Lonas
(derivation unknown). ORD. Compositae. A monotypic genus, the species being a hardy, erect, branched, glabrous, annual herb. It thrives in any ordinary garden soil. Propagated by seeds, which may be sown in the open ground, in spring.
L. inodora (inodorous). fl-heads yellow, small, in dense, terminal, crowded corymbs; involucre sub-turbinate-campanulate; receptacle elongated; achenes glabrous. July to October. l. alternate, deeply-toothed or cut. h. 1ft. Barbary, 1686. (B. M. 2276, under name of Athanasia annua.)