Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. Co mm-. / 

 Ox-Eye 3 or Greater Daisy. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM Lin. Gen. PL SyngEnesia Polygamia SuperfluA. 



Recept. nudum. Pappus marginatus. Cal. hemifphsericuS, 

 imbricatus, fquamis rnarginalibus niembranaceis. 



Raii Syn. Gen. 8. Herb^e flore composito discoide, seminibus 



PAPPO DESTITUTES, CO R YMBIFE R-E DICT^. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM Leucanthemwn foliis amplexicaulibus oblongis ; fuperne ferratis ; inferne 



dentatis. Lin. Syft. Vegttab. ed. 14. p. fJ2. Sp. PI. p. 1251. Fl. Suec. 

 n. 763. 



MATRICARIA foliis radicalisms petiolatis, ovatis, Crenatis, caulinis amplexicaulibus dentatis* 

 Haller hifi. 98. 



MATRICARIA Leucanthemum. Scopoli Ft. Cam. n. 164.1: 



BELLIS fylveftris caule foliofo major. Bauh.Pin.26i: 



LEUCANTHEMUM vulgare. Tourn. 492. 



BELLIS major. Ger. emac. 634. 



BELLIS major vulgaris five fylveftris. Parkin/. 528. Raii Syn. p. 184. The Greater Daify, of 

 Ox-Eye. Lightfoot FL Scot. p. 488. Hud/on. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 371. 



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RADIX perennis, fufca, fubrepens 3 fibrofa. | ROOT perennial, brown, fomewhat creeping, and 



I , fibrous. 



CAULIS pedalis, fefquipedalis et ultra, erectus^ ri- 0> 'STALK a foot or a foot and a half high or more^ 

 gidus, angulofus, inferne purpurafcens, hir- | upright, rigid, angular, below purplifh and 



futus, fuperne nudus, fnnplex, fubinde ra- <> hairy, above naked* fimple, fometimes 



mofus. I branched. 



FOLIA radicalia a caulinis diverfiiTima, petiolis longis $ LEAVES next the root "very different from thofe of 

 infidentia, obovata* vix pubefcentia, incifo- | the ftalk, (landing on long footftalks, obovate, 



ferrata, caulina alterna, feffilia, amplexi- <> fcarcely downy, deeply fawed, thofe of the 



caulia, linearia, extrOrfum latiora, remote f ftalk alternate, feiTile, ftem-clafping, linear, 



denticulata, denticulis ad bafm crebrioribus $ outwardly broadeft, diftantly toothed, teeth 



etlongioribus. | at the bafe more crowded and longeft. 



fcLORES pedunculati, terminates, folitarii, magni, $ FLOWERS ftanding on footftalks, terminal, fmgle> 

 fpeciofi. $ large, and (hewy. 



PEDUNCULI ftriati, fubincraiTati. | FLOWER-STALKS finely grooved^ and fomewhat 



^ thickened. 



CALYX communis hemifpherico-planus, arfte im- $ CALYX common to all the florets^ like a hemifphere 

 bricatus, fquamis exterioribus oblongo- f flattened, Clofely imbricated, exterior fcales 



ovatis, obtufiufculis, margine membranaceis, <j> oblong-ovate, fomewhat blunt, the margin 



fufcis, interioribus lanceolatis, acutis. $ membranous and brown, interior fcales lan- 



| ceolate and pointed. 



COROLLA compofita, radiata ; Difcus luteus, con- <>> COROLLA compound and radiate ; Centre yellow 

 vexus; Radius albus patens. | and convex ; Circumference white and fpread- 



<> ing. 



COROLLUL^E Hermaphrodite, tubulofe, nume- | FLORETS Hermaphrodite tubular, numerous, fun- 

 rofae, infundibuliformes, quinquefidas, in Q nel-fhaped, divided into five fegments, in 



difco, fig. 1. Feminincs 16 circiter, in radio, | the centre, fig. 1. Female about 16 in the 



oblongas, obtufe, tricrenatse, fig. 5. $ circumference, oblong, obtufe, three-notch'd, 



t fiS- 5- 



ANTHER/E flava?, in tubum coalitae, fig. 2. $ ANTHER^E yellow, forming a tube, fig. 2. 



PISFILLUM Hermaphroditis : Germen oblongum, t PISTILLUM of the Hermaphrodite flowers : Ger- 



ftriatum, angulatum, glabrum, fig. 3. Sty- ^ men oblong, finely grooved, angular, 



lus filiformis, ftaminibus Tongior; Stig- <> fmooth, fig. 3. Style filiform, longer than 



mata duo, fubrevoluta, fuperne ad lentem | the ftamina ; Stigmata two, rolled a little 



canaliculars, apicibus truncatis, crafliufculis, <> back, on the upper part channelled if mag- 



fig. 4. Femineis Germen et Stylus ut in | nified, the tips truncated and thickifh, fig. 4. 



Hermaphroditis; Stigma fubfimile, laciniis <> of the Female flowers, Germen and Style 



minus revolutis, fig. 6. | as in the Hermaphrodite flowers ; Stigma 



<> fomewhat fimilar, but \tk rolled back, fig. 6. 



SEMEN oblongum, bafi attenuatum, undique pro- | SEED oblong, flenderer towards the bafe, deeply 



funde fulcatum, ex nigro-purpurafcens, fig. q grooved all round, and purplifh black, fig. 



7, 8. fig. 9. aua. § 7, 8. fig. 9. magn. 



This fpecies of Chryfanthemum is extremely common in meadows and paftures, fometimes even on walls, 

 and in corn-fields ; it is a hardy perennial, increafes greatly by feed, and flowers in June and July. 



As it is fo prevalent in paftures, it is of no fmall confequence to afcertain how far it is agreeable to cattle, 

 and, on fuch occafions, the only guide we have at prefent to confult, are the experiments of Linnaeus ; 

 from thofe it appears that kine and fwine refufe it, but that horfes, fheep, and goats feed on it. 



The frefti leaves chewed, difcover a fweetilh, unpleafant, (lightly aromatic tafte, fomewhat like Parfly, 

 but not hot or biting; they have been recommended in diforders of the breaft, both afthmatical and pthifical, 

 and as diuretics, but are now feldom called for. 



As fuch a number of beautiful double varieties of the Common Daify are met with in almoft every garden, 

 it has often been matter of wonder to us, that we never fee this plant in a fimilar ftate : I have indeed been 

 very credibly informed, that two double varieties of this plant exift in a garden near Air in Scotland, but 

 never yet faw them. 



