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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
long, deltoid in outline ; segments oblong or cuneiform, obtusely 
lobed or cut, with a mucro at the apex of each ultimate division, 
translucent, succulent ; petioles dilated towards their sheating 
bases, the margins membranous. Heads J in diam., enlarging 
in fruit. Invol-bracts equalling the achenes, oblong or elliptic, 
obtuse, strongly nerved and with rather broad membranous 
margins. Achenes j a in. long, cuneate oblong, obcompresed, 
grooved, the margins very thick (Duthie). 
Flowers in the cold season. Roxburgh names the plant C. 
Indicum after Willdenow. The purple chrysanthemum plate 
was published under No. 327 by Curtism in Feb. 1796, as 
the Chrysanthemun Indicum of Linnaeus ; subsequently, in 
Feb- 1810, Curtis published a plate Chrysanthemum indicum, 
B, changeable white Indian Chrysanthemum under Dame of 
Willdenow, with a huge bunch of rosy flowers in the central 
part of the flower-head. The writer in the letter-press has 
the following observations : — “ Willdenow has supposed that 
the chrysanthemum of Linnaeus is not the same species with 
our plant, but we see no reason to disbelieve that they are 
distinct.” It must not be forgotten that some colours are liable 
to be modified from change of soil, situation, climate or season.— 
k. R. K. 
Use : — This plant is considered by the natives heating and 
aperient, useful in affections of brain and calculus, and to remove 
depression of spirits (Punjab Products). The natives of the 
Deccan, administer the plant in conjunction wdth black pepper, 
in gonorrhoea (Drury). 
658 . G. coi'onarium, Linn, h . f . b . i ., iii . 314 . 
Syn. : — C. Roxburghii, Desf .; Pyretheum indicum, Eoxb. 604. 
Sans. :--Shevantika. 
Vern. : — Gul-clnni (H. and Dec.); Gul-d&udi (B.); Shamantip- 
pu (Tam.; ; Chamanti (Tel.) ; Seoti (Bomb.) 
The garden Daisy. 
Ebitat : — Cultivated in the Indian gardens. 
Annual herb. Stems branched, 3-4ft. high. Leaves alternate, 
deeply lobed in a bipinnate manner. Flower-heads numerous, 
