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2. T. vulg:a.re, L. ('(nniimn Tansij. Scented peren- 

 nial, resembling the preceding:, but glabrous all over ; leaves 

 pinnatisect, the segments dotted, oblong, pinnatifid or 

 deeply toothed, the lobes or teeth often saw-toothed on the 

 outer edge ; axis of leaf winged and toothed in the upper 

 part ; akenes o-ribbed. 



Mount Lofty Range ; a garden escape. — Jan. -Mar. — 

 Europe ; Siberia. 



Artemisia Ahsinthium, L. (AVormwood). a silky, downy, 

 strong-smelling European shrul), with small yellow flower- 

 heads in a large panicle and pinnatisect leaves Avith linear 

 lobes, is frequently planted for hedges, but is scarcely spon- 

 taneous. Oct. -Nov. 



o. Cryptcste.mma, II. Br. 



(Greek liijpton stcmiiHU a hidden crown; the scaly pappus 

 being hidden among the wool of the akene.s.) 



Involucre broad, flatfish, bracts broad, unequal, over- 

 lapping in 4-5 rows; central flowers tubular, bisexual ; outer 

 flowers sterile, ligulate ; style thickened in upper part and 

 bifid at summit; anthers blunt at base; akenes 4-angled, 

 enveloped in dense brown wool ; pappus of 6-8 lanceolate 

 scales. 



1. Cryptostemina cal- 

 endula.ceum, R. Br. Cape 

 Dandelion. Prostrate, usu- 



ally stemless annual, with 

 thick, juicy branches; leaves 

 stalked, lyrate or runcinate- 

 pinnatisect, white-tomentose be- 

 low, the terminal segments round- 

 ed, the lateral ones broadly 

 oblong or lanceolate and often 

 auricle,d at base, variously lobed 

 or toothed ; heads large, solitary 

 on long peduncles ; outer invo- 

 lucral bracts broad with a linear, 

 ciliate point, the innermost 

 longer with a blunt membranous 

 tip; central flowers almost black, 

 rays pale-yellow, often with a 

 brown blotch at base. A variable 

 plant. 



Roadsides, pasture, cultivated 

 land. — Aug. -Oct. —South Africa. 



(3. Arctotis, L. 



(Greek nrl.tos, bear, and oi/.s, ear; alluding to the shaggy, 



winged akene.) 

 Involucre and flowers as in I'liipfuxfiiniiia, except that 



^&y 



Cryptostemma calendu- 

 laceum. 



