952 SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. Matricaria. 
the centre very numerous. (The genera of Chrysanthemum, Py rethrum, 
and Matricaria, border very closely upon each other. To the present 
plant the words “ squamce acutiusculce ” of the calyx do not apply, for 
they are decidedly obtuse. This plant, though called inodorum, in oppo¬ 
sition to the strong and disagreeable smell of its congeners, is neverthe¬ 
less not altogether scentless. Hook. E.) 
Chamomile Goldins. (Scentless Mayweed. Welsh: Ffenigly cwn. 
P. inodorum* Relh. Sm. Willd. Hook. Grev. Chrysanthemum inodorum. 
Linn. Lightf. With. Hull. Sibth. Abbot. Matricaria inodora. Linn. 
Huds. Corn-fields and road sides. A. July—Sept. 
Var. 2. Maritimum. Outer scales of the calyx with finger-like divisions; 
inner ones fringed at the edge. 
Only about four inches high, but a in other respects agreeing with the pre¬ 
ceding. 
On the beach at Weymouth. 
P. marit'imum. Receptacles hemispherical: leaves doubly winged, 
sessile, somewhat fleshy, convex above, keeled underneath: 
(crown of the seeds lobed: stems spreading. E.) 
{E. Pot. 979. E.)— Ray 7. 1, at p. 188. 
Root woody, running deep, perennial. Stems (six to twelve inches high, 
E.) reclining, darkish purple, smooth, firmer and stronger than those of 
Anthemis nobilis, and forming a fuller turf, but not creeping or spreading 
so wide. Leaves thicker and shorter, shining, dark green. Flowers 
(much smaller than those of P. inodorum, and the ray shorter in propor¬ 
tion, Hook. E.) several on a stem. Dill, in R. Syn. 186. Florets in the 
centre yellow; those of the circumference white. {Calyx smooth, with 
scales very thin and blackish at the edge. Seeds furnished with a three 
or four-cleft membranous border. Plant slightly aromatic. E.) 
Sea Feverfew. (P. maritimum. Willd. Sm. Hook. Grev. Matricaria 
maritima. Linn. Lightf. With. E.) Matricaria inodora y. Huds. Sea 
coast in sandy soil. On the coast of Sussex, and very plentifully at 
Cockbush, seven miles from Chichester. Dillenius. Isle of Bute, the 
Western side of Cantire, between Machrianish and Barr. Lightfoot. 
Rocks at Doun,near Bamflf, in Scotland. Sir J. E. Smith. Isle of Walney. 
Mr. Atkinson. (Manorbia bay, near Pembroke. E. Bot. At Weymouth. 
Rev. Archdeacon Gooch. FI. Brit. Sea shores, Aberdeen. Mr. Anderson. 
About Teignmouth. Rev. J. Pike Jones. E.) P. July. 
MATRICA'RIA.* Recept. naked, nearly cylindrical: Down 
none : Cal . nearly flat, tiled ; scales membranous at the 
edges. 
M. chamomii/la. (Leaves smooth, pinnate: leafits strap-shaped, 
simple or divided: rays expanding: calyx scales dilated, rather 
blunt. E.) 
Kniph. 9—Ludw. 131 —Curt. 331— Blackw. 67. 1— {E. Bot. 1232. E.)— 
Sheldr. 33 —Bod. 257. 2 —Loh. Obs. 445. 1, and Ic. i. 770. 1—Ger. Em. 
754. 1— Park. 85.1— Blackw. 298—Fuchs. 25— J. B. iii. a. 116— Trag. 
148— Matth. 905— Lonic. i. 90. 2— H. Ox. vi. 12. 7—Pet. 19. 9. 
* (From its supposed efficacy in disorders of the matrix. E.) 
