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Mayweed. Chamomile

Anthemis Cotula. Composite Family.

Stem.--Branching. Leaves.--Finely dissected. Flower-heads.--Composed of white ray and yellow disk-flowers, resembling the common white daisy. In midsummer the pretty daisy-like blossoms of this strong-scented plant are massed along the roadsides. So nearly a counterpart of the common daisy do they appear that they are constantly mistaken for that flower. The smaller heads, with the yellow disk-flowers crowded upon a receptable which is much more conical than that of the daisy, and the finely dissected, feathery leaves, serve to identify the Mayweed. The country-folk brew "chamomile tea" from these leaves, and through their agency raise painfully effective blisters in an emergency.