494 SYNGENESIA: POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



flower is yellow ; the rays white : the receptacle 

 chaffy, which is the principal diltindtion of this 

 genus. 

 This has much the fame virtues with the MATRI- 

 CARIA chamomilla before mentioned, but is 

 generally preferred before it, chieflv we believe 

 on account of its fragrant fmell. Its principal 

 virtue is fuppofed to cxift in the calyviy which is 

 obtained by an elTential oil. 



crvinjh 2. AN THEMIS receptaculis conicis, paleis lanceo- 

 latis, feminibus coronato-marginatis. Sp,pL 1261, 

 (Pet. herb. /. 19./. 8.; 



Corn Camomile. Anglis. 



In corn-fields, and by way-fides in gravelly foils, 

 as in th^ lanes about La/wade, between Dalkeith 

 and R^oJIiny and on the north fide of Linlithgow. 

 Dr. Parfons. $ .YIU, 



The ftalk is near a foot high, firm, ftriated, and 

 diffufely branched : the leaves arc a little hairy, 

 and have generally a white or hoary appearance, 

 and are without fcent : they are doubly pinnate, 

 the pinnuU lanceolate, and terminated with a 

 little beard or fpinule : the fliowers grow fingly 

 a;t the ends of the branches on long downy pe- 

 duncles : the interior fcales of the calyx are wide, 

 and membranaceous at the apex : the difc of the 

 flower is yellow, the rays white, the receptacle 

 conicsi, and befet with lanceolate chaffy fcales, 

 intermixed with the hermaphrodite florets : the 

 feeds are quadrangular, and crowned at the top 

 with a fhort white inembranaceous rim, 



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