4^56 222. Maruta. 39. COMPOSITE, C. Pl.ex.cal. 



XLVII. 222. MARUTA. Cassine. Mathes, 



Periciine hemispherical ; scales imbricate, slightly scarious 

 at the edge ; calathides radiated ; Jlowers of the centre her- 

 maphrodite ; of the rays female, of a different colour; cala- 

 thides long, conical, naked at bottom, chaffy above; chaffs 

 bristlelike, shorter than the corollae; akenium hairy, top^ 

 shaped, tubercular above ; pappus 0. 



Marutafcetida. Stinking mathes. 



Leaves bipinnatifid, bald; leaflets awlshape, 3-parted. 



Cliamaemelum tcetidum, Raii Syn, 185,2. 

 Cotula foetida, Ger. em. 767, 1. 

 Anthemis Cotula, Lin. S. P. 1261. 

 IMaruta, Bullet. Philom. 1819. 

 Stinking camomile. Mayweed. 



Fields ; annual ; June and July. 



Root tortuous ; stem much branched ; leaves light green. 

 — Calathides rubbed between the fingers smell very dis- 

 agreeable ; herl) blisters the skin of reapers, and of children 

 who gather it. 



XLVIII. 223. ANTHEMIS. Turner. Anthemis. 



Periciine hemispherical ; scales lanceolate, membrana- 

 ceous, hairy ; tips torn, plumose; calathides xa,6\iiteA', flowers 

 of the centre hermaphrodite; of the circumference female; 

 ligulse much longer than broad; clinanthus flat or slightly 

 convex, chaffy; chaffs long, lanceolate, keeled, membra- 

 naceous, sometimes as long as the corollse ; tips awlshape j 

 akenium 4-sided, topshaped ; pappus marginal, membra- 

 naceous. 



a. CorollcB of the centre yellow, of the rays white. 



1 . Anthemis maritima. Sea anthemis. 



Stem prostrate ; leaves bipinnatifid, fleshy ; beneath con- 

 vex, hairy; above flat; lobes pointed; chaffs longer than 

 the corollae. 



Cliamaemelum maritimum latifolinna rainosissiraum, flore albo, Dillmin 

 Raii Syn, 186, 8. 



Anthemis maritima, Lin. S. P. 1259. 



Rocks by the sea; annual; July. 



Leaves sessile ; calathides solitary, terminal. 



