ANTHEMIS, or CAMOMILE, in botany, a genus of the syngenesia polygamia superflua class. The receptacle of the anthemis is paleaceous; it has no pappus; the calix is globular. There are 18 species of anthemis, only five of which are natives of Britain, viz.
the nobilis, or sweet-scented camomile; the cotula, or stinking May-weed; the arvensis, or corn-camomile; the maritima, or sea-camomile; and the tinctoria, or common ox-eye. The flowers of the anthemis nobilis are carminative, emollient, and aperient.