COMPOSITE. 



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A cornfield weed, probably of Medi- 

 terranean origin, bnt now common all 

 over Europe, except the extreme north. 

 Abundant in Britain. Fl. summer and 

 autumn. 



Fig. 506. 



3. Feverfew Chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum Par- 

 thenium, Pers. (Fig. 507.) 



(Pyrethrum, Eng. Bot. t. 1231. Matricaria, Bab. Man.) 



Stock perennial, shortly branched ; 

 the flowering stems erect, branching, a 

 foot high or rather more. Leaves pin- 

 nate ; the segments ovate or oblong, 

 pinnatifid and toothed. Flower-heads 

 numerous, about half an inch in dia- 

 meter, in a terminal corymb ; the florets 

 of the ray white, ovate or oblong, those 

 of the disk numerous and yellow. 

 Achenes crowned by a minute toothed 

 border. 



On roadsides, and in waste places, 

 in central and southern Europe to the 

 Caucasus, and spread from cultivation 

 much further north, as well as to many 

 other parts of the globe. Dispersed over 

 a great part of Britain, but perhaps not 

 truly indigenous. Fl. summer. A very 

 double variety is now frequent in our 

 flower-gardens. 



Fig. 507. 



