CHRYSANTHEMUM. LXXV. COMPOSIT Z. 343° 
numerous divisions and subdivisions. Stem a foot high, branching at top into 
a dense, flat-topped corymb of white or rose-colored flowers. It has an agreea-~ 
ble, pungent taste and smell. June—Sept. 
2. A. prarMica. Sneezewort. . 
Lvs. linear, acuminate, equally and sharply serrate, smooth—Found in 
moist grounds and shady places, Can. and N. Y. Pursh. Mass. Nicholls. Plant 
about 15’ high, branching at top into a diffuse corymb of white flowers. The 
leaves are remarkably distinct from the yarrow. The dried powder of the leaves 
usedias.snuff provokes sneezing. A variety with double flowers occurs, which 
is quite ornamental in pots. Aug. ft 
40. LEUCANTHEMUM. 
Gr. Xsvxos, white, avSos, flower; the heads have large, white, conspicuous rays. 
Involucre broad, depressed, imbricated ; rays pistillate, numerous; 
receptacle flat, naked; achenia striate; pappus 0.— Herds, with alter- 
nate lewves. 
_[L. Vuucire. Lam. (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. Linn.) White- 
‘ weed. Ox-eye Daisy.—Lvs. amplexicaul, lanceolate, serrate, cut-pinnatifid 
at base; st. erect, branching.—2| The common white-weed is an annoyance to 
farmers, rapidly overspreading pastures and neglected fields, U.S. to Arc. Am. 
Stems 2f high, simple or with one or two long branches, furrowed. Leaves 
comparatively few and small, obtuse, the lower ones petiolate, with deep and 
irregular teeth ; upper ones small, subulate, those of the middle sessile, clasp- 
ing, deeply cut at base, with remote teeth above. Heads large, terminal, soli- 
tary; Disk yellow. Rays numerous, white. July.—Sept. 
41. PYRETHRUM. 
An ancient name of a,certain plant, supposed to be of Anthemis: 
Involucre hemispherical, imbricate; scales with membranous mar- 
gins; receptacle naked; pappus a membranous margin crowning the 
achenia.— Ewropean herbs, chiefly perennial, with alternate leaves. 
P. PARTHENIUM.. Feverfew.—Lvs. petiolate, flat, tripinnate, the segments ovate, 
cut; ped. branching, corymbose; st. erect; inmvol. hemispherical, pubescent.— 
Several varieties of the Feverfew are cultivated, and are in great favor with 
many florists, on account of their fine pyramidal form, surmounted with a 
corymb of pure white, double flowers, which retain their beauty for several 
weeks, 
42. CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
Gr. xpvoos, gold, avSos; many species bearing golden colored flowers. 
Involucre imbricate, hemispherical, the scales with membranous 
margins ; receptacle naked ; pappus 0.— Ornamental plants from China 
and other eastern countries. Lvs. alternate, lobed. 
1. C. cononartum.—St. branched ; lvs. bipinnatifid, broader at the summit, 
acute.—@) Native of S. Europe and N. Africa. The variety with double flow- 
ers is frequently cultivated as a hardy annual. Stem about 3f high, striate, 
smooth, erect, with alternate, clasping leaves. Flowers large, terminal, soli- 
tary. Aug. 
2. C. carinatum. Willd. (C. tricolor. Andr.) Three-colored Chrysanthemum. 
Iws. bipinnate, fleshy, smooth ; invol. scales carinate—-@) Native of Barbary. 
Heads large and beautiful; disk purple, rays white with a yellow base. A va- 
riety has flowers entirely yellow. Jl.—0Oct. 
3. C. Stvense. Sabine. (Pyrethrum Sinense. DC.) Chinese Chrysanthemum. 
Lvs, coriaceous, stalked, sinuate-pinnatifid, dentate, glaucous; rays very 
long.—A native of China, where it has been long cultivated and highly esteemed 
for its beauty. A great number of varieties have been produced, with double, 
semidouble and quilled flowers of every possible shade of color. It is of very 
easy culture in any common soil, The plants are propagated by divisions, by 
