1094 ANTHEMIS. fCLASS XIX. ORDER It 
1. A. marit'ima, Linn. ? (Fig. 1303.) Sea Chamomile. Leaves bi- 
pinnatifid, acute, somewhat fleshy, minutely dotted, slightly hairy ; 
stem prostrate; receptacle convex, its scales prominent between the 
florets, sharp pointed ; fruit with a very narrow border. 
English Botany, t. 2370.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 456.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 308.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 150.— 
A. Anglica, Spreng sys. De Cand. Prod. 6. p. LO. 
“ Stems prostrate, a span long, angular, branched, hoary, with 
loose cottony down, sometimes purplish. Leaves sessile, fleshy, 
loosely hairy, especially beneath, deeply cut into many sharp pin- 
natifid segments, flat, bright green, marked with depressed dots on 
the upper side. Flowers terminal, solitary, on furrowed, hairy, or 
cottony stalks. Involucre hairy, its inner scales elongated, torn, and 
almost feathery, outer ones acute, much shorter. Disk convex, not 
conical, bright lemon coloured, the points of the (paleaceous) scales of 
the same colour, visible between the florets, especially before the 
latter expand. lorets of the ray numerous, cream coloured, the 
limb oblong, three toothed, horizontal. Stigmas in the florets of the 
disk at least deeply cloven. Fruit oblong, crowned with an extremely 
narrow entire border.”’—Smith. 
Habitat.—Sea coast; Sunderland, Durham, Bear-Haven, S.W. of 
Treland. 
Annual; flowering in July. 
2. A. no'bilis, Linn. (Fig. 1304.) Common Chamomile. Leaves bi- 
pinnate, pubescent, the segments linear, subulate; stem prostrate ; 
receptacle conical, its scales membranous, oblong; fruit somewhat 
triangular, smooth. 
English Botany, t. 980.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 457.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 457.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 150, 
Foot fibrous. Stem prostrate, when cultivated more erect, from 
twelve to eighteen inches high, round, furrowed, branched, downy. 
Leaves numerous, bi-pinnatifid, somewhat hairy, or smooth, the seg- 
ments linear, awl-shaped, mostly bristle pointed. J lowers terminal, 
solitary, mostly several on each plant. Florets of the ray with an 
oblong white spreading limb, three toothed at the end, those of the 
disk yellow, small, numerous, tubular, five toothed. Receptacle 
conical, hollow, the paleaceous scales oblong, pointed, membranous, 
not so long, or about the length of the florets. Involucre of oblong 
obtuse scales, with a broad thin membranous margin, somewhat 
downy. Fruit somewhat triangular, crowned with an obscure border, 
Habitat.—Dry gravelly pastures and waste places in various parts 
of England; Isles of Cumbrae and Bute, Scotland; Kerry, Ireland. 
Perennial ; flowering in August. 
This, the common or Roman Chamomile, is one of the best and 
most generally used household tonics ; and when taken in the form 
