967 



* Bull. St. Pet. X. 344,' and Ann. Soc. Nat. ser. 2, xviii. 375 ; 

 Guss. St/n. i. 527 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 31. 

 " A. procera, Wallr. in Linnaa, xiv. 573." 



Matricaria. 



Mr. Babingtoii attempts, with great ingenuity, to lay down charac- 

 ters whereby the species M. inodora and M, maritima may be dis- 

 tinguished. The subject appears to be one of very considerable 

 difficulty ; and British botanists have great reason to thank Mr. 

 Babington for the pains he has taken. Indeed, in this as in all other 

 instances, this excellent botanist investigates the question before him 

 with the utmost care ; and although some may doubt the conclusions 

 at which he occasionally arrives, the zeal, industry, ability, and great 

 knowledge which he brings to bear on every subject under investiga- 

 tion, must be patent to all. 



The following are the characters of the species now under conside- 

 ration : — 



"1. M. inodora (Linn.) ; st. erect, leaves sessile pinnate, leaflets with 

 many usually alternate capillary pointed segments, basal leaf- 

 lets crowded clasping the stem not separated from the others, 

 heads solitary, phyllaries lanceolate blunt with a fuscous sca- 

 rious torn margin, fruit with two glandular spots just below the 

 elevated border. 

 " M. inodora, Linn. Fl. Siiec. ed. 2, 297 ; De Cand. Prod. vi. 52 ; 

 Fries, Mant. iii. 115; Hook, and Am. Brit. Fl. 242; Greti. 

 et Godr. Fl. Fr. ii. 149; Lloyd, Fl. Loir-inf. 139. 

 " Chrysanthemum inodorum, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 3, 1253 ; Koch, Syn. 



ed. 2, 419. 

 " Pyrethrum inodorum, Sm. Fl. Brit. ii. 900, and Eng. Fl. iii. 452 ; 



Eny. Bot. t. 676. 

 " Tripleurospermum inodorum, C. H. Schultz ex Koch, Syn. ed. 2, 



1026 ; Walp. Rep. vi. 196. 

 " Chamaemelum inodorum annuum humilius, foliis obscure virenti- 

 bus, Dill, in Raii Syn, ed. 3, 186. 



" /3. salina ; stem more diffuse often nearly prostrate, leaflets short 

 fleshy, involucre umbilicate, disk broader, fruit with only the 

 one external rough space and oblong glandular spots. 



" M. maritima, Linn. Herb. ! Gren. et Godr. Fl. Fr. ii. 149 (excl. 



syn.) 

 " Pyrethrum inodorum &. salinum, Wallr. Sched. Crit. 485. 



