v. iii. p.952. — Lindl. Syn. p. 194. — Hook. But. FI. p.366.— Macr Man. Brit. 
Boi. p. 130.— Eighth FI. Scot. v. f. p. 491. — Sibth. FI. O.von. p. 258. — Abbot's 
FI. Bedf. p. 185. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 80. — Flirt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 401. — 
Belli. FI. Cant. (3rd edit.) p. 350. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 246. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 
181. — FI. Devon, pp. 140& 161. — Winch’s FI. ol Northumb. and Durh.p.55. — 
Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p.246. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 154. — Euxf. Ueig. FI. p. 91.— 
Mack. Catal. PI. Irel. p .74. ; FI. Hibern. p. 150.— Chamomilla vulgaris, Trag. 
Hist. p. 148. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 454 .—Chamcemelum, Kay’s Syn. p. 
184. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 754. 
Localities. — I n corn-fields, waste ground, on dunghills, and by road-sides; 
not uncommon. 
Annual. — Flowers from May to August. 
Root rather large and woody, fibrous. Stem upright, from 12 
to 18 inches high, much branched, solid, somewhat angular, stri- 
ated, smooth, leafy. Leaves alternate, sessile, clasping the stem, 
smooth, deep green, the upper ones simply, the rest doubly pinna- 
tifid (wing-cleft), the segments strap-shaped, very narrow, and 
minutely pointed. Flowers numerous, terminal, solitary, on striated, 
naked peduncles. Scales of the Involucrum somewhat dilated out- 
wards, rounded, and bluntish. Florets of the Ray white, reflexed 
at night, elliptic-oblong, with 3 teeth. Dish conical, very promi- 
nent, of numerous yellow florets. Receptacle oblong, nearly cylin- 
drical, naked, dotted. Seeds angular, oblique, of a pale brown 
colour, quite destitute of any crown or border. 
I found a variety of this species in Cowley fields near Oxford, 
on July 12, 1838, in which the florets of the ray were very short, 
and rather fewer in number than in the common one. A single 
flower of this variety is represented at fig. 1 1, of the accompanying- 
plate. 
Matricaria Chamomilla is said to possess the same properties as 
the officinal Chamomile ( Anthemis nobilisj, but in an inferior de- 
gree. The Finlanders use an infusion of it in consumptive cases. — 
According to the observations of Linnajus, cows, goats, and sheep 
eat it ; horses and swine refuse it. The larvae of Cassida viridis 
are nourished by it. 
A blue essential oil is obtained, by distillation, from the flowers, which is supposed 
to contain all their virtues. 
SUMMER. 
Who loves not Summer ? 
It is the tide of joy 1 — The Sun, then, throws 
Out from his blue pavilion in the sky 
His richest rays, to feed the gladsome Earth. 
The summer-time is Nature’s festival. 
When Earth and all its denizens rejoice ; 
The winds are soft, and warm with sunshiue ; airs. 
Cozening the lilies of their ripe perfume. 
Bear, on their essenced wings, marauding bees 
In many a swarm, an amorous foray bent 
Against the honeyed flowerage ! Gentle doves 
Coo in the woods, or through the welkin winnow, 
Catching the sunlight on their painted pinions : — 
And streams— each like a beauteous cup-bearer — 
Pour forth extatic draughts to quench the thirst 
Of the proud autler’d deer, and timid hare. 
The land is bright with flowers, that gladly lift 
Their fair heads to the day — All except one — 
The modest harebell, in its peasive grace. 
Whose bells, intoxicated with the dew. 
Droop down abashed, ashamed to greet the Sun ! 
R. Caldkr C am mBLL. 
