Johnston’s FI. of Berwick, v. i. p. 188.— Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 245. — Mack. 
Cntal. of PI. of Ireland, p. 74. — Chrysanthemum Parthinium, Linn. Syn. p. 
148.— Bab. FI. Bath. p. 26 .- — Matricaria Partkinhnn, Linn. Sp. PI. p.1255. — 
Huds. FI. Angl.(2nd ed.) p. 371. — Wcodv. Med. Bot. Suppl. t. 249. — Lightf. 
FI. Scot. v. i. p. 490.— Sibil). FI. Oxon. p. 2.78. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 185. — 
Putt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 401 . — Matricaria vulgaris, Giay’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 
454. — Matricaria, Bay’s Syn. p. 187. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 652. 
Localities.— I n waste ground, about hedges, old walls, dry banks, &c. — 
Frequent. 
It is rather rare about Oxford ; I have seen it only on the walls of St. John’s 
College Gardens, and between the Parks and Summer Town. The Rev. B. 
Walker has noticed it on a wall at Headington near Oxfotd, in the lane lead- 
ing to Barton. 
Biennial. — Flowers from June to November. 
Root fibrous, tufted. Stem round, upright, firm, branched, 
leafy, furrowed, especially in the upper part, slightly hairy, 2 or 
3 feet high. Leaves alternate, stalked, of a pale yellowish green, 
slightly hoary, and when magnified appear sprinkled with minute 
spangles, once or twice pinnate or pinnatifid ; the leaflets, or seg- 
ments, somewhat egg-shaped, decurrent, cut. Panicle corymbose, 
sometimes compound. Flower-stalks 2 or 3 inches long, furrowed, 
a little hoary, single flowered, swelling upwards. Flowers upright, 
about half an inch broad. Florets of the disk very small, crooked, 
yellow at the summit, and sprinkled with minute shining particles ; 
those of the ray short, broad, abrupt, 2-ribbed, often wanting. 
Seeds crowned with a short membrane. Whole plant bitter, and 
strong scented. 
“ In natural affinity it ranks with the common Chamomile and 
Tansy, and its sensible qualities shew it to be nearly allied to them 
in its medicinal character ; it possesses similar virtues with the 
former plant, only milder in its effects. The expressed juice is 
used as a vermifuge. It has been likewise recommended as a 
febrifuge ; hence its English name,” Feverfew. Purton’s Midi. 
FI. v. ii. p. 401. 
A decoction of the plant is reckoned tonic, stimulating, and 
anti-hysteric. It yields an oil by distillation. 
A variety with a double flower is sometimes cultivated in 
gardens. 
