954 SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. Anthemjs. 
low-fields. Hudson. Gravel-pits in Peckham-fields, and in the barren 
stubble-fields between Eltham and Shooter’s-hill. Ray. Pastures about 
Affcote and Stewponey, near Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Dr. Stokes. 
Corn-fields in Norfolk. Mr. Woodward. (At Mary Church, Devon. 
Rev. J. P. Jones. About Dorking. Mr. Winch. Roslin wood. Mr. 
Neill. Grev. Edin. E.) B. June—July. 
Var. 2. Double-Jlowered. All the florets narrow. 
Cotula non fcetida, Jlore pleno. R. Syn. 186. St. James’s field on the upper 
side near the highway, and at Great Strickland, Westmoreland. Ray. 
A. cot'ula. Receptacles conical: scales bristle-shaped: seeds without 
any border : (leaves bi-pinnatifid, slightly hairy. E.) 
Curt. 329— FI. Dan. 1179— E. Bot. 1772— {Bart. 14. E.)— Dod. 258— Lob. 
Obs. 447. 1, and Ic. i. 773. 2 —Ger. Em. 757. I—Park. 87. 9— H. Ox. vi. 
12.8— Fuchs. 583— J. B. iii. a. 121. 1— -Blackw. 67—Gars. 216— Pet. 19. 
11— H. Ox. vi. 12. 10. 
Fruit-stalks with about eight scores. Calyx , scales by no means widening 
towards the point, and scarcely membranous. Chaff very minute, like a 
fine bristle. Seeds not crowned with the four-cornered edge, but termin¬ 
ated by a simple pore. Linn. Plant palish green. Stem slightly downy, 
(twelve to eighteen inches high. E.) Leqfits often cloven towards the 
end. Petals hanging down, and continuing in that state till morning. 
Curt. Outer florets white, tri-dentate; central florets yellow. 
Fetid Chamomile or Mayweed. (Mather. Irish: Finel Moidiur. 
Welsh: Camri y cwm. E.) Corn-fields, road sides and waste ground. 
A. May—Aug.* 
Var. 2. Double-Jlowered. All the florets narrow. 
Cotula foetida, Jlore pleno. R. Syn. Fields between Hitchin and the Bald 
Oak, in the Isle of Thanet, and between Gillingham and Chatham. Ray. 
A. nob'ilis. Leaves doubly pinnate, strap-shaped, acute, somewhat 
downy: (scales of the receptacle membranous, obtuse, not exceed¬ 
ing the florets. E.) 
(E. Bot. 980. E.)— Woodv. 103— Kniph. 9— Ludw. 155— Blackw. 298. 1— 
Gars. 215. a. and 4 on the right hand — Dod. 260. 1— Lob. Obs. 445. 2, and 
Ic. i. 770. 2— Ger. Em. 7 55. 4— Blackw. 526— Trag. 149— Ger. 616. 4— 
J.B. iii. 118— Pet. 19. 10. 
Stems trailing, hairy, (about a foot long. E.) Leaves doubly winged; 
wings rather distant; little wings sometimes with two or three clefts, 
pointed, hairy, greyish. Flowers solitary. Calyx hairy, with broad. 
* Toads are said to be partial to this plant. It is very ungrateful and displeasing to 
bees. Goats and sheep are not fond of it. Horses, cows, and swine refuse it. Linn. It 
frequently blisters the skin of reapers and of children who happen to gather it; (the acri¬ 
mony is occasioned by an exudation from minute glands perceptible with a microscope. E.) 
r lhe heads, rubbed between the fingers, smell disagreeably. (It is a strong and active 
bitter: a decoction given in the dose of a tea-cup full, will produce copious vomiting and 
perspiration; and powerfully promotes the action of an emetic. Its reputed efficacy in 
rheumatism is owing to its sudorific effect. A weak infusion nauseates the stomach, and 
produces a determination to the skin. Barton’s Mat. Med. U. S. .Similar effects have been 
reported by Langrish. It is one of the troublesome weeds which over-run toni-field. 1 ?, 
and ought to be extirpated |>y more diligent husbandry. E.) 
