TANACETUM. 



Eff. Ch. Receptacle naked. Seeds crowned with a 

 border. Calyx imbricated, hcmifpherical. Florets of the 

 radius thrce<left, obfoletc, fometimcs wanting. 



1. T. ivjiilum. Leafy Cape Tanfy. Thunb. Prodr. 

 147. Wind. n. I. " Leaves (lender, triangular, imbri- 

 cated. Panicle terminal."— Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Thunberg. 



2. T. lonpfoiwm. Long-leaved Cape Tanfy. Thunb. 

 Prodr. 147."' Willd. n. 2.—" Leaves linear-thread-(haped. 

 Cluiler terminal, level-topped." — Found in the fame 

 country. 



^. T. Imifolium. Flax-leaved Cape Tanfy. Tlnnib. 

 Prodr. 147. Willd. n. 3. Ait. n. I. (Athanafia lini- 

 folia; Linn. Suppl. 361. J — Leaves linear-lanceolate, clian- 

 Helled, taper-pointed. Clufter terminal, fimple, corymbofe. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Sent to Kew by 



Mr. Matron in 1774. A green-houfe fhrub, flowering in 

 Augall. The Jlem is fimple, round, and fmooth, clothed 

 with alternate, fimple, linear or awl-fhaped leaves. Floivers 

 ovate, fmooth, yellow. The length of the leaves is variable. 



4. T. axillare. Axillary Cape Tanfy. Thunb. Prodi-. 

 147. Willd. n. 4. — " Leaves linear-thread-fhaped, com- 

 bined at the bafe. Flowers axillary, feffile." — Gathered by 

 Thunberg at the Cape. 



5. T. uliginofum. Mar(h Levant Tanfy. Prodr. Fl. 

 Grxc. n. 2029. Fl. Grxc. t. 855, unpublilhed. (San- 

 tolina vermiculata cretica ; Tourn. Inll. 461?) — Leaves 

 linear ; the lower ones with one lateral tooth. Stalks foli- 

 tary, terminal, fingle-flowered. — Gathered by Dr. Sibthorp 

 in boggy parts of the iflc of Cyprus, intermixed with Junciis 

 hufonhis. The root is annual, fimple, tapering, with many 

 whitifh fibres. Stems feveral, afcending, branched from the 

 bottom, three or four inches high, round, fmooth, leafy. 

 Leaves alternate, feffile, an inch long, acute, channelled, 

 fmooth, moftly entire ; a few of the lower ones only dilated 

 (lightly at the end, and furnifhed with a lateral tooth. 

 Floivers terminal, folitary, yellow, liemifpherical, each on a 

 fimple, naked, fmooth, ereft Jlalk, two or three inches in 

 length, purphih at the top. Seed, according to Mr. 

 Bauer's drawing, crowned with an oblong tubular fcale, 

 fplit on one fide. 



6. T. fuffruticofum. Shrubby Cape Tanfy. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 1 183. Willd. n. 5. Ait.'n. 2. Thunb. Prodr. 146. 

 (T. africanum fruticans multiflorum, follis tanaceti vulgaris 

 decuplo minoribus ; Comm. Hort. v. 2. 199. t. 100.) — 

 Leaves in many pinnate, fubdivided, acute, fomewhat downy 

 fegments. Stem fhrubby. Flowers corymbofe, level- 

 topped. — Native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence 

 the Dutch obtained feeds above a century ago, and it pro- 

 bably foon found its way into our more curious green-houfes. 

 The plant has little to attradl general admiration, though 

 the haves are delicately divided, and the leafy branches ai-e 

 terminated by abundance of little golden corjmho^e Jlomers, 

 whofe calyx is membranous and fliining. 



7. T, ftbir'uum. Long-leaved Siberian Tanfy. Linn. 

 Sp. PI, 1 183. Willd. n. 6. (T. n. 116; Gmel. Sib. v. 2. 

 134. t. 65. i. 2.) — Leaves pinnate; leaflets hnear-thread- 

 fliaped, entire ; undivided or three<left. Flowers corym- 

 bofe, level-topped. Calyx-fcales nearly orbicul.-u-, fmooth. 

 — Gathered by Stellcr, in dry mountainous parts of Siberia, 

 beyond the lake Baical, flowering in June and July. The 

 root is brown, rather thick, with many fibres running deep 

 into the ground, and apparently perennial. Stems about 

 eighteen inches high, ereft, round, ftriated, fmooth, fome- 

 what leafy ; branched and corymbofe at the top. Leaves 

 picute, not unlike th9fe of Southernwood, but fmooth ; the 



lower ones on long ftalks ; the uppermoft feflile, at the bafe 

 of each branch. Flowers bright yellow, partly drooping, 

 encompafied by the white membranous edges of the green 

 orbicular fcales of the calyx. 



