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Mitteilungen aus dem botan. Museum der Universität Zürich (LXXV). 451 
Matricaria Schinziana Thell. spec. nov. 
Herba annua, flaceida, tenera. Radix tenuis (vix 1 mm crassa), 
pallida. Caulis saepius unicus, suberectus, 7—15 cm altus, flexuosus, 
siccus anguloso-striatus, pilis albidis pluricellularibus (e cellulis uni- 
seriatis constantibus) ca. '/ mm longis mollibus flaceidis siceis valde 
collabentibus et crispatis tenuiter villosulo-puberulus et praeterea 
glandulis sessilibus adspersus, simplex vel ramulis paucis debilibus 
auctus, dimidio inferiore dense foliatus, ut rami in pedunculum nudum 
gracilem 3—7 em longum monocephalum infra puberulum apicem 
versus saepius glabratum (glandulis sessilibus tantum adspersum) 
abiens. Folia inferiora longe- (ca. 1 cm), media sensim brevius petiolata, 
majora circumferentia ovato-elliptica, lamina (tota) 2 cm longa et 
1!/2 cm lata pinnatisecta pinnulis utrinque 3—4 approximatis seseque 
marginibus tangentibus (intermixtis interdum nonnullis minoribus- 
dentiformibus) e basi cuneiformi (margine inferiore secus rhachin 
anguste decurrente) ovatis vel obovatis, ca. 1 cm longis, 6 mm latis, 
inciso-pinnatifidis lobulis vel dentibus ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis. 
inaequalibus 1—2 mm longis, 1—1'/g mm latis obtusiuseulis mucronu- 
latis; segmenta primaria superiora cum terminali obovato subaequali 
eonfluentia; rhachis inferne '/a mm lata, apicem versus sensim ad 1'/. mm 
dilatata; folia media sensim minora et simplieiora, summa bractei- 
formia simpliciter pinnatifida; omnia caulis modo puberulo-villosula et. 
remote glandulosa. Capitula solitaria in apice pedunculorum, hemi- 
sphaerico-subglobosa, ca. 8mm diam., homogama, multi- (+ 35) flora. 
Involueri umbilicati phylla 20—25 subbiseriata inter se fere aequalia, 
elliptico-oblonga, 2!/. mm longa, fere 1 mm lata, apice obtusa vel 
acutiuscula, margine scariosa et laciniato-fimbriatula, dorso sub- 
glaberima (tantum remotissime glandulosa). Receptaculum subgloboso- 
conicum, leviter alveolatum, fere 2 mm diam. Flores omnes herma- 
phroditi, 5-meri; corolla 1Y/’—1?/s mm longa, ovario suboblique in- 
sidens; tubus limbo subduplo brevior usque subaequilongus, leviter 
compressus, extus glandulis sessilibus adspersus; limbus subeylindricus, 
dentibus brevissimis (ceteri limbi + '/s longit. attingentibus) ovatis 
obtusiusculis suberectis. Antherae ?/s—°/ı mm longae, basi subsagit- 
tatae. Stylus et stigmata generis. Ovarium corollae tubo subaequi- 
longum, obpyramidatum, glabrum, apice suboblique truncatum (margine 
exteriore altiore quam interiore); pappusnullus. Achaenia matura ignota. 
SÜDWEST-AFRIKA: (Hereroland) on rochy mountains at Nara- 
mas, 1886, Lindner; bl. VI. „Has a very strong smell when fresh.“ 
Tabgebiet, 1889, Fleck 795; bl. V 
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