear. Female flowers 
few or usually wanting. Achenes not winged. Pappus 0. Recep- 
tacle convex, nearly naked. — Flow. December to March. 
