PL ex. cal 39. COMPOSITE, C. 220. Bellis. ^55 



Fields and pastures; perennial; April to September. 



Root creeping; leaves depressed. — Roots pungent, boiled 

 in milk to stint the growth of puppies, also externally in 

 scrofula ; leaves slightly acrid. 



XLVI. 221. CHAM^MELUM. Theophrast. Camomile, 

 Pericline hemispherical; scales nearly equal, narrow, 

 imbricate, in 2 or 3 series ; calathldes radiated ; flowers 

 all fertile; of the centre hermaphrodite; of the rays female, 

 of a different colour; ligulge 3 times as long as broad; cli- 

 nantkus conical, chaffy; chaffs lanceolate, membranaceous, 

 keeled ; akenium topshaped, 4-sided ; pappus marginal. 



1. Chamce7nelum nolile. Nolle camomile. 

 Stem branched at bottom, decumbent; leaves bipinnate; 



lobes 3-parted, linear, awlshape, slightly villous ; chaffs of 

 the clinanthus shorter than the coroilse. 



Chamaeraelum odoratissimum repens flore simpllci, Rail Syn, 185, 2. 

 Cliamaemeium Romanum, Ger. em, 753, 4. 

 Anthemis nobilis, Lin. S. P. 1260. 

 Roman camomile. 



Sandy pastures ; perennial ; August and September. 



Root woody ; peduncles terminal, solitary, naked. — Leaves 

 and flowers bitter, nauseous, v/ith a strong smell, not dis- 

 agreeable, antiseptic externally; flowers in infusion sto- 

 machic, antispasmodic, useful in calculous cases ; and in 

 large doses emetic ; in powder febrifuge, even where bark 

 has failed. 



|3. duplicatum. Flowers all ligulate. 



y. nudum. Flowers of the circumference wanting. 



Chamaemeluni luteum capitulo aphyllo, Dillenin Raii Syn. 185,2.* 

 Chamaetnelutn nudum odoralum, Ger. em. 754, 2. 



2. Chamcemelum arvense. Corn camomile. 

 Stem much branched, upright; leaves bipinnate, lobes 



linear, lanceolate, downy; clinantlius conical; chaffs longer 

 than the corollse. 



ChamEemelum inodoruin, Dillen in Raii Syn. 185,4. 

 Anthemis arvensis, Lin. S. P. 1261. 

 White oxeye. 



Ruins and sandy fields ; annual or biennial ; June, July. 

 Calathldes peduncled, solitary, terminal. — Plant scent* 

 \e&%lfiowers scented. 



