EARLY SUMMER FLOWERS 



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THE FEVERFEW (Matricaria inodora). This plant is a common 

 weed in waste places, especially in cornfields throughout the 

 country. Another species of the genus, M. chamomilla, is closely 



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FlG. 84. 1-8, Matricaria chamomilla ; 9, Matricaria inodora ; 10, Anthemis 

 arvensis. i, shoot with two inflorescences ; 2, 9, 10, flower-heads cut in 

 half ; 3, ray-floret ; 4, disc-floret cut in half ; 5, pollen grains, highly 

 magnified ; 6, fruit ; 7, fruit, cut across ; 8, fruit cut in half, lengthwise. 

 (After Schumann.) 



similar and will do equally well for the study of the flowers. 

 Both are represented in Fig. 84. The Feverfew is an annual, and 

 the plants attain a smaller or larger size, with a less or more 

 branched shoot. It flowers in July and onwards until autumn. 



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