S. T. argentetim. Silvery Armenian Tanfy. Willd. n. 7. 

 " Ejnfd. Achill. 51. t. 2. f. 4." (Achillea argentea ; La- 

 marck Did. v. i. 29. Ptarmica orientahs, fohis argenteis 

 conjugatis; Tourn. Cor. 38.) — " Leaves pinnate, clothed 

 with filky down ; leaflets lanceolate, flightly toothed at the 

 extremity. Corymb terminal." — Gathered by Tournefort 

 in Armenia. This is faid to bear fome refemblance to the 

 Achillea Clavcnua:. The Jlem is about a foot high, fimple, 

 channelled, covered, hke the refl: of the herb, with filky 

 down. Leaves alternate, llalked, with linear or lanceolate 

 leaflets, moil of which, efpecially in the radical leaves, have 

 two or three teeth towards the end. Floiuers probably 

 white. Receptacle confliantly naked. Calyx membranous at 

 the edge of the inner fcales. Lamarck, Willdeno'w. 



9. T. angnlatum. Dropwort -leaved Tanfy. Willd. ... 8. 

 " Ejufd. Achill. 52. t. 2. f. 3." (Achillea fihpendulina ; 

 Lamarck Dift. v. i. 27. Ptarmica orientalis, tanaceti folio 

 et facie, flore minimo ; Tourn. Cor. 38.) — Leaves pinna- 

 tifid ; fegments lanceolate, ferratcd. Corymb denfe. Ca- 

 lyx angulai-." — Gathered in the Levant by Tournefort. 

 Stem a foot, or rather more, in height, channelled, almoft 

 fmooth, but fparingly leafy in the upper part. Lower 

 leaves two or three inches long, deeply pinnatifid, green, 

 and fmooth ; upper about half as long. Flowers yellow, in 

 a fmall denfe corymliu. Florets of the radius fcarcely more 

 than two or three, \ery fhort. Receptacle elevated, furniflied 

 with a very few fcales at the margin. IVilU. Lamarck. 



10. T. microphyllum. Small-leaved Siberian Tanfy. 

 (Achillea n. 164 ; Gmel. Sib. v. 2. 198. t. 83. f. 2. Ptar- 

 mica millefohi folio tomentofo, flore luteo ; Gerb. MSS. in 

 Herb. Linn.) — Leaves pinnate ; leaflets bipinnatifid, hairy, 

 obtufe. FIower-fl;alks corymbofe, hairy. Calyx fmooth.— 

 Gathered by Gerber, in deferts, on both fides of the river 

 Don, near upper Kundrufchewa. He remarked that the 

 receptacle is devoid of fcales, which induces us to introduce 

 this plant here, though referred to Achillea by Gmelin, 

 LiiuiKus has paffed it over. The root is woody and appa- 

 rently perennial. Stem a fpan high, more or lefs branched, 

 leafy, angular, and downy. Lcav s ftalked, hairy, finely 

 fubdivided and notched. Flowers yellow, rather hemi.. 

 fpherical than cylindrical. Calyx-fcales oblong, ending in a 

 fuddenly dilated white membrane ; the bafe of the outward 

 ones only occafionally hairy, or fringed. Florets of the 

 radius very (hort, three-toothetU 



11. T. incanum. Hoary Oriental Tanfy. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 1183. Willd. n. 9. (Abfinthium orientale incanum 

 tenuifolium, floribus luteis in capitulum congeftis et furfilra 

 fpeftantibus ; Tourn. Cor. 34.) — Leaves pinnate, hoary; 

 leaflets crowded, in deep finger-hke fegments. Corymbs 

 denfe, compound, fomewhat panicled Native of the Le- 

 vant. The Jlem is faid by Linn^us to be fimple, leafy, and 

 very (hort. We have feen neither fpecimen nor figure. 



12. T. eotuloides. May -weed Cape Tanfy. Linn. Mant. 



282. Willd. n. 10 Leaves deeply pinnatifid, pointed, 



hairy, dotted. Stem much branched. Flowers fomewhat 

 panicled. Calyx-fcales elliptical, nearly equal. — Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Root fomewhat woody, with 

 many fibres ; Linnaeus judged it to be annual. Stem abou^ 

 a fpan high, copioufly branched, round ; branches afcend- 

 ing, leafy, hairy. Leaves numerous, fcattered, fl;alked, 

 hardly an inch long, in feven or nine deep, acute, entire feg- 

 ments, clothed, on the lower fide «\t leaft, with very long 



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