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Hungarian  Daisy  and  Insect  Powder. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharni. 
Jan.,  1889. 
usually  quoted  at  the  same  price  and  frequently  at  an  advance  on  the 
price  of  the  powder.  The  adulteration  of  this  product  with  Hungarian 
Daisy,  is  deemed  of  such  importance  as  to  be  worthy  of  record  and 
prompt  exposure. 
The  present  editions  of  the  Dispensatories  contain  but  indifferent 
descriptions  of  this  drug.  The  following  descriptions  are  offered  with 
the  hope  that  they  may  serve  to  distinguish  the  two. 
Hungarian  Daisy. — Stems  angled,  the  dried  flower  heads  averaging 
about  half  inch  in  diameter,  the  rays  florets  being  twisted  and  folded. 
When  soaked  in  water  to  their  natural  size,  the  flower  heads  average 
1J  inch  in  diameter  from  tip  to  tip  of  the  ray  florets.  The  involucre 
broadly  campanulate  imbricate,  the  scaly  margins  chaff-like,  the  stem 
being  deeply  inserted  makes  it  distinctly  depressed  or  concave  ;  green- 
ish-grey in  color,  glabrous.  (Fig.  1  represents  the  involucre,  the  dried 
flower  enlarged  two  diameters.) 
Fig.  1. 
Fig.  2. 
Receptacle  prominent,  subglobular,  convex,  dark  colored.  (Fig.  2. 
represents  the  receptacle,  (the  florets  being  removed)  enlarged  two 
diameters. 
The  ray  florets,  (about  18),  white  ligulate,  nerved,  three  toothed 
pistillate;  the  appendages  of  the  style  extending  beyond  the  tube. 
The  achenia  angled  without  pappus,  but  crowned  with  a  faint  margin. 
(Fig.  3  A  represents  the  ray  floret  enlarged  about  three  diameters.)  The 
disk  florets  numerous,  bright  orange  yellow,  tubular,  five  toothed,  the 
stamens  included  ;  achenia  without  pappus.  (Fig.  3  B  represents  the 
disk  floret  enlarged  about  seven  diameters.) 
The  botanical  characteristics  of  this  flower  would  indicate  that  it 
most  probably  belongs  to  the  sub-genus  Leucanthemum ;  but,  with 
only  the  flowers  for  examination,  the  naming  of  the  species  would  be 
but  a  guess  of  little  or  no  value. 
