CHRYSANTHEMUM SEGETUM. Corn CHRYSANTHEMUM, 
or MARIGOLD. 
Linn. Gen. Pl, Synounesta PotyGamia SuPERFLUA. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus marginatus. Ca/, heemifphericus, imbricatus, 
{quamis marginalibus membranaceis, 
Ran Syn, Gen, 8. HERB FLORE COMPOSITO, DISCOIDE, SEMINIBUS PAPPQ DESTI- 
TUTIS, CORYMBIFER/E DICTA, 
CHRYSANTHEMUM fegetum foliis amplexicaulibus, fuperne laciniatis, inferne dentato-ferratis, 
Linn, Syft. Veg. ed. 14. Murr, p.773. Sp. Pl. p. 1254. 
BELLIS lutea, foliis profunde incifis, major. Bauh, Pin. 260, 
CHRYSANTHEMUM fegetum, Ger. emac, 743. noftras. Park, 1370. fegetum, Rajz Syn, $. 182. 
Corn Marigold. Hudfon FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 971. 
RADIX annua, tenuis, perpendicularis, parum fibrofa, ¢ ROOT annual, flender, perpendicular, {lightly fibrous, 
albida. and whitifh, 
CAULIS pedalis et ultra, ere&us, ramofus, teretiuf- 4 STALK a foot or more in height, upright, branched, 
culus aut obfolete angulatus, glaber, nitens, nearly round or flightly angular, fmooth, 
glaucefcenti-viridis, cavus, in pedunculos fhining, of a glaucous green colour, hollow, 
continuatus. Rami breviulculi. continued into peduncles. Branches rather 
FOLIA remotiufcula, alterna, feffilia, femiamplexan- 
tia, erecto-patula, variantia, oblonga aut ob- 
longo-fubovata, bafi latiora, fubfagittata, fub- 
auriculata, nonnulla fupra bafin coar€tata, 
verfus apicem latiora, margine dentata, denti- 
bus, nunc remotioribus nunc approximatiori- 
bus aut laciniata, laciniis obtufiufculis, apice 
acuta, feepe trifida, laevia, mollia, leviter venofa, 
utrinque glauca, 
fhort. 
LEAVES fomewhat remote, alternate, feffile, half 
embracing the ftalk, betwixt upright and 
fpreading, variable, oblong, or oblong with 
a tendency to ovate, broadeft at the bafe, 
fomewhat arrowfhaped and [lightly eard, 
fome of them narrowed above the bafe, and 
broadeft towards the top, the edge toothed, 
the teeth fometimes nearer to each other, 
fometimes more remote, or jagged, the feg- 
ments a little blunt, the extremity pointed, 
often trifid, fmooth, foft, flightly veiny, and 
glaucous on both fides, dei 
FLOWERS growing fingly, yellow, large, 
FLOWER-STALKS nearly upright, hollow, thicken- 
ed above, one-flowered. 
CALYX common to all the florets, hemifpherical, im- 
bricated, the fcales lying clofely one over the 
other, ovate, greenifh, the inner gradually 
largeft, the innermoft ones terminated bya 
margin fonorous to the touch, very thin, mem- 
branous, torn, brownifh. 
COROLLA compound, radiate, —F/orezs of the difk, 
hermaphrodite, numerous, the length of the 
calyx, tubular, divided into five legments, 
Jig. 2. Floret: of the radius female, about 16 
or 18, flat, oblong, truncated, emarginate, 
often three-toothed, and fcored with two im- 
preffed lines, fiz. 1, 
STAMINA in the Zermapbrodrte florets, five, capillary, 
very fhort FiLAMENTS of a. yellow colour; 
ANTHERJE Of the fame colour, forming a 
tubular cylinder, a little fhorter than the 
corolla. 
PISTILLUM in the hermaphrodite florets the fame ag 
in the female; GERMEN ovate, flattened, 
margin membranaceous; Sry e_thread- 
fhaped, longer than the ftamina, and of the 
fame colour; SriGMATA two, rolled back, 
and yellow. 
SEEDS oblong, obtufely truncated at each end, 
grooved, fomewhat angular, a little bent, of 
a pale brown colour, fg. 3, 4. 
RECEPTACLE naked, dotted, and convex. 
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FLORES folitarii, flavi, magni, 
PEDUNCULI fubere€ti, cavi, fuperne incraflati, uni- 
flori. 
CALYX communis, hemifphericus, imbricatus, {quamis 
ar&e incumbentibus, ovatis, virefcentibus, 
interioribus per gradus majoribus, intimis 
terminatis margine fcariofa, tenuiffima, mem- 
branacea, lacera, fubfufca. 
COROLLA compofita, radiata; Corollule difci her- 
maphrodite, numerofe, longitudine calycis, 
tubulofe, quinguefide, fg. 9. Corollule radii 
feminez, circa 16 aut 18, ligulate, oblonge, 
truncate, emarginate, faepe tridentate, lineis 
duabus impreffis exarate, //g. 1. 
STAMINA Zermapbroditis, FILAMENTA 5, capillaria, 
breviffima, flava; AwTHERA cylindracea, 
tubulofa, concolor, corolla paulo brevior. 
PISTILLUM 4Zermapbroditis uti feminers ; GERMEN 
ovatum, compreffum, margine membrana- 
ceum; SrvLus filiformis, flaminibus longior, 
concolor; SriGMATA duo, revoluta, flava, 
SEMINA oblonga, utrinque obtufe truncata, fulcata, 
fubangulata, fubincurva, pallide fufca, jg. 3, 
4. 
RECEPTACULUM nudum, punétatum, convexum, 
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The Chryfantbemum fegetum, as its name imports, is a plant peculiar to corn fields; in the neighbourhood of 
London it is not frequent, but in many parts of England, as well as in other parts of Europe, in fuch foils as 
are favourable to its growth, it abounds to that degree as almoft to annihilate the crop fown ; hence laws have 
been enacted, and fines impofed, in Denmark, Saxony, and fome parts of Scotland, for the purpofe of obliging 
the hufbandman to keep his lands clear of it. — 
The weeding of corn fields from fuch incroaching plants as the prefent, either by the hand, or the weeding- 
hook, according to the nature of the plant, i a practice much followed in thofe countries which are beft 
cultivated : there 1s this fausfaction attends it, while it promotes the Farmer's intereft, it gives Pup EgPau to a 
ereat number of induftrious women and girls. ‘To the prevalence of this practice it is that we are indebted for one 
af the fineft fights a cultivated country affords, extenfive fields of corn, withouta fingle obtruding weed; and on this 
practice the Farmer we apprehend may place a. firmer reliance, than on the mode which LiNNEUS recommends 
for its extirpation, viz. by dunging the land, fuffering it to lie fallow for one year, and harrowing it five days 
after fowing the corn, | í ane 
It is not a little remarkable, that this plant fhould never have been found with double flowers; if it had, 
there is no doubt, but from the brilliancy of their colour, it would long fince have contributed to ornament 
our gardens as well: as the C. coronarium and znodorum, which are of the fame genus. 
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