17. LEUCAN’THEMUM, Tournef. Ox-eyz Dartsy. 
(Greek, Leukos, white, and Anthemon, a flower ; in reference to its white rays.] 
Heads many-fiowered ; te 8 pistillate, schortgs Involucre spreading, 
broad and nearly flat. e scales imbricated, with scarious margins. 
Ricca flat or Nowhal vex, ake - Tube of the disk-florets 
fleshy, d, and slightly 2-winged. f the disk x 
similar, subterete, striate, destitute of pappus. Perennial herbs. Leaves 
alternate, Pramrssa pinnatifid or incised-dentate. Heads rather large, soli- 
tary and te 
al 
Fig. 131, The White-weed or Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). 
