308 SYNGENESIA — SUPERFLUA. [Anthemis. 



anthemutn, L iB.maritiimim; leaves fleshy. 3Ialncaria maritima, 



L. — Pyretlirum, E. Bot. t. 971. 



Fields and way-sides, common.— /3. sea-coast in many places, espe- 

 cially in Scotland. Fl. Aug'. — Oct. 0. — Stem at)oiit I foot high. 

 Flowers large, upon loiio-, naked peduncles. Dish very convex ; ray 

 large. Plant slightly aromatic. 



43. Matricaria. Limi. Wild Chamomile. 

 1. INT. Chamomilla, L. (wild Chamomile) ; leaves glabrous 

 bipitinatifid the segments capillary, involucre nearly plane its 

 scales obtuse. E. Bot. t. 1232. 



Corn-fiehis and waste ground, in various places. Fl. Aug. ©. — Stem 

 about 1 foot high, erect and branched. Flowers with a conical dish ; 

 the ray very obtuse, truncate and toothed. This has a bitter taste, and 

 a faint but aromatic smell, not unlike that of the common or true Cha- 

 momile (Anthemis nobilis). 



44. Anthemis. Linn. Chamomile. 



1. A. maritima, L. {Sea Chamomile) ; "leaves bipinnatifid 

 acute fleshy dotted somewhat hairy, stem prostrate, scales of the 

 receptacle prominent sharp-pointed." E. Bot. t. 2370. 



Sea-coast at Sunderland. Bear-Haven, in S. W. of Ireland. \ Fl. 

 July. 0. 



2. A. nohilis, L. {common Chamomile); leaves bipinnate seg- 

 ments lineai'-subulate a little downy, scales of the receptacle 

 membranaceous scarcely longer than the disk. E. Bot. t. 980. 



Dry gravell}'^ pastures and waste places, in several parts of England. 

 Isles of Cumbrae and Bute, Scotland. Kerry, Ireland. Fl. Aug. 1^. — 

 Stem about a foot long, procumbent and much branched, each branch 

 terminated by a s\n^\e flower, whose dish is yellow, at length conical, 

 and ray white. The whole plant is intenjcly bitter, highly aromatic 

 and much used medicinally. Its principal virtues are supposed to reside 

 in the involucre, which contains an essential oil. — Cliamomile is de- 

 rived from x.'^f^'^i, dwarf, and i^nXov, an apple, because the plant smells 

 like apples, or rather like quinces. 



3. A. arvensis, L. (^Corn Chamomile) ; leaves bipinnatifid 

 segments linear-lanceolate pubescent, receptacle conical its scales 

 lanceolate, fruit crowned with an entire pappus. E. Bot. t. 602. 



Corn-fields and way-sides, in several places ; but very local. About 

 Dunfermline, Dr Dewar. Near Edinb. and Linlithgow. Gresford, 

 J. E. Bowman. Fl. July. $ . — Stem upright, much branched and, as 

 well as the leaves, hoary with down ; each branch terminated with a 

 ]RTge flower, whose disk is yellow, the ray broad and white. 



4. A. Cotula, h. {stinhing Chamomile); leaves bipinnatifid gla- 

 brous their segments subulate, receptacle conical its scales seta- 

 ceous, pappus none. E. Bot. t. 1772. — Maruta foelida, DC. 



Waste places, corn-fields and by road-sides. FL July, Aug. 0. — 

 Stem a foot or more high, glabrous. Flowers solitary, terminal, their 

 dish convex, pale yellow ; ray rather large, white, its florets neuter. 

 The whole plant has a fetid smell and is said to blister the hands of 

 those who gather it. When examined with a microscope, it is found to 



