188 45. coMPOsir^. 



blunt,. receptacle convex, fr. cro^wned with a short; jagged mem- 

 hrane^—^I'i/rethrum Sm.-^St. erect, 2 feet high, branched, fur- 

 rawed, panicled. Heads in small corymbs terminating the stem 

 and branches ; disk yellow ; 'ray white. — ^Waste places, not very 

 common. P. VII. VIII. Feverfew. , E. S. 



2. M. moddra (L.) ; I. sessile pimmtifid with many capillary 

 pointed segments, st. branched, heads solitary, phyll. lanceolate 

 blunt, receptacle ovate, /r. rugose and with 2 glandtdar spots on 

 the external/ace jnat below the elevated entire border. — Pyre- 

 thrmn Sm. — St. erect, 12 — 18 in. high, smooth, angular. L. in 

 very narrow mostly alternate segments. Heads solitary, ending 

 the branches ; margin of phyll. cut and fuscous ; ray white ; 

 disk yellow. Base of the mvol. tiirbinate afterwards truncate ; 

 recept. hemispherical afterwards conical, much longer than broad. 

 Fr. with .3 prominentsmoothribs. — (3. saUna.; l.-segm. short ; fleshy 

 linear bluntish convex above, principal ribs keeled beneath, inv. 

 and recept. as in typical' plant. M Bi Q79. L. with short 

 crowded mostly opposite segments. — y. M. maritima (L.) ; l.- 

 segm. long, base of inv. subumbilicate, lecept. as broad as long. 

 Fr. larger. Margin of phyll. broadly and darkly coloured. — ^Fields 

 and waste places. ■ p. Sea-shore, y. Sea-shore in the north of 

 Scotland. A.VII.VUI. E.S.I. 



8. M. Chamomil'la (L.) ; 1. bipinnate smooth, segments capil- 

 lary, simple or divided, heads solitary or subcofymbosei'ccepiacfe 

 hollow conical, phyll. linear blunt. — St. erect, 1 foot high, branched. 

 Heads on long naked stalks or forming an irrfegular corymb ; disk 

 yellow ; ray white. — Cultivated and waste ground. A. VI. VH. 

 Wild Chamomile. E. I. 



15. (16,) Chbtsak'ihemum :Zmn, 



1. 0. Leucan'themum (h.) ; lower 1. obo vate, stalked, stem-l. 

 loblong blunt cut sessile pinu^tifid at the base, phyll. lanceolate 

 blunt with u narrow memhranous margin, fl. ' of ray white, fr. 

 without a border. — St. 2. 11. — St. erect, 1 — 2 feet high, siinple, 

 striate. Lower 1. narrowing into a winged and auricled stalk. 

 Heads solitary, terminal, large ; disk yellow. — Fields. P. VI. 

 — VHI. Ox-eye. E. S. I. 



t2. C. seg'etum (L.) ; 1. glabrous toothed dilated outwards and 

 lobed, upper 1. clasping, phyll. ovate blunt ivith a broad mein- 

 branous margin, fl. of ray yelloiv. — St. a foot high, alternately 

 branched, angular. L. inclse-s'errate or lobed in the upper part, 

 simply toothed below. Heads solitary, terminal.— Corn-fields. 

 A. VL,— Vin. Corn Maiigold. E. S. I. 



