436 POLYGAMiA suPERFLUA. Pyrethvum. 



it, for Verbesina Boswellia, a very ramous, cespitose plant ; 

 whereas this is rigidly erect. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. Schreb. gen. N. 1307. 



Receptacle naked. Pappus none. Calyx hemispherical^ 

 imbricated ; the marginal scales membranaceous. 



1. C. Indicum. Willd. iii. 2147. 



Diffuse, perennial. Leaves variously divided. All the flo- 

 rets ligulate. 



Tsjetti pu. Rheed. Mai. x. t. 44. 



Matricaria Chinensis. Rumph. Amb. v. t,. 91 .y*. 1. bad. 



Telhig. Chamunti. 



Common in gardens all over India, where one name, Gool- 

 daoodi of" the Hindoos, serves for all the varieties. Flower- 

 ing' time the cold season. 



2. C. cuneatum. R. 



Perennial, diffuse, or creeping. Leaves sessile, wedge- 

 shaped, deeply serrate, or gashed round the anterior margins. 

 Flowers solitary, whitish ; scales of the calyx cuneate, and 

 ciliate. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



PYRETHRUM. Schreb. 

 Receptacle naked. Pappus emarginate. Calyx hemis- 

 pheric, imbricate. Scales rather acute, with scariose margins. 



P. Indicum. R. 



Annual, erect, ramous, glaucous. Leaves stem-clasping, 

 pinnatifid. Branches one-flowered ; flowers yellow, some- 

 times radiate. 



A native of Bengal. In the Botanic garden it appears, 

 flowers, ripens its seed, and perishes during the dry season. 



