COMPOSITiE. 4B 



Section II.— rYrvETIIRUM. Linn. 

 Antliodes corymbose. Pcriclinc hemispherical. Clinanth he- 

 mispherical in fruit. 



SPECIES III.— CHRYSANTHEMUM PARTHENIUM. 



Pers. 

 Plate DCCXV. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVI. Tab. CMXCII. Fig. 2. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 28G3. 



Tauacetura Partliemiim, C. //. Schidlz, iiber die Tanacet. p. 55. Reich, fil. 1. c, \>. 52. 

 Leiicantliemum Parthenium, Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. II. p. 14.5. 

 Pyrcthrum Partheuimu, Sm. Eiig. Bot. No. 1231. Fries, Sum. Veg. Scand. p. 1. 

 Matricaria Parthenium, Linn. Bab. Man. Biit. Bot. ed. v. p. 178. Ilook. &, Ant. Brit. 

 Fl. ed. viii. p. 57. 



Leaves pinnate, with 3 or 4 pair of pinnae ; leaflets ovate, 

 deeply pinnatifid or bipiuuatifid ; all the leaves except the upper- 

 most ones (which are bitripinnatifid) stalked, finely pubescent. 

 Anthodes corymbose, radiant. Pericline hemispherical ; phyllaries 

 with a blunt keel on the back, the exterior ones lanceolate, with 

 the margins narrowly-scarious and pale ; the inner ones oblong- 

 strapshaped, white, scarious and lacerated at the summit. Elorets 

 of the ray short, flat, white, but much longer than the pericline. 

 Achenes cylindrical-prismatic, enlarged upwards, equally 5-ribbed. 



In hedge-banks and waste places. Common, and generally dis- 

 tributed, though possibly originally introduced, becoming scarce 

 in Scotland. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Rootstock not creeping. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, copiously pani- 

 eulately branched in the upper half, sparingly downy. Antliodes 

 (including the ray) -^ to f inch across. Phyllaries more curved 

 upwards than in the preceding species, and with a very strong cen- 

 tral rib, and destitute of the brown margins of the two first species, 

 llay-fiorets shorter than the diameter of the disk. Achenes small, 

 Avhitish, sub-pentagonal, all crowned with a membranous border at 

 the summit. Plant green ; leaves thin, finely downy, especially 

 upon the petioles ; phyllaries slightly downy on the exterior. 



Conwioii Feverfew. 



French, Chrysanlheme Malric(ure. German, Mutterkraut. 

 This plant is so like the Chinese Chrysanthemum, that by some botanists it is scarcely 

 distinguished from it ; indeed a double variety with all white flowers is commonly 



