LX. 



BELLIS PERENNIS. 



Common Daisy. 



Class XIX. Syngenesia.— Orf/er II. Polygamia 



SUPERFLUA. 



Nat. Ord. CoMPOSiTiE. 



Gen. Char. Involucre hemispherical, simple, its scales 

 equal. Receptacle naked, conical. Pappus none. 



Spec. Char. Scape naked, single-flowered. Leaves 

 spatulate, obovate, crenated. 



SYNONYMES. 



f Bellis sylvestris minor. Baiih. Pin. 267. Rail Syn. 184. 



j Bellis minor sylvestris. Ger. Em. 636. Fuchs. 154. c. 53. 



Lal'm '{ Primula veris. Tragus 161. 



Bellis minor, Mallh. 912. 



LBellis perennis. Lin. Sp. Fl. 1248. Fl. Brit. 897- 



French Marguerite; Petite Margtierite ; Paquerette. 



Italian Margherita; Marglieritina. 



Spanish Margarita ; Bellorita ; Maya. 



Portuguese .. Bonina. 



German Ganseblume ; Margaretlienblume ; Marienblume. 



Dutch Maagdelieven ; May-zoetjes ; Margarieteu. 



Bohemian ... Sedmikrasa ; Matecnjk-mensji. 



Description. — The root is perennial, creeping, truncate at 

 the end, and furnished with numerous fibres. The leaves are 

 numerous, radical, prostrate, obovate, spatulate, slightly hairy, 

 and crenate at the margin. The scapes are round, hairy, tinged 

 with pink, from two to four inches in height, each supporting a 

 single flower. The involucre is hemispherical, simple, composed 

 of several lanceolate equal scales, placed in two rows. The 



