250 Composite —A chillea. 
the ray-florets only. Pappus of five bristles. Involucral 
bracts in one series, united at the base. Ray-florets toothed at 
the tip. H. atropurpivvewm has yellow and brown flower- 
heads, and H. grandiflorwm has them large and yellow. 
Sphenogyne speciosa is a showy South American 
annual of dwarf stature, bipinnatifid leaves with narrow seg- 
ments, and flower-heads about 
2 inches in diameter on long 
slender peduncles. Ray-florets 
numerous, yellow; disk black. 
There is a variety aturea with 
orange rays. 
Madaria élegans is an 
erect vlandular annual about 
2 feet high. Leaves linear, 
acute, entire. Flower-heads 
showy, in racemose bracteolate 
panicles, the terminal ones 
expanding first. Ray-florets 
numerous, deeply lobed at the 
i extremity, yellow with a crim- 
i son-brown blotch at the base. 
' California. 
Anthimis tinetoria is a 
congener of our indigenous 
Chamomile, growing about 3 
| feet high. Leaves finely di- 
a vided. Flower-heads numerous, 
bright yellow or occasionally 
Ney Poe pale yellow, or even white. 
‘ Native of the South of Europe 
and a very profuse bloomer. 
EE OT, 
25, ACHILLEA. 
: Perennials with alternate 
S$¥, simple or compound leaves. 
" Flower-heads small, corym- 
bose; involucral bracts oblong, 
often brown and scarious. Re- 
Fig. 138. Achillea Glipendalina, ceptacle paleaceous. Ray-flo- 
(nat. size.) rets few, sometimes relatively 
large and showy. Pappus none. The species are estimated at: 
