874 



Plants oj the Punjab. 



Herbs, Ekect, with Alternate Exstipulate Lobbd Leaves. 



Petals united. 

 Flowers, minute, in heads, inner tubular, outer ligulate. 



Anthemis 

 odontostephana, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 312. 

 N.-W. F. Province, 

 Peshawar (Vicary). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Griffith). 



small, perennial, stems many, from the root, grey 

 velvety ; leaves |-f in. long, ovate, pinnately divided, 

 segments enthe or 8-5-lobed ; flowers and heads like the 

 last species, but the floor of the heads covered with awl- 

 shaped scales ; achenes crowned with blunt short teeth. 



Allardia tomentosa. 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 313. 

 Himalaya, 

 13-16,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial, tufted, covered with white wool, 

 branches long, ascending, leafless upwards ; leaves l|-3 in. 

 long, pinnately divided, oblong or Hnear-oblong, segments 

 various ; flowers white, rosy or pink in terminal stalked 

 heads, 2-3 in. diam., bracts of heads woolly, floor of head 

 flafc, naked, ligules 1 in. long, very many, entire, linear, 

 disk-flowers tubular, 5-fid ; achenes smooth, 5-angled, 

 grooved and wrinkled, pale, pappus ^-| in. long, consist- 

 ing of stiff purpHsh bristles, tips whitish or yellowish. 



Matricaria 

 Chamomilla, 

 Persian Chamomile, 



Bahuna, suteigul. 

 Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 315. 

 The Plains. 



small, annual or perennial, aromatic, much branched, 

 smooth ; leaves 2-3 in, twice pinnately divided, segments 

 thread-hke ; flowers, inner tubular, yellow, outer ligulate, 

 white in solitary, long stalked heads, |-| in. diam., bracts 

 of heads oblong, margins white, floor of heads bare, pappus 

 none, corolla inner tubular, 4-5-toothed, outer Hgulate, 

 Ugule long, rarely short, anther-bases blunt, not divided ; 

 achenes small, grey, 4-5 ribbed on one side. The flower 

 heads and oil are used instead of true Chamomile (An- 

 themis nobiUs) as a tonic, febrifuge and in an infusion as an 

 anodyne. 



Matricaria prsecox, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 316. 

 N.-W. F. Province, 

 Peshawar. 



like the last species, but not aromatic, leaves only 

 once pinnately divided, bracts of heads with red margins, 

 achenes ribbed on both sides, crowned with a lobed cup. 

 This plant, when dry, may be mistaken for Anthemis 

 odonto-stephana. 



