XLIII. 



ANTHEMIS NOBILIS. 



Common Chamomile. 



Class XIX. 



Syngenesia. — Order II. 



SurEKFLUA. 

 Nat. Ord. CoMrosiT.^. 



POLYGAJMIA 



Gen. Char. Involucre hemispherical, imbricated with 

 uearly equal scales, membranous at the margin. Re- 

 ceptacle convex, chaffy. Fruit crowned with a mem- 

 branous border or pappus. 



Spec. Char. Leaves bipinnate, their segments linear- 

 subulate, a little downy. Scales of the receptacle 

 membranous, scarcely longer than the disk. 



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SYNOKTMES. 



.'Chanisemelum nobile seu Leucanthemum odoratius. Bauh. 

 j Pin. 135. 



I Chamsemelum odoratissimum repens, flore simplici. Rati 

 • i Syn. 185. 

 I Parthenium nobile. Trag. 147. 

 I Chameemelum Romanum. Ger. Em. ""/o. 

 *- Anthemis nobilis. Lin. Sp. PI. 1260. 



Camomille; Camomille Romaine; Camoraille odorante. 



CamomiUa Romaine ; Camomilla odorata. 



Manzanilla. 



MarceUa Romana. 



Kamille ; Rbmisch Kamille. 



Camille ; Roomsche Camille. 



Romerske Cameelbloraster. 



Romerske KamiUeuhlommer. 



Rumianek. 



Schamaindu pu. 



Ehdaklmerza. 



Description. — The root is perennial, fibrous, and spreading. 

 The stems are procumbent, from six to twelve inches in length, 

 herbaceous, hairy, much branched and leafy, and of a pale 

 green colour. The leaves are alternate, sessile, bipinnate, the 



