590 Lxxi. coMPOSiTiE. [Athanasia 



long, rather exceeding the involucre, yellow; corolla tubular, 

 pentamerous, ^-^ in. long, scattered outside with some small sessile 

 glands; the lobes short, rounded, subapiculate at the apex; 

 anthers included, obtuse at the base ; style included, with short 

 obtuse branches; achene -Jg to ^-^ in. long, oblong, angiilar, 

 longitudinally ribbed, glabrous or minutely glandular between 

 the ribs ; pappus coroniform. consisting of several short lanceolate 

 or subulate glabrous squamulse a sixth or a quarter as long as the 

 achene; receptacle somewhat convex, beset with narrowly boat- 

 shaped scales folded round the florets and not much shorter. 



HuiLLA. — In rocky shrubby places near Lopollo, subsequently de- 

 stroyed by flood ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1860. No. 3974. 



This is nearly related to A. punctata Harv. 



57. CHRYSANTHEMUM Tournef., L., Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. ii. p. 424. 



1. C. pinnatifidum L. f. Suppl. PI. p. 377 (1781). 



Argiyranthemum, pinnatifidum Lowe, Man. Fl. Madeira i. p. 460 

 (1868) ; non Webb in Webb & Berthelot, Phytogr. Canar. t. 95 

 (1836-1840). 



Island op Madeira. — Root white. In rocky bushy places at Camara 

 dos Lobos ; fl. and fr. Aug. 1853. No. 3948. 



58. COTULA VaiU., L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 428. 

 1. C. anthenioides L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 891 (1753); 0. & H. in 



Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 397 ; 0. Hoffm. in Bol. Soc. Brot. xiii. 

 p. 32 (1896). 



MossAMEDES. — An annual, prostrate, marsh herb, pleasant with a 

 bitter aromatic scent, closely resembling the officinal ChamomiUa 

 romana {Anthemis fuscata Brot.) ; pubescence arachnoid ; capitula 

 globose, yellow, rather short ; achenes sessile, those of the ray-florets 

 scarcely winged. In sandy-muddy places along the banks of the river 

 Bero ; fl. and fr. end of July 1859. No. 3949. In damp sandy places 

 by the river Bero near Cavalheiros, rather rare ; fl. and fr. beginning 

 of Aug. 1859. No. 3951. 



HuiLLA. — In sandy-muddy places flooded in the rainy season, near 

 Lopollo ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1859. No. 3950. 



59. ARTEMISIA Tournef., L. ; Benth. & Hook, f . Gen. PI. ii. 435. 

 1. A. afra Jacq. ex Willd. Sp. PL iiL p. 1820 (1800), & Hort. 



Schoenbr. iv. p. 34, t. 467 (1804) ; Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 

 p. 170 (1865); Ficalho, PL TJteis, p. 209 (1884). 



BuMDO. — On rooky declivities above Bumbo, where several plants 

 of the Huilla table-land and those of the mountainous woodland 

 region, and even some of the littoral region, grow together promiscuously; 

 not yet in fl., Oct. 1859. No. 3955. 



Huilla.— 3 to 4 ft. high. At MumpuUa ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. 

 No. 3954. A remarkably aromatic and very bitter herb, shrubby at 

 the base ; stems numerous, erect, 2 to 6 ft. high ; leaves green, clothed 

 beneath with a snow-white felt. In bushy places and in pastures 

 throughout the district, very plentiful ; at Humpata, fl. and fr. April 

 1860. No. 3953. 



This is apparently the " Losna de Humpata " (Humpata wormwood) 

 mentioned by Welwitsch in Synopse Explio. p. 26, n. 57, as containing 



