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ANTHEMIS PYRETHRUM. SPANISH CAMOMILE 



Or, PELLITORY of SPAIN 



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SYNONYM J. Vji'tthrxim, Pharm,Lond,'<^Edinh Pyretlirum 



' flore bellidis. Bauh. Pin. p, 148. Pyrethrum ofTicinarum. Loh 



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447. Gei^ard Emac. p. 758. Park, ^heat. p^ 858. Raii Hiff 

 . 353. Chamsemelum fpeciofo flore, radice longa fervida. SImw 

 y^fr.p. 138. Anthemis caulibus fimplicibus unifloris decumbentibus, 



Mill, Fig, t, !,?>, nl^.'^^ov Diofcorid. Lib, 3. c, 85."^ 



Clafs Syngenefia. Drd, Pdlygamia Superflua, Lift, Gen, Plant. 970. 



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Ef,Gen,Cb, Recept,pi\e3iceum, Pappus nuWm, 6*^/. hemifphsericus 



fubasc[ualis* FlofcuU radii plures quam 



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Bp, Qh A, caulibus fimplicibus unifloris decumbentibus, 



pinnato-multifidis. 



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'THE root IS perennial, tapering, long, externally whitilli, and 



fends off feveral fmall fibres : the fhems are ufually fimple, round, 

 trailing, bearing one flower, and fcarcely a foot in height ; but the 

 fpecimen here figured was extremely luxuriant, and has in fome degree 

 departed from its more common and fimple appearance : the 



doubly pinnated, fegments 



arly linear, and of a pale 



green colour : the flowers are large, at the difc of a } 

 at the radius white on the upper fide, on the under fide of 

 purple colour : the different florets anfwer to the defcription giv< 

 of the Anthemis nobihs. it flowers in June and July. 



This plant is a nativ^e of the Levant and the fouthern parts 

 Europe ; it was cultivated in England by Lobel in 1570,' but it does 



* Ab igne nomen habet, ob radicis ejus fervorem Igheum. F. Bauh. L c. 



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Jdver. p. 346, Vide Hort. Kew 



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