Anthemis syriaca, Bornm.

55. A. syriaca Bornm. View in CoL , Feddes Reperì. 10: 470 (1912).

Annual, sparsely hairy or subglabrous, with divaricate, decumbent branches from the base. Leaves sessile, oblong, 1- to 2-pinnatipartite; lobes ovate to oblong, mucronate. Peduncles not or slightly davate in fruit. Involucre nearly flat; bracts subglabrous, the outer ovate-lanceolate, acute, the others oblong-lanceolate, with narrow scarious margin and acute or subacute apex. Ligules 10x2-5 mm, oblong-linear, sometimes suffused with red or purple, deflexed. Disc up to 13 mm in diameter. Receptacle depressed-hemispherical; scales brownish-purple towards the apex, cuneate, attenuate to a rigid, curved or flexuous subulate point slightly shorter than the scale, equalling or shorter than the florets. Achenes 2-2-5 x 1-5 mm, compressed, with acute angles, 7- to 9-striate at each side, those of ligules triangular, those of tubular florets quadrangular; corona short, whitish. Stony places and cultivated land. Kriti. Cr?Gr. (Lebanon.)