A n th ém i s C o t u l a . S t in k in g M a y w e e d .
ANTHEMIS Lin. Gen. PI. S yn g e n e s ia P o l y g a m îa S u p e r f l u a .
R 'cM pzkaceum. Pappus nullus. Cnf! hemifphæricus, fubæqualisi
JbloficuLi radn pi tires quara. g. “
Rmi Syn. Gen. 8. H e r bæ f l o r e c o m po s it o d is c o ïd e sem inibus p a p po
DESTITUTES COR YMBIFER Æ DICTÆ.
ANTHEMIS Lin. Syjl. Vegetal.
CHAMÆMELUM nervo foliacée, pinnule lanceolatis femiuibus
ANTHEMIS Cotula. Scopoli PI: Cotti, n. iop2.
CHAMÆMELUM fætidum. B. Pin. 135!
CHAMÆMELUM fætidum feu Cotula fætida I. B. III. 120.
• COTULA albu g g SÛ^ U ^ H^ ^ ^ gl . ed . 2i
Tota planta fcetidilfima, fublanuginofa. $
RADIX annua, {implex, fibrofa. f
CAULIS pedalis ad bipedàlem, ereflus, fubangulatus,
ftriatus, pubefeens, ramofus, fæpe ulque ad’ f
bafîn. f
FOLIA alterna, felfilia, fublanuginofa, pinnata, colla k
lineara lata, fubtus carinata, pinnis plerum- f
que ramofis, planis, acutis, fuperne punclis $
impreffis, nudo oculo confpicuis notata. f
PEDUNCÜLI eredi, flriati, nudi, fuperne fubin- I
cràffati. f
FLORES albi, difeo Iuteo, minime virelcente. %
CALYX communis, hæmifphericus, imbricatus, fqua- 1
mis .pallide virentibus, exterioribus obtufis, I
fufco marginatis, carina faturatius virente. *
FLOSCULI radii tredecem circiter, feminei, fubovati, |
lineas duas fere Iati, obtufi, binerves, triden- $
tati, dentibus obtufis, fig. 1. pars tubulofa |
flofeuli ut ut Germen, glandufis pellucidis, I
nudo oculo confpicuis ornata, fig. 2. Stigma f
bifidum, laciniis reflexis, fæpe mancum, I
. # ' 3- ‘ |
J FLOSCULI- difei numerofi, tubulofi, hermaphroditi, t
quinquedentati, fig. 4. Stigma bifidum, la- I
ciniis revolutis, fig. 6. Germen ut ut corolla f
ad lentem glanduïofa, fig. g. %
SEMEN obtufe tetragonum, fufeum, rugofum, .apice |
planum, punao in vertice prominulo, ex- ï
I D c o m i f ato> inferne atténua turn, fia-. 7. aua. f
ECEPTACULUM fubcylindraceum, fuperne paleis I
letaceis, rigidis inftru£lum, fig. 8. è
T h e w h o le p lan t e x t rem e ly fe tid , an d flig h tly w o o lly .
R O O T an n u a l, fim p le, and fib rous.
STA LK from one to two feet high, upright, fome-
whatangular, finely grooved, downy, branched
often almoll to the bottom.
LEAVES alternate, feffile, (lightly woolly, pinnated,
the midrib a lrne broad, keeled underneath
the pinnae for the mod part branched flat*
pointed, on the upper fide marked with im-
prelfed dots vifible to the naked eve.
FLOWER STA LK S upright, finely grooved, naked
lomewhat thickened above.
FLOWERS white, the centre yellow, without any
; tendency to green. 1
CALYX common to all the florets, hemifpherical
imbricated, the feales o f a pale green colour’
the outer ones blunt, and edged with brown
T keel more deeply coloured.
FLOWERS of the radius about thirteen, female '
nearly ovate, almoll two lines broad, obtufe’
two-rib’d, terminating in three obtufe teeth’
fig. 1. the tubular part o f the floret as well as
the German, ornamented with tranfparent
glands, vifible to the naked eye, fig. 2.
Stigma, bifid, the fegments reflexed, often
imperfect, Jig. g.
FLOWERS of the di/k numerous, tubular, hermaphrodite,
five-tooth’d, jig, 4. Stigma bifid,
the fegments rolled b a c Jig. 6. Germen as
well as the corolla, when magnified, ftudded
with little glands, fig. g.
SEED bluntly four-cornered, brown, wrinkled flat
at top, with a prominent hollow point in the
___ centre, below flenderer, fie:. 7 . magnified
RECEPTACLE nearly cylindrical, on?the upper part
furndhed with rigid, briftle-fliaped palei or
chaff, fig. 8. r
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