8C 



27. COMPOSITE. 



white ; akenes 

 without anv 



Chrysanthemum 

 arium. 



coron- 



akcnes tiiincate, without any 

 crown, those of tlie ray triangu- 

 lar and prominently winged, 

 central akenes 4-angled. 



Waste places near Adelaide. — 

 Sept. -Dec. — Mediterranean re- 

 gion. 



1. C. Leuca.ntheinuin, Ti. 



Oxciic Ddhij. Erect, almost glab- 

 rous perennial ; leaves coarsely 

 toothed or almost pinnatifid, 

 lower ones stalked oval-oblong, 

 upper ones oblong, half-clasp- 

 ing : heads large ; central flowers 

 yellow, rays 20-30, 

 ribbed, usually 

 crown. 



Roadside near Mount Lofty 

 Station. — Sept. -Dec. -- Europe; 

 Siberia. 



8. C.VLKNDUL.V, L. 



Involucral bracts subequal 

 in 2 rows ; central flowers 



male, tubular, with an undivided style; ray-flowers female, 

 in 2-3 rows; anthers acute or tailed at base; akenes in- 

 curved, outer ones long-beaked, inner ones boatshaped. 



Heads large, lower leaves spoonshaped ... ('. officinalis 1 

 lower leaves oblanceolate ... C. arrf/isis 2 



1. Calendula officinalis^ 



L. (rdrdeii MariiiDhl. Downy, 

 sticky annual ; lea\os stem-clasp- 

 ing, up])er ones oblong to lanceo- 

 late, .sometimes faintly toothed; 

 heads large, yellow to orange, 

 solitary on stout peduncles; 

 beaked akenes with .several rows 

 of teeth on the back. 



"Waste places near Adelaide. — 

 Nearly all the year. — Southern 

 Europe. 



2. C. arvensis, L. Wild 

 Marujohl. Smaller in all its parts 

 than the preceding ; uppei- leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate with a few 

 small di.stant glands or teeth 

 along the edge ; heads compara- 

 tively small, yellow, on slender 

 peduncles, drooping in fruit; 

 beaked akenes with n double row 



Calendula arvensis. of teeth on the back. 



Heads .small, Ic 



