N. O. COMPOSITE. 
695 
yellow, 2in across, solitary, or 1 V 1 corymbs. The Ray-florets are 
in one series only, strapshaped, yellow or white, and all female ; 
those of the disk are tubular, with four or five teeth at the mouth, 
and bisexual ; the pappus is reduced to a membranous ring or 
absent altogether. There is called a “ double” variety, with 
the florets all strapshaped, closely overlapping Bracts, with 
dry apd translucent margins (Page 290, vol. If, the Favourite 
Flowers of Garden and Green-house, by Edward Step, F. L. S. 
Frederick Warne and Co.). 
Use Dallzell and Gibson state that the flowers are a toler- 
able substitute for chamomile. The root chewed communicates 
the same tingling sensation to the tongue as pellitory. Accor- 
ding to Dr. Walker (Bombay Med. and Phys. Trans. 1840, p. 
711, the people of the Deccan administer the plant in conjunction 
with black pepper in gonorrhoea (Pb. Ind.). 
559. Matricaria Chamomilla, Linn, h.f.b.i., 
hi. 315. 
Syn. : — M. Suaveolens, Linn. Roxb. 605. 
Vern . : — Babun pliul (B and H.) ; Babuhah, Suteigul (Pb.). 
Habitat : — Upper Gangetic Plain and the Punjab. 
An aromatic herb, about 1-ft. high ; much-branched. Leaves 
2-pinnatifid, segments very narrow. Heads J-fin. diam., corym- 
bose. Ligules reflexed after flowering, or 0 ; receptacle elongat- 
ing during fruiting. Achenes grey, small ; ribs slender, white, 
ventral only. Achenes with slender white ribs on the ventral 
face only. Pappus 0. 
Use : — In Persian works, the flowers are described as stimu- 
lant, attenuant and discutient. There is a popular opinion 
among the Persians that the odour of the flowers induces sleep 
and drives noxious insects ; they also say that Chamomile tea 
applied to the genitals has a powerfully stimulating effect (Dy- 
mock). 
Chamomile oil is used externally in rheumatism, in Gujrat 
(Ibbetson’s Gazetteer). 
