450SYNGENESIA— POL.-SUPERF.Chrysanthemum. 



ated, obtuse, without down or border. Rccept, naked, 

 rather convex. 

 Species numerous, in various parts of the globe, herbaceous; 

 in some instances shrubby. Leaves simple or compound, 

 smoothish, variously jagged, pinnatifid, or pinnate. Fl. 

 terminal, with a yellow disk, and yellow, white, or reddish 

 rays; not pleasantly scented. 



* Rays isohite. 



1. Ch. Leuca7itheinum. Great White Ox-eye. Moon 



Daisy. 



Leaves clasping the stem, oblong, obtuse, cut ; pinnatifid at 

 the base ; radical ones obovate, stalked. 



Ch. Leucanthemum, Linn. Sp. PL 1251. fVilld. v. 3. 2142. Fl. 



Br. 898. Engl. Bot. v. 9. t. 601. Curt. Lond. fuse. 5. t. 62. 



Mart. Rust. t. 109. Hook. Scot. 246. Fl. Dan. t. 994. Bull. 



Fr. t. 211. Ehrh. PL Of 138. 

 Matricaria n. 98. Hall. Hist. u. 1. 4 1. 

 Leucanthemum vulgare. Raii Syn. 184. 

 Bellis major. Ger. Em. 634. f. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 261./. Camer. 



Epit. 653./. Fuchs. Hist 148./ 7c. 81./ Dalech. Hist.S53.f. 



Lob. Ic. 478./ Trag. HisL 144. f. 

 Buphthalmon. Brunf. Herb. v. 1. 258./ 

 Great Daisie. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 1 9./ J . 



In pastures, fields and by way sides, common. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root branched, tough and woody, with many fibres. Stem erect, 

 simple or branched according to the soil, from 1 to 2 feet high, 

 leafy, slightly hairy, furrowed, with red intermediate ribs. 

 Lower leaves stalked, obovate, serrated or deeply cut ; upper 

 variously pinnatifid, especially at the base, clasping the stem j 

 all deep green, nearly smooth. Fl. large, terminal, solitary, 

 not inelegant, with a broad yellow disk, and brilliant white ra- 

 dius. Calyx-scales brown or blackish, with a shining, membra- 

 nous, white border. Seeds black, with white ribs. The flavour 

 of the whole plant is herbaceous, slightly, not pleasantly, aro-. 

 matic. Its properties are not important. Like many other 

 herbs, mixed with grasses, it makes a part of the hay crop. 



** Rays yellow. 



2. Ch. segetimi. Yellow Ox-eye. Corn Marigold. 



Leaves clasping the stem, glaucous ; jagged upwards ; 



toothed at the base. 

 Ch. segetum, Linn. Sp. PL 1254. Willd. v. 3. 2148. FL Br. 899. 



