COMPOUND FLOWERS. 329 



inner yellow ; pappus 0. (Name from the Latin bellus, 

 pretty.) 



41. CHRYSANTHEMUM (Ox-eye). Involucre nearly flat, 

 the scales membranaceous at the margin ; receptacle, 

 naked ; pappus 0. (Name from the Greek chrysos, 

 gold, and anthos, a flower.) 



42. MATRICARTA (Wild Chamomile). Involucre cup- 

 shaped or nearly flat, the scales imbricated ; receptacle 

 conical, naked ; florets of the ray white, of the disk 

 yellow ; pappus 0. (Name from some supposed medi- 

 cinal virtues.) 



43. ANTHEMIS (Chamomile). Involucre cup-shaped, 

 or nearly flat, the scales membranaceous at the margin ; 

 receptacle convex, chaffy ; pappus 0, or a narrow chaffy 

 border. (Name from the Greek anthos, a flower, from 

 the value of its blossoms as a medicine.) 



44. ACHILL^A (Yarrow). Involucre egg-shaped or 

 oblong, imbricated ; receptacle flat, chaffy ; florets all of 

 one colour, those of the ray 5 10, broad ; pappus 0. 

 (Named after Achilles.) 



I. CICHORACE.E. Chicory Group. 

 1. TRAGOPOGON (Goafs-beard). 



1. T. pratensis (Yellow Goafs-beard). Involucre 

 about as long as, or longer than, the corolla ; leaves 

 broad at the base, very long, tapering, channelled, 

 undivided ; flower-stalks slightly thickened above. 

 Meadows, not uncommon. An erect glaucous plant, 

 about 2 feet high, with long grass-like leaves, and large 

 bright yellow flowers, which always close early in the 

 day, and have hence gained for the plant the name of 

 John-go-to-bed-at-noon. The pappus is very beautiful, 

 the feathery down being raised on a long stalk, and 

 interlaced so as to form a kind of shallow cup. Fl. 

 June, July. Biennial. 



* T. porrifolius (Salsafy), though not a British 



