Anthemis Cotula. Stinking Mayweed. 



ANTHEMIS Lin. Gen. PL Syngenesia Polygamia SuperfLua. 



Recept. paleaceum. Pappus nullus. Cat. hemifphaericus, fubaequalis* 

 Flofculi radii plures quam 5. 



Raii Syn. Gen. 8. Herb^e elore composito discoide seminibus pappo 



DESTITUTIS CORYMBIFERiE DICT.E. 



ANTHEMIS Cotula receptaculis conicis: paleis fetaceis, feminibus nudis. Lin. Syjl. Vegetak 

 p. 646. Sp. PL p. 1261. Fl. Suec. n. 767. 



CHAM^EMELUM foliis glabris, duplicato-pin-natis, nervo foliaceo, pinnulis lanceolatis feminibus 

 exafperatis. Haller hift. 104. 



ANTHEMIS Cotula. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 1092. 



CHAM^EMELUM faetidum. B. Pin. 135. 



CHAM.EMELUM faetidum feu Cotula faetida /. B. III. 120. 



COTULA alba Dod. Pempt. 258. Raii Syn. p. 185. Stinking Mayweed. Hudfon. FL Angl. ed. 2. 

 ft' 373' Lightjoot Flor. Scot. p. 495. 



Tota planta fcetidiflima, fublanuginofa. f The whole plant extremely fetid, and (lightly woolly. 



RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa. J ROOT annual, fimple, and fibrous. 



CAULIS pedalis ad bipedalem, ere&us, fubangulatus, | STALK from one to two feet high, upright, fome- 

 ftriatus, pubefcens, ramofus, faepe ufque ad | what angular, finely grooved, downy, branched 



bafin. | often almoft to the bottom. 



FOLIA alterna, feffilia, fublanuginofa, pinnata, cofta f LEAVES alternate, feffile, (lightly woolly, pinnated, 

 lineam lata, fubtus carinata, pinnis plerum- | the midrib a line broad, keeled underneath, 



que ramofis, planis, acutis, fuperne punclis | the pinnae for the mod part branched, flat, 



impreffis, nudo oculo confpicuis notata. | pointed, on the upper fide marked with" im- 



1 preffed dots vifible to the naked eye. 



PEDUNCULI eredi, ftriati, nudi, fuperne fubin- I FLOWER STALKS upright, finely grooved, naked, 

 craffati. | fomewhat thickened above. 



FLORES albi, difco luteo, minime virefcente. | FLOWERS white, the centre yellow, without any 



J tendency to green. 



CALYX communis, haemifphericus, imbricatus, fqua- | CALYX common to all the florets, hemifpherical, 

 mis pallide virentibus, exterioribus obtufis, $ imbricated, the fcales of a pale green colour, 



fufco marginatis, carina faturatius virente. f the outer ones blunt, and edged with brown, 



I the keel more deeply coloured. 



FLOSCULI r^iwtredecemcirciter, feminei, fubovati, I FLOWERS of the radius about thirteen, female, 

 lineas duas fere lati, obtufi, binerves, triden- | nearly ovate, almoft two lines broad, obtufe, 



tati, dentibus obtufis, Jig- 1. pars tubulofa | two-rib'd, terminating in three obtufe teeth, 



flofculi ut ut Germen, glandulis pellucidis, f jig. 1. the tubular part of the floret as well as 



nudo oculo confpicuis ornata, fig. 2. Stigma % the Germen, ornamented with tranfparent 



bifidum, laciniis reflexis, faepe mancum, $ glands, vifible to the naked eye, Jig. 2. 



Jig. 3. I Stigma bifid, the fegments reflexed, often 



|, i m per feci, fig. 3. 



FLOSCULI difci numerofi, tubulofi, hermaphroditi, 1 FLOWERS of the dijk numerous, tubular, herma- 

 quinquedentati, jig. 4. Stigma bifidum, la- # phrodite, five-tooth'd, pig. 4. Stigma bifid, 



ciniis revolutis, Jig. 6. Germen ut ut corolla | the fegments rolled back, Jig. 6. Germen as 



ad lentem glandulofa, fig. 5. -| well as the corolla, when magnified, fludded 



f with little glands, fig. 5. 



SEMEN obtufe tetragonum, fufcum, rugofum, apice | SEED bluntly four-cornered, brown, wrinkled, flat 

 planum, pun&o in vertice prominulo, ex- f at top, with a prominent hollow point in the 



cavato, inferne attenuatum, fig. 7. aucl:. % centre, below flenderer, fig. 7. magnified. 



JR.ECEPTACULUM fubcylindraceum, fuperne paleis I RECEPTACLE nearly cylindrical, on the upper part 

 fetaceis, rigidis in(tru£tum, fig. 8. J furnifhed with rigid, briftle-ihaped paleae or 



I chaff, 7^. 8. 



The Anthemis Cotula, like the Matricaria Chamomilla, is very common in corn-fields, where it is well 

 known frequently to blifter the (kin of the reapers, or of children who may happen to gather it, which the 

 Matricaria never does ; — if the plant be examined with a microfcope, it will be found befprinkled with little 

 glands, in which its acrid matter mod probably refides. 



Independent of this quality, it abounds to that degree in fome Corn-fields, as greatly to diminifh the crop. 



It is fond of a foil well manured, and as it is frequently fuffered to feed on dunghills, it by that means 

 often becomes more generally dilfeminated : farmers cannot be too careful in weeding their dunghills ; they 

 are not aware of the amazing increafe from a fingle plant of the Anthemis Cotula, Rumex crifpus, Chenopodium 

 album, or many others equally, if not more, injurious. 



We have obferved the petals to vary much in length and breadth, and Botanifts have fometimes found it 

 with double flowers. 



It differs greatly in its qualities from the Anthemis nobilis and Matricaria Chamomilla, has never been much 

 in ufe, nor are its medicinal effecls well known. Decoftions of it are faid fometimes to have been employed 

 as a bath or fomentation againft hyfteric fuffocations, and hemorrhoidal pains and fwellings. Mr. Ray fays, 

 that a decoftion of the herb has by fome been given internally, with fuccefs, in fcrophulous cafes. Brown 

 Langrish gives an account of a deco&ion of it throwing a perfon afflicled with rheumatifm into a profuie 

 fwear, and curing him. Lewis's Mat., Med. p. 223. Vid. Matricaria Chamomilla, 



