THISTLE FAMILY. 813 
EUROPE. 
Extensively naturalized from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, west to Texas. Spar- 
ingly introduced in California. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Flowers April to June; most abundant in cen- 
tral and upper districts; waysides and waste places. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Enropae ruderatis, praecipue in Uerania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Anthemis arvensis L. Sp. Pl. 2: 894. 1753. FIELD CAMOMILE, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 288. 
EUROPE. 
Adventive in several localities on the Atlantic coast; District of Columbia. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County. June; rare, Annual, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europa, praesertim Sueciae agris.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
M..TRICARIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:890, 1753. WiLp CaMOMILE. 
Fifty species; temperate regions of the Old World. 
Matricaria inodora maritima (L.) Babington, Man. Brit. Pot. ed.5, 179. 1862. 
SEASIDE WILD CAMOMILE. 
Matricaria maritima L. Sp. P1,.2:891. 1753. 
Pyrethrum maritimum Smith, Eng. Bot. 2:901. 1790-1814, 
ALABAMA: Adventive from Europe with ballast. Mobile County. Flowers white; 
August. Observed for the past twelve years. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab, in Europae septentrionalis littoribus maris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM L. Sp. Pl. 2: 888. 1753. 
One hundred and forty species, perennial and annual herbs; temperate and 
warmer regions of the Old World. 
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L, Sp. Pl. 2: 888. 1753. 
OXEYE Daisy. WHITEWEED. 
Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. Fl, Fr. 2:137. 1778. 
Ell. Sk. 2:400. Gray, Man. ed.6, 289. Chap. Fl. 242. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:365. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1:401. 
EUROPE. . 
Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Naturalized from Canada to the Pacific, and 
throughout the Atlantic United States to the Gulf from Florida to Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Pastures and grass lands. Not rarely culti- 
vated for ornament and apt to escape, becoming a troublesome weed; May, July. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in pratis Europae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Pers. Syn. 2: 462, 1807. FEVERFEW. 
Matricaria parthenium L. Sp. Pl. 2:890, 1753. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 289. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 365. 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Escaped from cultivation from Canada to Florida 
and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, waste places. Flowers white, August, September. 
Not frequent. Perennial. 
Economie uses: ‘The herb, under name of ‘ feverfew,” is used medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europae cultis, ruderatis.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Chrysanthemum coronarium L. Sp. P12: 890. 1753. MARIGOLD. 
Gray, Syn. FL IN, A. 1, pt. 22364, 
ALABAMA: Fugitiveon ballast, from southern Europe. Mobile County. Flowers 
golden yellow; July, August. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Creta, Sicilia.” 
Herb, Geol. Sury. Herb, Mohr. 
