Chrysanthemum Ch * ysan ™ 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM fegetm^ 
BELLIS lutea, foliis profunde mc.Es, major, feget um. Raii Sy n. f. 182. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM ^S^t^T'S^FL Angi ei. s. f-37»- _____ 
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culus aut obfolete angulatus, glaber, nitens, % fhiniZg, of a glaucous green colour, hollow, 
glaucefcentirviridis, cavus f pedunculos | “Xued into peduncles. Branches rather 
continuatus, Rami brevmfcuh. « ftort. 
CAULIS ] 
lonco-lubovata, Dan lauuia, & o t & 
aunculata, nonnulla fupra bafm coartata, | 
verfus apicem latiora, margine dentata, f 
bus, nunc remotioribus nunc anproiomatiorl- g 
bus aut laciniata, laciniis obtuiiufculis, apice | 
acuta?fape ,nfidk,l E via,mollia,lev..ervenofa, g 
utrinque glauca. | 
^“^eret SSf&pe». incralfati, uni- I 
flori 
forne ol tnem narruwcu auu*u > 
broadeft towards the top, the edge toothed, 
the teeth fometimes nearer to each other, 
fometimes more remote, or jagged, the ieg- 
ments a little blunt, the extremity pointed 
often trifid, fmooth, foft, flightly vemy, and 
glaucous on both fides. 
FLOWERS growing fingly, yellow, large. 
FLOWER-STALKS nearly upright, hollow, t 
ed above, one-flowered. 
■, thicken- 
PEDUMLyUJ-.i iuucicwj, wv., — i e d above, one-nowercu. . 
flori. . . - fnuamis } > CALYX common to all the florets, hemifphencal, lm 
CALYX communis, hemfphsencus, "* nc ^^ )(ls | bricatcd, the fcales lying clolely one over th. 
L communis, hemiipn^ncus, umu»-*». ■ _ f 
arfte incumbentibus, ovatis, yirefcemibus, | 
interioribus per gradus majoribus, mum | 
terminatis margine fcariofa, tenuiflima, tnem * 
branacea, lacera, fubfufca. | 
COROLLA compofita, radiata-, CorolluU difel her, | 
maphrodite, numerofie, longitudine calycis, | 
tubulofie, quinquefida:, flg-2. gorolM * -radii | 
feminea:, circa 16 aut 18, ligulate, °hl° n g>g. | 
truncate, emarginate, fiepe tridentate, lineis j 
duabus impreflis exaratae, fig- i- ? 
common io au ivc cw, , r * , 
bricated, the fcales lying clolely one over the 
other, ovate, greenifti, the inner gradually 
large!!, the innermoft ones terminated by a 
margin fonorous to the touch, very thin, mem-* 
branous, torn, brownilh. 
COROLLA compound, radiate. Florets of the dilk, 
hermaphrodite, numerous, the length oi the 
calyx, tubular, divided into five fegments, 
fig. 2. Florets of the radius female, about 16 
or 18, flat, oblong, truncated, emarginate, 
often three-toothed, and fcored with two 1m- 
r-- v prefled lines, jig. l. 
. r • i- . c ranillaria t STAMINA in the hermaphrodite florets, five, capillary, 
STAMINA hermaphroditis, 5 cylindracea, f very Ihort Filaments of a yellow colour; 
brevilfima, flava; Anthe , >j brevior. f Ant her as of the fame colour, forming a 
tubulofa, concolor, coroll p | tubular cylinder, a little Ihorter than the 
$ corolla. 
,■ TTW , 1 ... ,, t ; frmineis • Germen I PISTILLUM in the hermaphrodite florets the fame as 
PISTILLUM hermaphroditis ut. ~Xana-S in the female ; Germen ovate, flattened, 
margi/ membranaceous; Style thread 
concolor ; Stlomata duo, revoluta, flava. , Koltf S “ ““’r^dtt 
0 and yellow. 
CFMINA oblonga, utrinque obtufe truncata, fulcata, § SEEDS oblong, obtufely truncated at each end 
SEMINA fub fl racurva _ pd Ude fufea, flg. 3, i grooved, fomewhat angular, a little bent, of 
& 0 a pale brown colour, fig. 3, 4. 
RFCEPTACULUM nudum, punctatum, convexum. | RECEPTACLE naked, dotted, and convex, 
T 1 r Chr\ Canthemum fegetmn, as its name imports, is a plant peculiar to corn fields ; in the neighbourhood of 
T nndon it is not frequent, but in many parts of England, as well as m other parts of Europe, in filch foils as 
L r -ourable to its growth, it abounds to that degree as almoft to annihilate the crop fown ; hence laws have 
beenenaaed, and fines impofed, in Denmark, Saxony, and fome parts of Scotland, for the purpofe of obliging 
U p hulbandman to keep ms lands clear of it. 
The weedino- of corn fields from fuch incroaching plants as the prefent, either by the hand, or the weeding- 
hook according to the nature of the plant, is a praftice much followed in thofe countries which are bell 
cultivated: there is this fatisfaftion attends it, while it promotes the Farmer’s intereft, it gives employment to a 
treat number of induftrious women and girls. To the prevalence of this praftice it is that we are indebted for one 
of thefineft fmhts a cultivated country affords, extenfive fields of corn, without a Angle obtruding weed ; and on this 
praflice the Farmer we apprehend may place a firmer reliance, than on the mode which Linneus recommends 
for its extirpation, viz. by dunging the land, fuffering it to lie fallow for one year, and harrowing it five days 
after lowing the corn. 
It is not a little remarkable, that this plant fhould never have been found with double flowers ; if it had, 
there is no doubt, but from the brilliancy of their colour, it would long fince have contributed to ornament 
our gardens as well as the C. coronarium and inodorum, which are of the Tame genus. 
