108 39. COMPOSITE. 



2, M. INODORA, L. Corn-Feverfew, Scentless- May weed. Stem 

 branched, spreading 12 18 in. high. Le. bi- or tri-pinnatifid, seg- 

 ments very narrow. Fl. -heads large, ped. terminal, disk yellow, 

 ray white. Scales of the involucre lanceolate, blunt, with a 

 brown scariose edge. Receptacle convex. Pappus with an entire 

 border, depressions on the fruit round. Faintly aromatic. 



Common. Fields and waste places. (B) A. 610. 



Var. maritimum is merely a fleshy state growing on the sea 

 coast. Pappus lobed, depressions oblong. 



3. M. CHAMOMILLA, L. Common Wild-Chamomile. Stem 

 erect, branched, 1218 in. high. Le. bipinnatifid, with narrow 

 linear segments. Fl. -heads large on terminal ped. , disk yellow, 

 ray white. Scales of the involucre all of one length, linear, blunt, 

 edges scarious. Receptacle hollow conical, sometimes acute. 

 Achenes without a border. Faintly aromatic. 



Very rare. Corn fields and waste ground. (E) A. 68. "Fields at Merryton." 

 Patr. Fossil road ; banks of Clyde amongst rubbish. 



36. A'NTHEMIS. Ckamomile. 



1. A. ^OBILIS, L. Common or True Chamomile. Stems pro- 

 cumbent, much branched, very leafy, 8 12 in. long. Le. bi- 

 pinnate, segments linear, slightly downy. Fl. -heads on terminal 

 ped., disk yellow, ray white. Scales of the involucre scarious ; 

 bracts or scales of the receptacle, thin, blunt, nearly equal in length 

 to the central florets. Ray florets with a style. Plant bitter, 

 highly aromatic. 



Very rare. Cumbrae in several stations, one distant nearly a mile from the 

 nearest house, the others near houses. " Island of Bute," W. S. Murray. (E) 

 P. 79. 



2. A. ARVENSIS, L. Corn-Chamomile. Stem erect, branched, 

 1 2 ft. high. Le. bipinnatifid, segments longer than in the last, 

 linear-lanceolate, hoary, ivith minute silky hairs. Fl. -heads large 

 on long ped. , disk yellow, ray white. Scales of the receptacle 

 acute, appearing above the florets of the disk. Ray florets with 

 a style. Pappus entire. 



Very rare. "Haugh-head," Patr. Corn fields, Tollcross. (E) A. B. 6 8. 



3. A. COTULA, L. Stinking -Chamomile, Stink-Mayweed. Stem 

 erect, branched, 12 15 in. high. Le. bipinnatifid, segments 

 subulate, covered with glandular dots. Fl. -heads solitary, ter- 

 minal; disk pale yellow, ray florets large, white, neuter without 

 a style. Scales of the receptacle acute, confined to the centre, 

 Pappus none. Achenes with glandular dots. 



Very rare. Cornfields; Shields farm; near Cathcart; below Govan. (E) A. 

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