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mile; A. A. tinctoria, Yellow Chamomile; 5. 

 A. pyrethrum, Spanish Chamomile, or Pellitory 

 of Spain. 



In the first species the root is perennial : the 

 stems trailing, and hairy : the leaves bipinnate, 

 pinnas rather distant, pinnules sometimes with 

 two or three clefts, pointed, hairy, grayish : 

 the flowers solitary : the calyx hairy, with broad, 

 shining, membranaceous edges : florets of the 

 circumference somewhat elliptical, cither entire, 

 or with two or three teeth ; those of the centre 

 yellow. Abundant in Cornwall. It flowers in 

 July and August. 



In the second the stems are widely pro- 

 st:-.tte, smooth and purplish : the leaves pin- 

 nate, gashed, naked, sprinkled with hollow 

 dots, towards the base more closely toothed, 

 under the base with a transverse raised pur- 

 plish line : the peduncles terminal, solitary, sub- 

 striated, pubescent, thicker towards the top : 

 the flowers have the smell of Feverfew. It is a 

 native of France and Italy ; and flowers in July 

 and August. 



In the third species the stems are a foot high, 

 one-flowered, and the leaves tomentose-silky : 

 the two outer divisions of the corolla larger than 

 the others. It is a native of the coasts of 

 Greece, Italy, &c. 



In the fourth the stem is striated, slightly hairy, 

 and much branched : the lower leaves pinnate ; 

 fower pinnas short, distant, and toothed ; up- 

 per pinnatifid, the midrib broader than the pin- 

 nules, which are lanceolate, toothed, slightly 

 hairy, green above, and glaucous underneath : 

 the upper leaves pinnatifid ; midrib broad; pinnas 

 irregular, linear-lanceolate, toothed ; uppermost 

 leaves sometimes simply toothed, slightly hairy : 

 long, naked, striated, slightly hairy peduncles 

 terminate the stem and branches, each bearing 

 one flower : the calyx imbricate with numerous 

 scales; outer of various lengths, inner equal, 

 lanceolate, hairy, with a green dorsal line, and 

 white shining edges : florets all yellow, those of 

 the radius broad, three-toothed ; of the disk nu- 

 merous, short. It is a native of Sweden. 



In the fifth the stems are many, prostrate, 

 usually one-flowered, seldom branching : the 

 root perennial, thick, running clown a foot or 

 o the ground, about as big as a man's 

 linger, the colour of horse-radish, white within, 

 of an acrid biting taste: the flower large, the 

 florets of the ray purple on the outside. It is a 

 native of the Levant, and the southern parts of 

 Europe. 



The sixth species is a low shrubby plant, 

 having the leaves pinnatifid at the top : the pe- 

 duncles elongate : the calyxes membranaceous, 



with a barren ray. It is a native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope; and flowers from April to 

 June. 



Culture. — The first sort, orCommon Chamo- 

 mile and its varieties, may be easily propagated 

 by parting the roots, by offsets, by slips, and 

 by cuttings of the extending branches. This 

 may be done in the summer season ; but the 

 best time is in March or the following month. 

 They may be planted in beds, a foot asunder, 

 to afford room for their spreading. 



The variety with double flowers has a good 

 effect when set in the borders, in small 

 bunches. 



The other species are capable of being raised 

 from the seeds by sowing them in the spring 

 season, on beds of common mould- They 

 should be afterwards transplanted when suffi- 

 ciently strong into the situations where they are 

 to remain. In the fourth sort this is advised by 

 Martyn to be done on " large open borders, near 

 shrubs, where they may have room to grow, 

 for they require to be three feet distant from 

 other plants. In large open spots they make a.' 

 pretty variety from June to November, during 

 which time they continue in flower. Some of 

 the flowers are white,, others sulphur-coloured, 

 and others of a deep yellow. Those which 

 come from the Levant are taller plants, and' 

 produce larger flowers; but in other parti- 

 culars they are the same with the European." 

 They are likewise all- capable of being propa- 

 gated by cuttings- and slips from the branches 

 in the summer season, in- shady borders or other 

 places. In any of these methods they must be 

 transplanted, when sufficiently rooted, into the 

 fronts of the clumps, borders, and other parts-- 

 of shrubberies, and other parts of pleasure- 

 grounds. In these situations they flower an. 

 nually, and continue several years; The last 

 species is too tender to withstand the effects of 

 the open air without protection in the winter 

 season. 



ANTHERICUM, a genus including plants 

 of the herbaceous flowery Spider-wort kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Hexandria 

 Monogynki~, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Coronceritie. 



The characters are : that there is no calyx :■ 

 the corolla consists of six, oblong, obtuse, very 

 spreading petals : the stamina are subulate, erect- 

 filaments : the antherse small, incumbent, and 

 four-furrowed : the pistillum is a germ ob- 

 scurely three-cornered : the style simple, and 

 of the length of the stamina : the stigma ob- 

 tuse, and three-cornered : the pericarpium an 

 ovate, smooth, three-furrowed, three- celledj 



