452 215. Chrysanth. 39. COMPOSITE, C. PI ex. cal 
XL. 215. CHRYSANTHEMUM. Dios. Cor n-mary gold 
Pericline hemispherical ; scales imbricate, coriaceous, in 
several rows, edges scarious; calathides radiated ; flowers all 
fertile ; of the centre hermaphrodite, yellow ; of the rays 
female, of the same colour ; ligulse reverse-heartshape, 
spreading ; clinanthus convex, tessulated, naked, bald ; 
akenium topshape, furrowed ; pappus 0. 
Chrysanthemum segetum . Harvest cor n-mary gold. 
Leaves embracing the stem, above lobed, below toothed 
serrate. 
Chrysanthemum segetum, Raii Syn. 182, I ; Ger. em. 743, 1 ; Lin. S. P„ 
1254. 
Chrysanthemum segetum nostras. Park. 1370. 
Yellow corn-flower. Golden corn-flower. Goldins. Buddie. Yellow ox- 
eye. 
Sandy corn-fields ; annual ; June to August. Imported 
from Scandinavia with seed-corn. 
Root fusiform ; stem branched ; leaves glaucous, smooth ; 
calathides terminal, solitary. — Used to dye yellow. 
0. parviflorum . Flowers smaller. 
Chrysanthemum segetum nostras, folio glauco multi-scisso raajus, fiore 
minore, Raii Syn. 183,2. 
XLI. 216. LEUCANTHEMUM. Dios. Maudlin-wort. 
Pericline hemispherical, scales linear, imbricate, in many 
series, edge membranaceous ; calathides radiated ; flowers 
of the disk hermaphrodite, yellow; of the rays female, of a 
different colour ; ligulae oblong, spreading ; clinanthus 
convex, tessellated, bald, naked ; akenia topshape, fur- 
rowed ; pappus 0. 
Leucanthemum vulgar e. Common maudlin-wort. 
Stem upright, branched; leaves embracing the stem, 
oblong, lanceolate, blunt, cut, pinnatifid at bottom ; root- 
leaves spathulate, decurrent at the base into a petiole. 
Leucanthemum vulgare, Raii Syn. 184, 1. 
Beilis major, Ger. em. 634, 1. 
Beilis major vulgaris seu sylvestris, Park. 528. 
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, Lin. S. P. 1251. 
Great daisy. Oxeye. Moonwort. 
Fields and pastures ; perennial ; June and July. 
Root fibrous; leaves dark green, shining; calathides soli- 
tary, terminal. — Young leaves eaten in salads. 
