420 MATRICARIACE*. 



4. Abrotamm, L. {DC. pr. 6, p. 108;— 7^. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 102.) 

 Soiithermoood. "6 Hills of S. Europe. Fl. very small, greenish-white, 

 C. S. ; fr. 0. 



5. vulgaris, L. (DC. pr. 6, p. 112;— E. B. 14, t. 97 S ^—Roxb. fl. ind. 

 3, p. 420.— A. officinalis. Gat. fl. mont. p. 144.) ^^tWl'^Tl Nagdana. 

 Magwort. % Europe. N. Africa. Levant. Siberia. Cultivated in 

 gardens in India. Fl. minute, purplish, Feb. and March ; fr. H. S. 



G.indica, Willd. {DC. pr. 6, p. il4 ^—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 419;—/. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 102, excl. syn. Rheed. Rumph. and Pluk.) 

 Wt^ Dana, "b China. Japan. Nepal. Cultivated in India. Fl. very 

 small, greenish, Feb. and March ; fr. H. S. Leaves of a slightly 

 aromatic odour, and of a bitterish taste. (Roxb.) 

 7. grata, Wall. {Cat. — DC. pr. 6, p. 114. — A. vulgaris, Burm. fl. ind. 

 p. 177 ; — Rheed. 10, t. 45.) %. Peninsula of India. Fl. small, green- 

 ish-vphite, Feb. 

 H. lactiflora. Wall. {Cat.— -DC. pr. 6, p. 115.) "211. China. Fl. small, 



whitish, C. S. 

 d.carvifolia, Buch. {Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 422; — DC. pr. 6, p. 119.— A. 

 riparia, Buch. herb.) © Khassya Mountains. Nepal. Fl. minute, 

 greenish-yellow. In H. C. G. fl. March and April. {Roxb.) 

 Crossostephium, Less. {DC. pr. 6, p. 127.) 



l.artemisio'ides, Less. {DC. I. c. — Artemisia chinensis, Vahl. not L.) 

 B Lu^on, near Manilla. Canton. Fl. minute, sulphur-coloured, C. 

 S. ; fr. 0. 

 Tanacetum, L. {DC. pr. 6, p. 127.) 



l.vulgare, L. {DC. o. c. p. 128 ;— £. B. 18, t. 1229 .—RoxL H. B. p. 

 61 -—Gurtn. fr. 2, p. 395, t. 165, /. 7 ,—Lam. ill. t. 696,/. 1.— T. 

 sibiricum, Falk. topogr. 2, No. 992.) Common Tansy. %. Europe. 

 Tauria. Fl. minute, yellow, C. S. ; fr. H. S. The whole plant is 

 very bitter, and exhales a peculiar, strong scent. Its medicinal use is 

 now obsolete. 

 Myriogyne, Less. {DC. pr. 6, p. 139.) 



l.minuta. Less. {DC. I. c. — Cotula minuta, Forst. — C. minuta and cu- 

 neifolia, Willd. — Grangea minuta and cuneifolia, Poir. — G. decum- 

 bens, Desf. — Artemisia minima, Thunb. ; not L. — Dicrocephala mi- 

 nuta, L'Herit. MSS.) © Japan. India. Lugon. New Holland. New 

 Zealand. N. Caledonia. Madagascar. Fl. minute, yellow, 

 p. lanuginosa, DC. (Artemisia sternutatoria, Roxb. fl. ind. S, p. 423. — 

 Cotula minima, Bl. — C. sternutatoria, fVall. Cat.) ^^^ Hachutee. 

 © Java. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. Feb. and March ; fr. H. S. 

 The minute seeds are used as a sternutatory by the natives. Roxb. 

 says he often used them successfully himself. 

 Maciilis, DC. {pr. 6, p. 140.) 



1 . hemispharica, DC. (/. c. and in Deless. ic. set. 4, t. 50. — Artemisia 

 hemisphajrica, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 423. — Cotula hemisphserica, Wall. 



