Tarchonanthus
(from Tarchon, the Arabic name for Artemisia Dracunculus, and anthos, a flower; in reference to the resemblance of the flower-heads to those of Artemisia Dracunculus). African Fleabane. ORD. Compositae. A small genus (three species) of small, greenhouse, tomentose, South African trees. Flower-heads small, sessile or shortly pedunculate, in axillary or terminal panicles; involucre of the male flowers of five scales, connate to their middle; those of the female of many separate scales, in a double row; receptacle hairy. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire or lobed at apex, rather thick. The introduced species thrives in sandy, fibry loam, with the addition of a little leaf mould. Propagated by cuttings, inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in the beginning of summer.
T. camphoratus (camphor-scented). fl.-heads purple; females composed of three to five florets; panicle terminal, many-headed. June to October. l. lanceolate-oblong or obovate, acute at base, sub-acute or obtuse at apex, 3in. to 5in. long, entire or denticulate; young ones densely velvety above; old ones glabrous and reticulated above, tomentose below. h. 6ft. 1690. (L. B. C. 382.)