Calendula. 1019 
M. ma. Alexandria; Montaza. — N.f. Medinet-el-Fayim. — 
O. Siwa. — D. a. sept. Wady Khafira in the Northern Galala. 
Also known from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitania, Italy, Greece. 
1414. (3.) Calendula persica C. A. Mey. Enum. (1823), p. 72. 
— var. gracilis (DC.) Boiss. Flor. Or. IIf (1875), p.418. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 91 no. 587. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. 
d’Hg., p. 248. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p. 655 
no. 178. — Calendula gracilis DC. Prodrom. VI, p.453. — A small 
annual plant, 3—8 cm high, rarely somewhat more, papillose-glutinous, 
branching from the neck. Heads 8 mm to 1 cm broad, rays once 
and a half as long as the involucre; achenes all ring-like, prickly 
at the back, winged at the face, three times as large as the wrinkled, 
inner ones. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Matruga; Abusir; Mariut; Montaza; Alexan- 
dria-West and -East; Mandara; Abukir. — D.a. sept. On stony 
ground in the Wadies, not rare. 
Also known from Syria. i 
1415. (4.) Calendula aegyptiaca Pers. Synops. II (1807), p.492. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. HI, p.419. — Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., p. 799 
no. 152. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’EHg., p. 91 no. 588. — 
Murbeck Contrib. Flor. Nord-Ouest Afrique I, p. 101. — Calendula 
platyearpa Coss. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Franc. HI, p. 564. — Calendula 
malvaecarpa, Calendula subinermis and Calendula thapsiaecarpa 
Pomel Nouv. Mat. Flor. Atlant., p. 33—34. — Calendula gracilis 
Coss. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Franc. XI, p.66 not of DC. — Calendula 
aegyptiaca var. microcephala Boiss. Flor. Or. III, p. 419. — Calendula 
micrantha Boiss. Diagnos. Plant. Or., Ser. I fase. 6 p.3 not of Tineo. 
— Calendula microcephala Kralik Plant. aeg. exsice. — Rehbeh. 
Ic. XV, tab. 891. — An annual plant, 20—50 cm high or sometimes 
somewhat more, papillose-hairy, glutinous. Heads hardly 1 cm broad, 
few-flowered; rays papillose-hairy at the base, hardly longer than 
the involucre; marginal achenes long-prickly at the back, ending in 
a slender beak as long as or longer than the seed; intermediate 
ones winged-crested or boat-shaped; inner ring-like, wrinkled. — 
Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. M. p. N.d. N.f. N. v. O. D. 1. D. i. D. a. sept. D. a. 
mer. A common plant throughout. 
Local name: tabb’ainy; kahlé (Forsk.); mutteyn; ghereyya; 
-ain-esh-shems; ‘ain-el-qutt (Ascherson); ’ain-es-sofra (Schweinfurth) ; 
zibbeyd (Ascherson). 
Also known from Spain, Greece, Morocco, Algeria, ‘Tunisia, Tripolitania, 
Arabia Petraea and Palestine. 
