MYC0NIA. 
457 
pure w. Tube of fi. of disk not in the least produced or spurred 
downwards over the ovar. Ach. (in English spec.) black with 
1 0 strong w. ribs and no trace of crown or border. 
f 13. Myconia Neck. 
fl. M. Chrysanthemum Schultz in WB. Pampilho. 
St. mostly erect from the base rarely diffuse or ascending, 
branches 1-fld. ; 1. all undivided and equably and finely serru- 
late the lower spathulate, the upper oblong ligulate or linear 
subacute 5 fl. solitary terminal, ped. subelongate not thickened 
upwards ; ach. of ray longer than broad with a tubular membra- 
nous crown as long as tube of cor., of disk cylindric equably 10- 
ribbed with a shorter crown. — Schultz in WB. ii. 247. Chry- 
santhemum myconis Linn. Sp. 1254; Desf. ii. 281; Brot. i. 379; 
Pers. Syn. ii. 463 ; Gr. et Godr. ii. 146. C. Myconi Buch 194. 
no. 264. Pyrethrum Myconis Mcench, DC. vi. 6i. (excl. var. y) ; 
Seub. Fl. Az. 32. P. Myconi Spr. iii. 587. Coleostephus Myconis 
RFG. xvi. t. 95. f. iii. ; Willk. et Lange ii. 105.— Herb. ann. 
Mad. r eg. 1, 2, cc. Cornfields and waste ground by road- 
sides &c., up the Caminho do Meio ; between S ta Cruz and 
Machico ; at P t0 da Cruz abundant in the Rib. da Maiata ; S ta 
Anna in the Ilha ; S. Jorge at P ta Ferrovo and all along towards 
the Arco ; S. Vicente towards the Encumeado &c., often mixed 
with C. seyetum L. Apr.-Sept. — Root small branched hori- 
zontally. Whole pi. smooth always dark or full gr. and not 
at all glaucous, scentless, leafy. St. mostly erect from the 
crown of the root, straight firm and rigid, subangular and 
striate, 1-2 ft. high, erectly branched upwards, rarely from the 
crown with diffuse ascending red or purple branches. L. not 
at all fleshy, all amplexicaul, with fine pectinate teeth at the 
base, but not auriculate ; lower 1-2 in. long, |-f broad, spa- 
thulate or obovate-cuneate obtuse, attenuate downwards, the 
lowest into winged entire petioles which are still however 
stem-clasping, the uppermost subacute. Fl. 1-1^ in. in diam., 
of much the same size or even larger than in C. seyetum L., but 
on longer more produced striated mostly reddish ped. equably 
slender to the top, uniform bright full golden y., each termi- 
nating a branch, not corymbose. Heads umbilicate ; scales 
broad subequal, the outer obovate-oblong or ligulate obtuse, 
the inner spathulate, pale gr. herbaceous with a strong fleshy 
midrib, the tips brown withered scarious. Ligules longer and 
narrower (not shorter as said bv Linn.) than in C. seyetum L ., 
4-6 lines long, 2-3 broad, about as long as diam. of the flat or 
in fr. only slightly convex very crowdedly and compactly fid. 
disk. Ach. light brown smooth and shining 10-ribbed or 
striate, curved, cylindric, their tubular crown often dimidiate 
