C H R Y S A N T H E M U M
O x -Eye, or G reater D aisy.
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CHRYSANTHEMUM Lin. Gen. PL Sy n g è n è s ia P o l y g ä m ia Su p e r f l u a .
kecept. rm&um. Pappus marginatus. Cal hemifphäsricuSj
lmbncatus, fquamis marginalibus membranaceis.
Rail Syn. Sen. 8. H erbas f lo r e c'om p o s it o d is c o id e , seminibus
PAPPO DESTITU TI S, CORYMBIFERyE DICT.E.
CHRYSANTHEMUM Leucanthemum foliis aitiplexicaülibus oblongis; fupernb ferratis • inferne
dentatisi Im . ty h Vegetal,. ed. t4.fi. 77g. Sfl. PI. p.1251. ’f I .S ucc.
M. 763. . , • j
MATRICARIA M is radicalibus petiolatis, bvatis, crtnatis, caulinis amplexicaulibus dentatis.
Haller hiß. gS.
MATRICARIA Leucanthemum. Seopoli FI. Cam. n. 1041.
BELLIS fylveftris caule foliofo major. Bauh. Pin. 261 ■.
LEUCANTHEMUM vulgare* Tourn.- 492*
BELLIS major. Ger. ertiac. 634.
BELLIS I major vulgaris five fylveftris. Parkin/. 528. AaiiSyn. fi. 184. The Greater Daifv dr
Ox-Eye. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 488. Hudfon. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 371.
RADIX perennis, fufca, fubrepens, fibrofa. $ ROOT perennial; brown, fomewhat creeping, and
CAULIS pedal is, fefquipedalis et ultra, ereHus, ri- f ST A LK a fooTor a foot and a half high or more
gldus, angulofus, inferne purpurafcens, hlr- | upright, rigid; angular, below purplilh and’
futus, fuperne nudus, fimplex, fub.nde r a - | h|iiy, above naled, Ample,P fometimes
I vy~,,rt » m,. u?: • ; ■ a branched.
FOLIA radicaha a caulinis diverfiftima petiolis longis f LEAVES next the root very different from thofe o f
War»ntla’ ° r DVatt VIX Pu,b^ enua> m,cil°- I the italk, Handing on long football«, obovate,
ranha ’ i f alternar’ 1 amPlexl- ♦ fcarcely downy, deeply Tawed, thofe o f the
f nt rnl!ta d a’ ,-e,!r r^ mK i flalk denttculata, denticuhs ad bafin crebnonbus | outwarad‘ltye rbnraotaed’ e1ft1, 1d1il laAnetmly- dtoaofpthinedg,, ltieneetahr,
fLORES pedunculati, terminales, folitarii, magni, | F L O W E R S * 'f ta n d f^ T n 'f^
IPEDUNCULI Hriati, fubincraffati. | FLOWER-^TALK^fideiy grooved, and fomewhat
CALYX communis hemifpherico-planus, arHe im- | CA L YX Common to all the florets, like a hemifphere
ovad “ o b t u d i « CXter.10nbus ,°b 'on go - | flattened, clofely imbricated, exterior L ie s
U ’ .obtubu'bul,s,' marS “ utembranacets, $ oblong-ovate, fomewhat blunt, the margin
fufcs, tnterioribus lanceolatts, acntls. iff I ♦ membranous and brown, interior fcales i f f
C0ROLLv i u ° m& ra? ia ta i,-D^ Iuteus> CO R O L L T 1«mpounPd°andd'radiate'; Centre yellow
vexus; Radius albus patens. | and convex, Circumference white and lpreadtubulofc
name- « Hermaphrodite tubular, numerous, funi
f e '“ fundtbul,formes, qu.nquefidae, m | neWhapeci, divided into five fegments, h
o b lon ^ ' l6, c,rc“ er' m Iad,°> i the centre, fig. Female about 16 in the
g , obtufas, tncrenatae, Jig. 5- | circumference, oblong, obtufe, three-notch’d,
PlSflLLTIM " tub™ c° ali“ - fiS- 2; t AN TH EK E 5yellow, forming a tube, fig. *
ftrktumerl t ^ ‘ ,G,ERMCN oblongum, * PISTILLUM o f the Hermaphrodite flowers : G er-
1 MEN »b'ong. finely grooved, angular,
“ * 7 „ 1 ftan!lnlbua IonSlori ,S t ig - l fmooth, fig. 3. Sty le filiform, longer than
canaltcuLra fubreYoluta’ fuParne •J .1“ ”' I ‘ he {lamina; Stigmata two, rolled a little
f i l l f w , P- r “ truncatlsd «affiufcuhs, J back, on the upper part channelled if mag-
R e r m a n f S r ^ * c i ™ ♦ nified, the tips truncated and thickilh, fig. f .
; fS r fubfimile, lacinus | o f the Female flowers, G ermen and Sty le
evolutis, fig. 6. | as in the Hermaphrodite flowers j Stigma
SEMEN » p $ H fomewhat fimilar, but Iefs rolled back, fis. 6.
funde ?ulraf.bafi atte" uatum» PJ0' | SEED oblong, flenderer towards the bafe, defply
■ v f t f ex niSro'Purpurafcens, Jig. % grooved all round, and purplilh black, M
* ' y* auct- <> 7» 8. Jig. g. magn.
r i^ c tm fie ld^ Ch7 f anl,hea Um “ eXt'ien?el>' c?mm0n *? meadows and Paftures. fometimes even on walls,
As it is To n r f V • handy Pet™nlah mcreafes greatly by feed, and flowers in June and July.
FI, mfuchoccafmnVntbPeaftUT S’ ° f n°. fmaI1 conre9“ ence to afeertain how far it is agreeable to cattle,
P " there it annea« ,’h ^ V y §“rd? ™ f r ' atu prefent to confult, are the experiments o f L inn,eu s ,
, Tie frefh 2 ? f hine and fwine refufe it, but that horfes, Iheep, and goats feed on it.
Put not hot or biting -^hev b’ dlt 0Ver a fweetilh, unpleafant, flightly aromatic tafte, fomewhat like Parfly,
Ha s diuretics hfr ha''reb/™ recommended in d.forders of the breaft, both afthmatical and pthifical
I As fn cs’ Dut are now feldom called for. v *
r®«fien S b^ f beautiful,double «rieties of the Common Daily are met with in almoft every garden
K credibly !nf0” “i ‘ °, T’* *■ ' " c navekr. fee, this Pla"t ™ a fimilar ftate : I have indeed been
K y e t faw hem d’ h doubll? varleues o f plant extft in a garden near Air in Scotland, but