on (he Chrysanthemum Indicum of Li/nurus. 569 



preceding, of a red colour, but which did not blossom well : 

 the next had a greenish ash-coloured flower ; and the blossom of 

 the third was white ; this last is said to be rare in China, where 

 it is called Tschy Say si, or the Drunken Woman, because the 

 flowers at morning and evening hang their heads, raising them 

 in the middle of the day, and following the course of the sun. 



Rheede's Ilortus Malabaricus is a work of much older date 

 than the preceding, having been published in 1690. Uumphius 

 considers his Matricaria Sinensis to be the same as Rheede's 

 Tsjetti-pu, which is its native name in Malabar: the Portuguese 

 call it Alosna de Botao ; it is described as growing in Sandy 

 places, and having an aromatic odour; its branches being round. 

 woody, and green ; its leaves deeply cut into oblong narrow 

 lacinirc, underneath very hairy, and greenish-white; having from 

 two to four flowers rising above the branches, with green li Liu- 

 late florets and a small yellow disc. According to the figure the 

 plant has a branching stem with a central flower, leaves like the 

 Chinese Chrysanthemum, but not deeply lobed, and the flowers 

 small like a Chamomile ; they are represented as quite double. 



The whole description of the plant of Plukenet's Almagestum, 

 which he calls Chrysanthemum Madraspatanum, is given in the 

 quotation : the plant, according to the figure referred to, has 

 leaves which are but slightly lobed, and small double flowers ; 

 it was communicated to Plukenet by Mr. Du Bois, a merchant 

 who greatly assisted the botanists of his time by means of his 

 connections with foreign countries, and particularly with the 

 East Indies. 



Morison's General History of Plants, the third volume of 

 which was published by Bobart in 1699, gives the plant described 

 in Linnaeus's quotation solely on the authority of the Hortus 

 Malabaricus, referring to the Tsjetti-pu of that work. 



Vaillant's paper in the History of the Royal Academy of Sci- 

 ences 



