LXXIV. 



PYRETHRUM PARTHENIlIVi. 



Common Feverfew. 



Class XIX. 



Synoenesia.— Orrfer II. 



SUPERFLUA. 

 Nat. Orel. CoMPOsiT/E. 



POLYGAMIA 



Gen. Char. Involucre hemispherical, imbricated with 

 scales, whose borders are membranous. Receptacle 

 naked. Fruit crowned with a membranous border. 



Spec. Char. Leaves petiolate, flat, bipinnate ; segments 

 ovate, cut. Peduncles branched, corymbose. Stem 

 erect. Involucre hemispherical, pubescent. 



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 Rvtt 



SYNONYMES. 



VA^htiot ; afia^aicof, 



Matricaria vulgaris seu sativa. Bauh. Pin. 133. 

 Matricaria. Ger. Em. 652. Haii Syn.lHT. Dod.Zb. Tragus, 

 156. 

 - Artemisia tenuifolia. Fuchs, 46, c. 13. 

 Parthenium. Cam. Epit. 649. 

 Matricaria Parthenium. Lin. Sp. PL 1255. 

 Pyrethrum Parthenium. Smith. Eng. Fl. iii. p. 451. 

 Matricaire. 



J Matricaria. 



Mutterkraut. 



jVlater ; Moederliruid. 



Motrum ; Moderurt. 



Matrain. 



Matecujk. 



Maruna ziele. 



Matoschnaja trawa. 



Description. — The root is perennial, rather thick, much 

 branched, with numerous long tufted fibres. The stem is erect, 



