590 LXXI. COMPOSITA. [Athanasia 
long, rather exceeding the involucre, yellow; corolla tubular, 
pentamerous, ;\, in. long, scattered outside with some small sessile 
glands; the lobes short, rounded, subapiculate at the apex; 
anthers included, obtuse at the base; style included, with short 
obtuse branches; achene ,;'; to ;'5 in. long, oblong, angular, 
longitudinally ribbed, glabrous or minutely glandular between 
the ribs; pappus coroniform. consisting of several short lanceolate 
or subulate glabrous squamule a sixth or a quarter as long as the 
achene ; receptacle somewhat convex, beset with narrowly boat- 
shaped scales folded round the florets and not much shorter. 
Hv1iia.—In rocky shrubby places near Lopollo, subsequently de- 
stroyed by flood ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1860. No. 3974. 
This is nearly related to A. punctata Harv. 
57. CHRYSANTHEMUM Tournef., L., Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 
PI. ii. p. 424. 
1. C. pinnatifidum L. f. Suppl. Pl. p. 377 (1781). 
Argyranthemum pinnatifidum Lowe, Man. Fl. Madeira i. p. 460 
(1868); non Webb in Webb & Berthelot, Phytogr. Canar, t. 95 
(1836-1840). 
IsLaAnD OF Maperra.—Root white. Inrocky bushy places at Camara 
dos Lobos ; fl. and fr. Aug. 1853. No. 3948. 
58. COTULA Vaill., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 428. 
1. C. anthemoides L. Sp. Pl., edit. 1, p. 891 (1753); O. & H. in 
Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 397; O. Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. Brot. xiii. 
p- 32 (1896). 
MossaMEDES.—An annual, prostrate, marsh herb, pleasant with a 
bitter aromatic scent, closely resembling the officinal Chamomilla 
romana (Anthemis fuscata Brot.) ; pubescence arachnoid ; capitula 
globose, yellow, rather short ; achenes sessile, those of the ray-florets 
scarcely winged. In sandy-muddy places along the banks of the river 
Bero ; fl. and fr. end of July 1859. No. 3949. In damp sandy places 
by the river Bero near Cavalheiros, rather rare ; fl. and fr. beginning 
of Aug. 1859. No. 3951. 
Huriyia.—In sandy-muddy places flooded in the rainy season, near 
Lopollo ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1859. No. 3950. 
59. ARTEMISIA Tournef., L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 435. 
1, A. afra Jacq. ex Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 1820 (1800), & Hort. 
Schoenbr. iv. p. 34, t. 467 (1804); Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 
p. 170 (1865) ; Ficalho, Pl. Uteis, p. 209 (1884). 
Bumso.—On rocky declivities above Bumbo, where several plants 
of the Huilla table-land and those of the mountainous woodland 
region, and even some of the littoral region, grow together promiscuously; 
not yet in fl., Oct. 1859. No. 3955. 
~Huiiia.—3 to 4 ft. high. At Mumpulla; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. 
No. 3954. A remarkably aromatic and very bitter herb, shrubby at 
the base ; stems numerous, erect, 2 to 5 ft. high ; leaves green, clothed 
beneath with a snow-white felt. In bushy places and in pastures 
throughout the district, very plentiful ; at Humpata, fl. and fr. April 
1860. No. 3953. 
This is apparently the “ Losna de Humpata ” (Humpata wormwood) 
mentioned by Welwitsch in Synopse Explic. p. 26, n. 57, as containing 
