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Pyrethrum indicum. East-Indian 

 Feverfew. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Syngenesia Superflua. 



Generic CharaEler. 



Receptaculum nudum. Pappus marginatus. Cal. hemifphsericus, 

 imbricatus, fquamis margine fcarioiis. 



Specific Qiaracler and Synonym, 



PYRETHRUM indicum ,- foliis pinnatifidis : pinnis incifo- 

 dentatis, pedunculis longis fubnudis unifloris, fquamis ca- 

 lycinis obtufis, feminibus tetragonis. 



PYRETHRUM indicum. Roxb. MJf. No. 2090. 



Descr. Root annual. StemereEt, 1 — 2 feet high, branched, 

 rounded, glaucous : tranches alternate. Leaves alternate, pin- 

 natifid with the fegments irregularly incifed: teeth generally 

 °btu{e, fometimes (lightly acute, paler underneath. Flowers 

 folitary, terminal on long, rounded, fmooth peduncles. Calyx 

 hemifphaerical : fcalcs imbricate with a fcariofe margin, obtufe. 

 Florets of the difk yellow, five-toothed ; of the ray mott generally 

 wanting, when prefent fiiort, three-toothed, bright yellow. 

 &eds four-fided, incurved, marginated. Receptacle convex, 

 naked, dotted. 



Having neglected to make any memoranda at the time, our 

 aefcription is in great meafure borrowed from Dr. Roxburgh'* 

 manufcripts and fine drawing of the plant in the library at the 

 *ndia-Houfe. 



Native of the Eaft-Indie?, cultivated by Dr. Roxburgh in 

 tn e botanic garden at Calcutta, by whom feeds were fent to 

 Aylmer Bourkf. Lambert, Efq. Our drawing was made 

 jrom 1 a plant communicated by the Comtefle de Vandes, from 

 " c r fine collection at Bayes-Watcr. Flowers in June. 



