76 CALYCIFLOR.E. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. OX-EYE. 



1. C. Iieucanthemum (great ^vMte Ox-eye.) In fields and 

 dry pastures. Stem erect, branched, from 1 to 2 feet high. 

 Lower leaves stalked, obovate, coarsely toothed ; stem-leaves 

 narrow, oblong, pinnatifid at their junction with, the stem, sessile. 

 Flowers in solitary heads, large ; florets of the ray white, long, 

 and spreading, those of the centre numerous and yellow. Yery 

 common. (E. B. t. 601.) A. vi. vn. 



2. C. segetum (corn Marigold, yellow Ox-eye.) In cultivated 

 lands and cornfields. Stem from 6 inches to a foot high, erect, 

 branching at the top. Lower leaves stalked ; upper ones narrow 

 and clasping, irregularly serrated, much more succulent in ap- 

 pearance than the last. Flower-heads large, solitary, bright 

 yellow j florets of the ray broad and flat. Warberry Hill. Chud- 

 leigh. Exmouth. (E. B. t. 540.) A. VI.-YIII. 



MATRICARIA. WILD-CHAMOMILE, FEYEEFEW. 



1. M. inodora (corn IF., or scentless JUayiveed.) In fields 

 and by waysides. Stem from 12 to 18 inches high, erect, branched. 

 Leaves sessile, twice pinnate, segments very narrow, pointed. 

 Flowers on long stalks, terminal, solitary ; ray of long white 

 florets ; disk yellow, convex. Fields and pastures about Torquay. 

 (Pyrethrum, E. B. t. 676.) The variety of Hooker and Arnott, 

 M . maritima, with fleshy leaves and hemispherical receptacle, 

 grows on Meadfoot shore and Paignton sands. (Pyrethrum, E. 

 B. t. 979.) A. YI.-XI. 



2. M. Chamomilla (wild Chamomile.) In fields and waste 

 places. Stem erect, about a foot high. Leaves twice or three 

 times pinnate, with short but narrow-linear segments. Flower- 

 heads large, on terminal flower- stalks; ray composed of white ob- 

 long florets ; disk prominently conical. Yery common in the vi- 

 cinity of Torquay, etc. (E. B. t. 1232.) A. vi.-vm. 



3. M. Parthenium (common Feverfew.) By roadsides and 

 in waste places. Stems erect, branching, a foot or more high. 

 Leaves stalked and pinnate ; segments oblong, lobed and cut, of 

 a dull green colour. Flower-heads corymbose ; florets of the 

 ray short and white, those of the disk yellow and numerous. 

 Kingskerswell. (E. B. t. 1231.) P. vn.-ix. 



