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COMPOSITE. 



the outer white. The leaves are conspicuous in mid- 

 winter, and the whole plant has a powerful and not 

 unpleasant odour, which is said to be particularly offen- 

 sive to bees. The English name is a corruption of 

 Febrifuge, from its tonic properties. This and the fol- 

 lowing are placed by some botanists in the genus Pyre- 

 thrum. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



MATRICARIA iNOD(5RA (Corn Feverfew, Scentless May-weed). 



2. M. inodora (Corn Feverfew, Scentless May- weed). 

 Leaves sessile, repeatedly cut into numerous hair-like 

 segments ; stem branched, spreading ; flowers solitary. 

 Corn-fields, common. Of a very different habit from 



