Flora Medica

the disk g, 5-toothed. Involucral scales oblong, obtuse, in2 rows. Receptacle hemispherical. Anthers not tailed. Styleof the ray bifid, of the disk undivided. Achaenium obovate, laterallycompressed a little, tapering to the base, extended atthe apex beyond the seed so as to form a kind of cup beneaththe flower. Pappus very small, pilose-toothed, placed on themargin of the cup.DC.917. G. maderaspatana Poir. diet, suppl. iii. 825. DC.prodr.v. 373. G. Adansonii Cass. diet. xix. 304. Artemisiamaderaspatana Linn. sp. 1190. Cotula maderaspatana Willd.iii. 2170. Various parts of the East Indies, especially aboutMadras and in Java.A small, procumbent, spreading, hoary or hairy annual, quite shaggyabout the extremity of the shoots. Leaves oblong, bipinnatifid, stalked ;with obtuse lobes, with winged, semiamplexicaul petioles. Pedunclessolitary, axillary, 1-headed, shorter than the petioles. Heads hemispherical.Florets yellow. Leaves considered by the Indian doctorsa valuable stomachic medicine; they are also sometimes used in anodyneand antiseptic fomentations.BACCHARIS.Heads many-flowered, dioecious, with homogamous tubular florets.Receptacle naked,or in a few species rather paleaceous. Involucresomewhat hemispherical or oblong, imbricated in severalrows. $ . Corolla 5-cleft, dilated at the throat. Anthers protruded,not tailed. Style more or less abortive. 5 Corolla . filiform,somewhat truncate. Style bifid, projecting. Anthers altogetherabsent. Achaenium usually ribbed. Pappus pilose $ in 1 row,;usually twisted or somewhat feathery, about as long as the involucre; ? in 1 or more rows, slender at the point, usually longerthan the involucre. DC.918. B. genistelloides Pers. syn. ii. 4-25. DC.prodr.v. 4-25.Conyza genistelloides Lam. diet. ii. 93. Molina reticulataLessing in Linncea 1831, p. 143. not JR. and P. Peru andBrazil.Stems with 3 decurrent leafy wings which are flat, veinless, short, orfrequently interrupted. Leaves very small, reduced to sharpish somewhatternate scales. Heads 1-2, in interrupted spikes. Involucreturbinate, with the scales all acuminate. Receptacle naked. Achasniasulcate. smooth, subcylindrical, This and B. vcnosa DC., a nearlyallied species, are called in Brazil Carqueja dolce, and C. amarga. Onaccount of the quantity of bitter extractive matter which they contain,and which is combined with a specific aroma, they are particularlyuseful in all intermittent fevers, and for all disorders in which Artemisiais employed in Europe. Both the extract and the decoction are used.It is particularly serviceable in chronic diseases of horses, which arevery fond of this herb. Martins.455 G G 4