CORN M \l>:i(.(^l.l) 135 



it is (inc of those conilieiv.! pl.iius wliich .ivv not easily arcessililc to 

 insects, which cannot tlierelore cross-pollinate it. 



The achenes are dispersed by the winti, the Iruit i)einL; rililicd antl 

 \viny,ed, though in the case of ray llorets they are not v\ ingeti. 



Corn Marigold is more or less strictly a sand plant, growing on 

 sand soil. It is common on liie santly beds of the Li. is, especially the 

 Marlstone Rockbed. 



The larva of P/ivfoiiivzcr affinis mines the lea\ I's ot this species and 

 of L lirysiiiitlioiiuni Liiicaii/Itcii/iiiit. 



Chrvsaulluminii, Dioscorides. is Irom the (ireek c/irvsos, gold, 

 aiithos, rtower, and the second '..iiiii ii.inic nlcrs to its cornlield 

 habitat. 



I'he plant goes by nianv tlifferent names: l?igold, I'loudlc, Hoswcll, 

 Yellow Bottle, Bothem, IJothen, Botherum, liothul, liozzom, liiiddie, 

 Budkind, Golden Corn-tlower, Corn Marigold. Fat Hen, (ieal Cowan 

 or Geal Seed, Gil Gowan, Gold, Yellow Gold, Golding, Cioldings, 

 Marigold Goldings, Coles, Golland, ( iool or Coold, Coiils, Cowan, 

 Gule or Yellow Gowan, MancKl, Marigold, iMeld or Wild Marigold, 

 Marigold Goldins, Moon or Moons, 0.\-eye, RuikU-s, .Suntlower, 

 Tansy. 



As to the name l)Oodle a writer remarks: 



" The brake and the cockk- 1)C noisome too miicli. 

 Yet like unto Boodk- no weed tlicrc is such ". 



In regard to Gool or Cioold, the term gool-riding was ai)])licd to 

 the custom of riding through a parish to observe the growth of this 

 plant, and to fine the negligent farmer who allowed it to increase on 

 his land. 



" .\s yellow as a gowland " is a proverb in \ orkshire. 



Essential Specikic Chauacteks: — 



159. Chrysanthemnv! scgctuvK L. — Stem erect, branchetl, glaucous, 

 glabrous, upper lea\es clasping, dentate, oblong, lobed, flowcrheads 

 yellow, phyllaries broad, with margin membranous. 



Corn-flower or Bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus, L.) 



Though the more native Knapweed is onl\ known from its present- 

 day distribution in Europe, West Siberia, N.W. India, being an 

 introduction in X. America, the Corn-llower is found in Neolithic beds 

 at Edinburgh with other weeds of cultivation and (1a.\. In Great 

 Britain it is absent from Monmouth, Brecon, Radnor, Carmarthen, 



