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seen both, and once had distinguished this by the 

 name of %^-. Cotuloides ; but being unwilling to inno- 

 Tate in this work, I have followed our Botanists in 

 uniting the plants of both continents, although I great- 

 ly doubt the botanical propriety of it. 



It blossoms from June to November, affording a 

 profusion of flowers in succession, of the size of 

 Cafnomile, but never double-' The whole plant has a 

 strong graveolent smell, disagreeable to some per- 

 sons, but not fetid. It is not eaten by cattle nor 

 domestic animals. . 



The name of Jinthemis is Greek, and applies to the 

 profusion of flowers. Cotula is a diminutive of Coia% 

 another plant of the same genus. 



•diithemis belongs to the natural tribe of Radiates, 

 section oi Jinthemides. In the Linnean system it is 

 placed in class Sxngenesia. Order Polygamia Sii- 

 perflua. 



Abundant as it is, the collection of it bej:omes easy; 

 the whole plant may be dried when in bloom, or the 

 blossoms alone may be collected. 



Locality — Our plant is indigenous and not natu- 

 ralized as mentioned by some Botanists. It is spread 

 all over the United States from Maine to Louisiana ; 

 l)ut confined almost every where to open fields. I* 

 is never found in woods, but delights in the sun, road 

 sides, stony places and old fields, or near towns and 

 Tillages. It is scarce iti mountains, but prefers the 

 limestone soils and plains. It is extremely abundant 

 on the Ohio and in the Western States, covering ne- 

 glected fields, and alternating in fallows with the Iron- 



