PL ex. cal 39. COMPOSITE, C. 220. Beilis. 455 
Fields and pastures; perennial; April to September. 
Root creeping ; leaves depressed. — Roots pungent, boiled 
in milk to stint the growth of puppies, also externally in 
scrofula ; leaves slightly acrid. 
XLVI. 221. CHAMAEMELUM. Theophrast. Camomile „ 
Perieline hemispherical; scales nearly equal, narrow, 
imbricate, in 2 or 3 series; calathides radiated; flowers 
all fertile; of the centre hermaphrodite ; of the rays female, 
of a different colour; ligulse 3 times as long as broad; cli - 
nanthus conical, chaffy; chaffs lanceolate, membranaceous, 
keeled ; akenium topshaped, 4-sided ; pappus marginal. 
1. Chamcemelum nolile. Nolle camomile. 
Stem branched at bottom, decumbent; leaves bipinnate; 
lobes 3-parted, linear, awlshape, slightly villous ; chaffs of 
the clinanthus shorter than the corollse. 
Chamaemelum odoratissimum repens flore simplici, Raii Syn. 185, 2. 
Chamaemelum Romanian, Ger. em. 755, 4. 
Anlhemis nobilis, Lin. S. P. 1260. 
Roman camomile. 
Sandy pastures ; perennial ; August and September. 
Root woody ; peduncles terminal, solitary, naked.— Leaves 
and flowers bitter, nauseous, with a strong smell, not dis- 
agreeable, antiseptic externally; flowers in infusion sto- 
machic, antispasmodic, useful in calculous cases ; and in 
large doses emetic ; in powder febrifuge, even where bark 
has failed. 
&. duplicatum. Flowers all ligulate. 
y. nudum. Flowers of the circumference wanting. 
Chamaemelum lutenm capitulo aphyllo, Dillen in Raii Syn. 185, 2.* 
Chamaemelum nudum odoratuin, Ger. em. 754,2. 
2. Chamaemelum arvense. Corn camomile. 
Stem much branched, upright; leaves bipinnate, lobes 
linear, lanceolate, downy; clinanthus conical; chaffs longer 
than the corollas. 
Chamaemelum inndorum, Dillen in Raii Syn. 185,4. 
Anthemis arvensis, Lin. S. P. 1261. 
White ox eye. 
Ruins and sandy fields ; annual or biennial ; June, July. 
Calathides peduncled, solitary, terminal. — ■ Plant scent- 
less ; flowers scented. 
