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MATRICARIA, Linn. 

 355. *»1. Parthenium, L. Chrysanthemum P., Pers. (Syme and 

 L. Cat.). Feverfew. 

 Parthenmm, Ger. em. (Blackst.). Pyrethrum P. (Sm.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 127. Syme E. B. v. t. 715. 

 Hedgebanks and waste ground j rather common. P. July, August. 



I. Harefield ; BlacJcst. Fasc. 72. Moss Lane, Pinner ! ; Melv. 49. South 



Mims. 



II. Bet. West Drayton and Yewsley ! ; Newh. Bet. Sunbury and Walton 



Bridge. 



III. On walls at Twickenham and Isleworth. 



IV. Hampstead ! ; Irv. MSS. Pield behind King's Head, Harrow ; Julian 



HiU ; Melv. 49. 

 V. Near Apperton ! ; Newh. About Perivale ; Lees. 



VI. Muswell Hill ; Herb. Hardw. Garden weed at Edmonton. 



VII. By Lea Canal; Cherry. South Heath, Hampstead. Shepherd's Bush. 

 Near Cremorne. Parson's Green . Site of Exhibition, South Ken- 

 sington (semi-double). 

 First record : Blackstone, 1737. Often the outcast of gardens. 



356. M. inodora, L. Chrysanthemum inodorum, L. (Syme and L. Cat.). 

 Chamotmelum inodoriim annuum humilius fol. obscure virentibus, H. Ox.f 



(R. Syn. iii.). Pyrethrum inodorum, Sm. (Irv.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 127 ; iii. 462. Syme E. B. v. t. 717. 

 Waste ground and roadsides ; rather common. A. July — September. 

 I. Harefield. 



II. Bet. West Drayton and Yewsley ! ; bet. Sunbury and Hampton ! ; 



Newb. Bet. Hampton Court and Kingston Bridge. Railway banks, 

 Fulwell Station. 



III. Near Hounslow. Several places near Twickenham. 



IV. Harrow district, very common ; Melv. 49. Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 



Burgess Hill. 

 V. Near Brentford ; Hemsley. Acton ! ; Newb. 



VII. Observed by Mr. Rand along the way to Chelsea ; Bill, in B. Syn. 



iii. 186. Site of Exhibition, South Kensington. Roadside, Ken- 

 sington Grore. Waste ground, Gordon Square. Thames Embank- 

 ment. Isle of Dogs. 

 First record: Ra7id, 1724. A small form of this is recorded as 

 Chammnelum majusfol. tenuissimo, caide ruhente, H. B. Monsp. Fre- 

 quent about London; Dill, in B. Syn. iii. 186. (See Herb. Pet. 

 vol. cxlviii. fol. 136.) 



t Petiver's specimens {Herb. Pet. vol. cli. fol. 116) witli this name are Anihemis ar- 

 vensis ; but there is confusion between the two species in the old authors. 



