OIID. II.] 28. AllNlCA MONTANA. 42$ 



tween Grodno and Wilna. In France, Italy, and Greece, as 

 well as in Asia Minor, near Smyrna (39°), it grows pretty 

 frequently. 



Order II. 

 Radiata^ ( Polygamia superjiua. ) 



38. 



Arnica montana, L. 



Fallkraut, Wolverley. — French, Tdbac des VosgeSj Tabac 

 Savoi/ards.-^Swed, St Hanshlomster, 



This remarkable plant grows in open woods and on moun-» 

 tain meadows. Its root is perennial, brown, of the thickness 

 of a quill, almost horizontal : it shoots out several root leaves, 

 which are opposite to one another, oblong or elliptical, entire, 

 set on both sides, especially on the upper, with sparse, crook- 

 ed hairs, ciliated, and furnished with five nerves. They pass 

 downwards into a short sheath-shaped leaf-stalk, which is 

 composed of the two opposite leaves. The lowermost leaves 

 are from two inches to a finger in length, from an inch to an 

 inch and a half broad, rounded at the point, and commonly 

 they stand in pairs, one above the other* The simple, round- 

 ish, furrowed or angular stem, set with crooked glandular cir 

 lia, and of the thickness of a pack-thread, rises from about a 

 foot to an ell in height. About its centre are two lanceolatCj 

 small, pointed leaves, which embrace the stem on both sides. 

 Commonly^the stem is divided at the upper end, but frequently 

 also it remains simple, and carries a single large copper-yellow 

 coloured flower, of a strong, peculiar smell. The common 

 Calyx consists of four ciliated, lanceolate leaflets, which stand 

 in two rows. The ray-florets are lingulate, terminate in 

 three points, and are penetrated by nine parallel nerves. At 

 the entrance of the tube of these ray-florets are four or five 

 free, short filaments, inserted in the floret,, with the same 

 number of pointed, empty, evidently abortive antherse. The 

 florets of the disc are tubular, with a five-lobcd margin. The 



