Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. Common 
Ox-Eye, or Greater Daisy. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Lin. Gen. PL Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus marginatus. Cal. hemifphaericus, 
imbricatus, fquamis marginalibus membranaceis. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 8. Herbie flore composito discoide, seminibus 
PAPPO DESTITUTIS, CORYMBIFERjE DICTiE. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Leucanthemum foliis amplexicaulibus oblongis ; fuperne ferratis ; inferne 
dentatis. Lin. Syjl. Vegetal >. ed. 14 .p. 772. Sp. PL p. 1251. FI. Suec. 
n. 763. 
MATRICARIA foliis radicalibus petiolatis, ovatis, crenatis, caulinis amplexicaulibus dentatis. 
Haller hjl. 98. 
MATRICARIA Leucanthemum. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 1041. 
BELLIS fylveftris caule foliofo major. Bauh. Pin. 261. 
LEUCANTHEMUM vulgare. Tourn. 492. 
BELLIS major. Ger. emac. 634. 
BELLIS major vulgaris five fylveftris. Parkin/'. 5 28. RaiiSyn.p. 184. The Greater Daify, or 
Ox-Eye. Lightjoot FI. Scot. p. 488. Fludfon. FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 371. 
RADIX perennis, fufca, fubrepens, fibrofa. 
CAULIS pedalis, fefquipedalis et ultra, ereftus, ri- < 
gidus, angulofus, inferne purpurafcens, hir- \ 
futus, fuperne nudus, fimplex, fubinde ra- < 
mofus. 
FOLIA radicalia a 'caulinis diverfiffima, petiolis longis ( 
infidentia, obovata, vix pubefcentia, incifo- * 
ferrata, caulina alterna, felfilia, amplexi- < 
caulia, linearia, extrorfum latiora, remote < 
denticulata, denticulis ad bafin crebrioribus < 
et longioribus. < 
FLORES pedunculati, terminales, folitarii, magni, < 
fpeciofi. < 
PEDUNCULI flriati, fubincraffati. 
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CALYX communis hemifpherico-planus, arfte im- \ 
bricatus, fquamis exterioribus oblongo- <j 
ovatis, obtuliufculis, margine membranaceis, Jj 
fufcis, interioribus lanceolatis, acutis. <3 
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COROLLA compofita, radiata ; Difcus luteus, con- C 
Vexus ; Radius albus patens. | 
COROLLUL/E Hermaphrodites, tubulofse, nume- | 
rofae, infundibuliforraes, quinquefidae, in <3 
difeo, fig. 1. Feminines 16 circiter, in radio, | 
oblongae, obtufe, tricrenatte, jig. 5. q 
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ANTHER 7 E flavae, in tubum coalita;, Jig. 2. jj 
PISTILLUM Hermaphroditis : Germen oblongum, <2 
flriatum, angulatum, glabrum, Jig. 3. Sty- | 
lus filiformis, flaminibus longior; Stig- <1 
mata duo, fubrevoluta, fuperne ad lentem | 
canaliculata, apicibus truncatis, crafliufculis, <3 
Jig. 4. Femineis Germen et Stylus ut in | 
Hermaphroditis; Stigma fubfimile, laciniis <3 
minus revolutis, Jig. 6. 
SEMEN oblongum, bafi attenuatum, undique pro- | 
funde fulcatum, ex nigro-purpurafeens, Jig. <> 
7 > 8. Jig. 9. aua. 0 
| ROOT perennial, brown, fomewhat creeping, and 
► fibrous. 
I STALK a foot or a foot and a half high or more, 
► upright, rigid, angular, below purplifh and 
hairy, above naked, fimple, fometimes 
f branched. 
f LEAVES next the root very different from thofe of 
the ftalk. Handing on long footftalks, obovate, 
fcarcely downy, deeply Tawed, thofe of the 
‘ ftalk alternate, feflile, Tlem-clafping, linear, 
• outwardly broadeft, diftantly toothed, teeth 
at the bafe more crowded and longeft. 
• FLOWERS ftanding on footftalks, terminal, Angle, 
large, and fhewy. 
■ FLOWER-STALKS finely grooved, and fomewhat 
thickened. 
CALYX common to all the florets, like a hemifphere 
flattened, clofely imbricated, exterior feales 
oblong-ovate, fomewhat blunt, the margin 
membranous and brown, interior feales lan- 
ceolate and pointed. 
COROLLA compound and radiate ; Centre yellow 
and convex ; Circumference white and fpread- 
ing. 
FLORETS Hermaphrodite tubular, numerous, fun- 
nel-lhaped, divided into five fegments, in 
the centre, Jig. 1. Female about 16 in the 
circumference, oblong, obtufe, three-notch’d. 
Jig . 5. 
ANTHERAS yellow, forming a tube, Jig. 2. 
PISTILLUM of the Hermaphrodite flowers : Ger- 
men oblong, finely grooved, angular, 
fmooth, Jig. 3. Style filiform, longer than 
the ftamina ; Stigmata two, rolled a little 
back, on the upper part channelled if mag- 
nified, the tips truncated and thickifh, /%"- 4. 
of the Female flowers, Germen and Style 
as in the Hermaphrodite flowers; Stigma 
fomewhat fimilar, but lefs rolled back, fig. 6. 
SEED oblong, flenderer towards the bafe, deeply 
grooved all round, and purplifh black, fig. 
7, 8. Jig. 9. magn. 
This fpecies of Chryfanthemum is extremely common in meadows and paftures, fometimes even on walls, 
and in corn-fields ; it is 'a hardy perennial, increafes greatly by feed, and flowers in June and July. 
As it is fo prevalent in paftures, it is of no fmall confequence to afeertain how far it is agreeable to cattle, 
and, on fuch occafions, the only guide we have at prefent to confult, are the experiments of Linnaeus ; 
from thofe it appears that kine and fwine refufe it, but that horfes, flieep, and goats feed on it. 
The frefh leaves chewed, difeover a fweetilh, unpleafant, {lightly aromatic tafte, fomewhat like Parfly, 
but not hot or biting; they have been recommended in diforders of the breaft, both afthmatical and pthifical, 
and as diuretics, but are now feldom called for. 
As fuch a number of beautiful double varieties of the Common Daify are met with in almoft every garden, 
it has often been matter of wonder to us, that we never fee this plant in a fimilar flate : I have indeed been 
very credibly informed, that two double varieties of this plant exift in a garden near Air in Scotland, but 
never yet faw them. 
