COMPOSITE 353 



contain a bitter essence which gives off a pungent 

 perfume ; taken in small doses, they are cordial and 

 febrifuges. 



In Swiss districts three dwarf, low-growing, grassy 

 species are found, which occasionally spread into wide 

 carpets of greenery : Jl. moschata (which on account of 

 the strong Artemisia-like scent is used in the manufacture 

 of Genipi) with greyish-green leaves, pectinate-pinnatifid; 

 flowers a hard white in smallish heads, but bordered with 

 broad ligules and arranged in 5-j in a loose corymb; 

 grows on rocky pastures of the granitic Alps (1800- 

 25oo m.); Jl. atrata, distinguished by leaves of dark 

 green, more rounded in contour, the segments being 

 larger and divided into three strap-like sections (in 

 moschata the segments are commonly entire) ; flowers 

 larger and dingier, those of the disk blackish-purple; 

 rocky pastures of calcareous Alps (1600-2200 m.); 

 Jl. nana, a silky, tomentose and strongly aromatic plant, 

 with narrow leaves, finely divided into thin ligulate 

 segments, very hairy ; flowers dingy white in compact 

 corymb; glacier moraines and highest alpine pastures 

 (i8oo-25oo m.), where it forms broad caespitose sheets 

 of sward ; an infusion is taken alike against chills and 

 sudden indispositions. 



Jl. microphylla is found in moist copses and on banks 

 of streams in the alpine and sub-alpine region. It is a 

 strong plant, the large leaves of ovate outline deeply cut 

 in lanceolate, irregularly toothed, dark green segments ; 

 stem 20 in. -2 V 2 ft., erect, with large head of white 

 flowers. July-September. 



Leucanthemum 



L. ^Chrysanthemum) alpinum (PI. LV.). The little 

 daisy with very deeply cut leaves, which makes small 



