Flora Medica

ANTHEMIS.cated, in a few rows. Arms of the style without appendages atthe apex. Achsenium tapering or obtusely 4-cornered, striatedor smooth. Pappus either wanting, or a very short entire orhalved membrane, sometimes auriculate at the inside.DC.925. A. nobilisZmw. sp. pi. 1260. Eng. Bot. t. 980. Woodv.103. Smith Eng. Fl. iii. 456. DC.prodr.vi. 6. A. odorata1.Lam.fl.fr. ii. 163. Chamaemelum nobile All. ped. n. 673.Meadows, commons and fields inmany parts of Europe.(Chamomile.)Roots strong, with long fibres. Stems in a wild state prostrate, ingardens more upright, a span long, branched, leafy, hollow, round,furrowed, downy. Leaves doubly pinnate, with narrow linear segments,not truly thread-shaped or cylindrical, but rather flat or channelledabove, convex beneath ; all acute, often bristle-pointed, a littlehairy. Flower-heads terminal, solitary, rather larger than a daisy, witha convex yellow disk, and numerous white, spreading or reflexed, rays.The scales of the receptacle do not appear till the florets of the diskare turned to one side, and the innermost are gradually narrowest ; allthin and membranous, not sharp. Involucre with shining membranousborderedscales, rather downy. Receptacle obtusely conical. Achaeniavery obscurely bordered at the summit. Smith. Chamomile heads,in the shops called flowers, contain a volatile oil, resin, and bitter extractive.The oil and resin render them stimulant, while the bitterextractive communicates tonic properties. The warm infusion is usedexternally as a fomentation and internally to promote vomiting. Thecold infusion or the extract is taken as a tonic in any cases in whichtonic substances are indicated, as dyspepsia. Pereira. Chamomile, insubstance, has in some instances proved useful in the treatment ofintermittents. Dr. Schall affirms that it is not only an effectual preventativeof nightmare, but the sole certain remedy for that complaint.Burnett.MARUTA.Heads many-flowered, heterogamous. Florets of the ray ligulate,neuter, without any trace of sex ; of the disk 5-toothed,