Flarcria.-] LXV. COMPOSITE. 867 



linear or linear-lanceolate, 1 to 2in. long, entire or with small remote teeth, the 

 lower ones narrowed towards the base but stem-clasping, the upper ones much 

 dilated at the base. Flower-heads numerous, in dense globular or hemispherical 

 sessile clusters often ^in. diameter, surrounded by a few broad ovate-acuminate 

 or lanceolate floral leaves longer than the clusters. Involucres 2 to 3 lines long, 

 the outer ones of each cluster usually consisting of 2 or 3 obtuse narrow bracts 

 and including a single ligulate floret, the others containing 2 to 6 disk-florets, 

 the corollas slightly dilated over the aohene and glandular at the base. Achenes 

 prominently ribbed. — F. v. M. Fragm. i. 183. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, U. Brown ; Balonne Eiver, Mitehell. 



There is very little to distinguish this from the oommoq S. American F. Contrayerua, except 

 the narrow leaves and the more sessile and compact clusters of flower-heads with broader floral 

 leaves. — Benth. 



66. TAGETES, Linn. 



(After Tages, a Tuscan divinity.) 



Involucral bracts in a single row, united in a toothed cup or tube. Receptacle 

 flat, without scales. Flore,te of the ray female, ligulate ; disk-florets tubular, 

 5-toothed. Anthers obtuse at the base. Style-branches flattened, obtuse or 

 truncate, usually hirsute. Achenes linear, flattened. Pappus of several narrow 

 very unequal scales or bristles. — Herbs, usually glabrous, the foliage and invo- 

 lucres bearing oblong or round transparent glands or vesicles filled with a 

 strongly-scented oil. Leaves opposite, entire or pinnate. Flower-heads large 

 and solitary or small and corymbose or paniculate. Ray yellow or orange-red. 



1. T. glandulifera (gland-bearing), Schranck ; DC. Prod. v. 644 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. iii. 545. Stinking Rodger. • A tall glabrous erect annual, attaining 

 sometimes 6 to 8ft., with numerous erect branches. Leaves pinnate with linear- 

 lanceolate serrate segments. Flower-heads small and numerous in dense 

 terminal panicles. Involucre tubular, about ^in. long. Florets 6 to 12, 

 scarcely exceeding the involucre, about 3 bearing each a small yellow ligula, the 

 others tubular. Achenes linear, black, with a pappus of 5 or 6 chaffy bristles, 

 one much longer than the rest. 



Hab.: Brisbane Biver, F. v. Mueller ; Neerkool Creek, Bowman. 



The species is of S. American origin, perhaps introduced with cultivation into Australia as into 

 several of the warmer districts of the Old WoM.— Benth. 



67. COTULA, Linn. 



(From the cup-shaped involucre.) 



(Gymnogyne, Steetz ; Strongylospermum, Lese.; Pleiogyne, C. Koch ; Symphyomera and 

 Ctenosperma, Hook. /.; Leptinella, Cass.) 



Involucre hemispherical or campanulate, with few nearly equal bracts, in 

 about 2 rows. Receptacle flat, convex or conical, without scales. Florets of the 

 circumference in 1 or several rows, female, without any or with a short broad or 

 conical corolla. Disk-florets numerous, tubular, hermaphrodite, sometimes 

 sterile, 4 or 5-toothed. Anthers obtuse at the base. Style-branches obtuse or 

 truncate, or the style sometimes undivided. Achenes flattened, sometimes 

 winged, without any pappus.— Herbs, usually small or decumbent, with alternate 

 entire lobed or dissected leaves. Flower-heads small, pedunculate. 



A considerable genus, dispersed over the warmer and temperate regions of the Old World, 

 with a few American species. 



Section I. StTongyloapeTma,.— Receptacle flat or convex. Achenes of the female florets 

 numerous, in several rmos, sessile or stipitate. Female florets without any corolla. 



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