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pound corolla rayed ; florets of the disk numerous, perfect, 

 tubular, with five "equal, spreading segments ; those of the ray 

 strap-shaped, slightly notched, more numerous than the scales of 

 the calyx. Filaments hair-like, very short ; anthers united into 

 a cylindrical, notched tube. Germens inversely egg-shaped. 

 Style thread -shaped, stigmas oblong, spreading. Seed inversely 

 egg-shaped, compressed ; seed-down none. Receptacle conical, 

 hollow, dotted and naked. Named from bellus, pretty. 401 . 



1. B. perennis. Common Daisy. Root creeping; flower-stalk 



leafless. Leaves numerous, lying flat on the ground ; inversely 



egg-shaped, crenate, slightly hairy, tapering at the base : stalks from 

 two to four inches long, round, hairy, each, bearing a single flower, 

 having a yellow conical disk, and a white ray tinged with purple. 

 A variety, called the Hen and Chicken Daisy, sometimes occurs, in 

 which several small stalks, bearing diminutive flowers, spring from 

 the flower. Perennial : flowers from March to November, but in- 

 dividuals may be seen in flower at all seasons : grows in pastures 

 and meadows, abundantly. Eng. Bot. vol.vi. pi. 424. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 iii. p. 447. 1208. 



37. CHRYSA'NTHEMUM. OX-EYE. CORN MARIGOLD. 



Common calyx hemispherical, closely imbricated, with nume- 

 rous, roundish scales, membranous and dilated at the margin, 

 the innermost terminating in a filmy appendage. Compound 

 corolla rayed; florets of the disk very numerous, perfect, 

 tubular, with five equal, spreading segments ; those of the ray 

 more than twelve, strap-shaped, between elliptical and oblong, 

 with three teeth. Filaments hair-like, very short ; anthers 

 united into a cylindrical, notched tube. Germen inversely egg- 

 shaped. Style thread-shaped, a little longer than the stamens ; 

 stigmas oblong, spreading. Seed oblong, or inversely heart- 

 shaped, striated ; seed-down none. Receptacle a little convex, 

 naked. Name from chrysos, gold, and anthos, flower. 402. 



1. Ch. Leucdnthemum. Great White Ox-eye. Moon-flower. Leaves 

 oblong, cut, pinnatifid at the base, clasping the stem ; root-leaves 



inversely egg-shaped, stalked. Stem about two feet high, erect, 



furrowed : flowers large, solitary, terminal, with a yellow disk, and 

 white ray. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in dry 

 pastures and by roads : common. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 601. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iii. p. 449. 1209. 



2. Ch. segetum. Corn Marigold. Leaves clasping the stem, broadly 



serrate above, toothed at the base, glaucous. Stem from one to 



two feet high, branched, angular, bearing several terminal, large, 

 rich yellow flowers. Annual : flowers in June and July : grows in 

 corn-fields, abundantly. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 540. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 iii. p. 450. 1210. 



38. PYRE'THRUM. FEVERFEW. 



Common calyx hemispherical, closely imbricated, with several 

 oblong, nearly equal scales, bordered with an equal membrane. 

 Compound corolla rayed ; florets of the disk numerous, perfect, 

 tubular, with five equal, spreading segments ; those of the ray 



