(44.) 
BE'LLIS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Syngene'sia, Polyga'mia, Su- 
PER'FLUAf. 
Natural Order. Compo'sitae + ; Tribe, Corymbi'fer 2 E§, 
Juss. — Lindl. Syn. pp. 140 & 142 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. pp. 197 
& 199.— Composite ; Subtribe, Aste're®, Loud. Hort. Brit. pp. 
520 & 521. — Synanthereae ; Tribe, Corymbi'feriE. — Rich, by 
Macgilliv. pp. 454 & 455. — Corymbi'fera;, Sect. hi. Juss. Gen. 
PI. pp. 177 & 183.— Sm. Gr. of Bot. pp. 121 & 123.— Syringa- 
les ; Subord. Asterosag ; Sect. Asterinas ; Subsect. Asteri- 
anas, Burnett’s Outl. of Bot. p. 900, 901, 920, & 924. 
Gen. Char. Involucrum ( common calyx, fig. 5.J simple, 
hemispherical, upright, of from 10 to 20 spear-shaped, equal scales 
(bracteae), in two rows. Corolla compound, rayed ; Florets of the 
disk (fig. L) numerous, perfect, tubular, with 5 equal spreading 
segments; those of the ray (fig. 3.) strap-shaped, "ery slightly 
notched at the end, more in number than the scales of the calyx. 
Filaments 5, in the tubular florets only, hair-like, very short. 
Jlnthers forming a cylindrical, notched tube (fig. 2). Germen 
( ovarium ) in all the florets inversely egg-shaped. Style thread- 
shaped. Stigmas spreading, oblong, rather shorter and thicker in 
the Horets of the disk than in the florets of the ray. Seed-vessel 
none, but the spreading unaltered calyx. Seed (fig. 4.) inversely 
egg-shaped, compressed, without any seed-down. Receptacle coni- 
cal, hollow, and naked, (figs. 5 & 6). — The naked conical recepta- 
cle, want of seed-down, and hemispherical involucrum composed of 
two rows of equal scales, will distinguish this from other genera, 
with a radiated corolla, in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
BE'LLIS PERE'NNIS. Common Daisy ||. 
Spec. Char. Root creeping. Flower-stalks radical, naked, 
1-flowered. Leaves inversely egg-shaped, crenate. 
Engl. Bot. t. 424. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1248. — Huds. FI. 
Angl.(2nd. ed.) p. 370. — Sm. FI. Brit. v.ii. p. 897. Eng. FI. v. iii. p. 447. — 
With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 947. — Lindl. Syn. p. 148. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 365. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 454. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 487. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. 
p. 256. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 184. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 409. — Relh. FI. 
Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 348. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 246. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 180. — FI. 
Devon, pp. 139 & 160. — Johnston’s FI. of Berk. v. i. p. 186. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. 
p. 244. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 26. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. p. 74. — Beilis syl- 
vdstris minor , Ray’s Syn. p. 184. — Bdllis minor sylvdstris, John. Ger. 636. 
Localities. — I n meadows and pastures, everywhere. 
“ ’Tis Flora’s page: — in every place, 
In every season fresh and fair, 
It opens with perennial grace, 
And blossoms everywhere. 
Fig. 1. A tubular 5-cleft Floret of the Disk, showing theGermens and Stigma. 
— Fig. 2. The 5 short, slender Filaments, and the united Anthers, which form 
a cylindrical notched tube, through which the Style passes. — Fig. 3. A strap- 
shaped Floret of the Ray, showing the Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 4. A 
Seed. — Fig. 5. Involucrum and cone-shaped Receptacle, after the seeds are 
removed. — Fig. 6. A vertical section of the same. — Figs. 1, 2, & 3, are magnified. 
* From bellus, pretty. f See p. 36. f See p. 27. § See p. 36. 
|| The word Daisy is a compound of day’s and eye, Day’s-eye. Flora Domest. 
— In Yorkshire it is called Bairnwort, probably from the delight which children 
