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it from the other, which he calls annua. 
The firft of thefe only, grows wild in 
this kingdom. Notwithftanding its 
vulgarity, you will find it a very curi- 
ous object. You will hardly believe 
me when I tell you, that there are, in 
that fmgle Daify, about one hundred 
and twenty complete yellow flowers, 
befides fifty white ones without Sta- 
mina. 
As to its name, Bettis, fays Ray, Latinis 
a hello feu pulchro color e forum difta creditur; 
and its Englifh etymology, we learn from 
thefe lines of our ancient poet Chaucer, 
Well by reafon men it calle maie 
The Daifie, or elfe the Eye of the daie. 
And at the laft there tho* began anon 
A Lady for to fmg right womanly 
A Bargonet in praifing the Daifie; 
For as methought among her notis fwetc 
She faid,/ douce eft la Margarete. 
You will find this paflage quoted at length 
in Curtis's Flora Londinenjis. 
If now you pull out one of the white ex- 
ternal rays of this little flower, of which 
there are about 58, by applying this mag- 
nifying glafs, you will find it tubular at 
the 
