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its efFects in throwing out the various species of exanthemata, and 
other eruptive diseases ; for these last purposes it still holds its 
place with the uninformed as an infallible medicine. 
Off. The summits of the pistils, called Saffron. 
Off. Pp. Syrupus Croci, L. 
Tinctura Croci, D. E. 
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ANTHEMIS NOBILIS. 
Chamomile.* 
Class Syngenesia. Order Polygamia Superflua. 
Nat. Ord. Composite Discoide^, JLinw. Corymbiferte, Juss. 
Gen. Char. Receptacle chaffy. Pappus none. Calyx 
hemispherical, nearly equal. Florets of the ray more than 
five. 
Spec. Char. Leaves compound pinnate ; the divisions linear^ 
acute, rather villous. 
The ANTHEMIS Nobilis is a hardy perennial plant, indigenous to 
Britain, and found in great abundance upon waste lands in the west- 
ern counties ; in its native state it propagates rapidly, by putting 
out roots from the branches as they lie on the ground. There is a 
variety of this speciest of chamomile with what are usually termed 
double flowers ; t both sorts are cultivated in large quantities, but 
the single-flowered variety is preferred, though not usually kept in 
the shops. 
The roots of chamomile are fibrous and spreading; the stems are 
many, slender, trailing, branched, and leafy j the leaves are villous, 
doubly pinnate, of a pale green ; the leaflets are small, linear, and 
usually divided into three segments ; the flowers are compound, 
terminal, solitary, and radiated ; the calyx is hemispherical, and 
* Fig. a, represents a plant, the leaves and flowers of the natural size. 6. A mag- 
niHed floret of the disk. c. A radial floret (magnified). 
+ The genus Antheniis comprises many species, natives of every quarter of the 
globe; tvyeuty-six of which are known and cultivated in our botanic gardens. Hort. Cant. 
X Double flowers have the florets of the ray (in compound flowers) redundant, whilst 
those of the disk are often entirely or nearly extinct. EA. 
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