156 COMPOSITE!. 



357. M. Cbamomilla, L. Chrysanthemum Ch., E. Mey (Syme and 



L. Cat.). Wild Chamomile. 



Chamosmelum sive Anthemis vulgatior, Loh. (Johns.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 128. Curt. F. L. f. 6 (from a London specimen). 

 Waste ground, roadsides, cornfields, and gardens ; very common. A. 



JunR — August. 

 Abundant in all the districts. 

 VII. Kentish Town ; Herb. Hardw. Parson's Green. Thames Embank- 

 ment. Isle of Dogs. Hackney Wick. 

 First record : Johnson, 1632 ; also the first notice as British. By far the 

 commonest of the Chamomiles in Middlesex ; about Twickenham it is 

 often an abundant cornfield weed. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM, Linn. 



358. C. Xieucantbemuin, L. Ox-eye Daisy. 

 Bellis sylvestris onajor, C. B. Pin. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 126. Syme E. B. v. t. 7U. 



Pastures, roadsides, railway banks, and waste ground ; common. P. 



June — August. 

 I. Harefield !; .BZacA'si. Fasc. 9. NearYewsley ! ; iVewS. Pinner. South 



Mims. 

 II. Near Hampton Court ! ; Ncwh. Bushey Park. Staines. Near Hayes 



Ey. Station. 



III. Hounslow. Frequent about Twickenham. 



IV. Hampstead. Stanmore. Edgware ; Varenne. 

 V. Hanwell ! ; Newb. Near Lampton. 



VI. Edmonton. Whetstone. Near Enfield ; Tucker. 

 VII. Hyde Park, in the turf, 1868; Grosvenor Square, 1869; Warren (v.. s.). 

 Green Park, 1862. Site of Exhibition, South Kensington. 

 First record : Blackstone, 1737. 



C. segetum, L. Corn Marigold. Cyb. Br. ii. 125 ; iii. 462. Curt. F. L. 

 f. 1. I. Harefield ; Blackst. Fasc. 18. A single plant on Harrow 

 Weald Common. II. A single plant near Teddington, and in Ted- 

 dington Park. IV. Hampstead; Irv. MSS. VI. Edmonton, in a 

 gravel pit ; MS. note in Mart. Fl. Bust. VII. [Bank of canal near 

 St. John's Wood Chapel, 1815; Herb. G. # E.] Like many other 

 cornfield plants, this is almost wanting in the county, our few cornfields 

 being very free from weeds. 



ARTEMISIA, Linn. 

 359. *SL. Absintbluni, L. Wormwood. 



Absinthium vulgare, Gcr. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 98. Syme E. B. v. t. 731. 

 Eoadsides and waste ground ; very rare. P. July, August. 

 I. About More Hall, plentifully, and elsewhere ; Blackst. Fasc. 1. 



