Matricaria Chamomilla. Corn Feverfew, or
C am o m i l e ,
MATRICARIA Lin. Gen. PI. S yn g e n e s ia P o l y g a m ia S ü Ee r f l u a .
Recept. nudum* Pappus nullus. Cal. hemifpharicus, imbticatus :
marginalibus folidis, acutiufculis.
Rail Syn. Gen. 8. H er bæ f l o r e c o m f o s it o d is c o ïd e , Sem inibu s p a p p o
DESTITUTIS, CORYMBIFERÆ DICTÆ.
MATRICARIA Chamomilla receptaculis conicis, radiis patentibus, fquarais calycinis margins
æquahbus. Lin. Syfl. Vegetab. p. 643. Sp. PI. p. i256. FI. Suec. », 764.
MATRICARIA foil« planis capillaribus, duplicato-pinnatis, pinnulis lanceolatis bifidis trifidifque,
Haller, hiß. n. 101,
CHAMÆMELUM vulgare, Leucanthemum Diofcoridis. Bank. pin. 135,
CHAMÆMELUM Gerard, emac. 734,
CHAMÆMELUM vulgart Parkinf. 85. (qui vulgare cum n,obili confundit) Rail Sm. Ifi r8ii,
Hudfan Fl. Angl. cd. 2. p. 372. Lightfoot FI. Scot. fi. 491. J
L m x annua fimplex, fibrofa. f RO OT annual, Ample, and fibrous.
fHULIS pedahs ad fefquipedalem, ereHus, remolds, f STA LK a foot, or a foot and a half high, upright,
fubangulofus, ftnatus, W . % branched, fomewhat angular, ifrkted, fnd
foLIA faturate viridia, altema, feflilia, lavia, pin -f LEAVES ” f°a deep green colour, alternate, fettle,
na a, pinnls ineanbus, mferioribus fimplici-0 fmooth, pinnated, the pinna linear, the lower
U>rAnlP,1o10r1 ra.mo^ls’ pmnulls acutis, * ones fimple, the upper ones branched, the
mlrinata ’ 1VancatIS* c0^a femilineam lata; 4 pinnnla or fmall pinna iharp and terminatmg
in a fliort point, divaricating, the midrib
LrtrTVTmTT t a .' n • • _ % half a line broad', and keeled.
pDlINCULI erecti, ftnati, nudf, fuperne fubincraf- g FLOWER STA LK S upright, ftriated, naked, a little
jlORES albi, difco.e luteo-virefcente. | F LOW E R ^wM re / th r 'd ilk o f a yellowifli-green
CALYX communis hemifpharicus, fquamis plurimis, | CALYX common to all the florets, hemifpherical.
k ^ ^ X ^ u l i s ^ a p i e e “ eluent,bus; f fcales numerous, imbricated, fomewhat ob*
fubmembranaceis, longitudine fere tubi flof- §
culorum femineorum in radio, fig. 1. tu fe, the tips b row nilh , and a lit t le m embranou
s , a lm o ft the len g th o f the tu be o f th e
IrnQfTTT t r • . . . , . . „ . X fem a le flowers in th e c ir cum fe ren c e , fig. 1 .
E a W M g g | e r. “ »?>. ?W o n g . fe fqu i- 1 F L O W E R S o f the radius ab o u t 13 in num b er fem a le ,
— deritibus o b - f o b lo n g , a lin e and a h a l f b ro ad , tw o -g ro o v e d ,
1 • n 2‘' S t i g m a b ifidum, fla vum , | th re e-to o thed , tee th b luntifh, fig. 2. S t i g m a
FLOSfTIT 111 1 r t -j. . $ bifid, y e llo w , the fegm ents turn ed b a c k , fig. q.
■ a " A ■ h ermaph rod iti, $ F L O W E R S o f the d ilk , numerous , tu bu la r, h erma -
S £ “ & 4 ' STIGMA b lfi5 “ m- U - 1 ‘ f “ ’ fiv e -to o th ed\ Jig. 4 S t i g m a b ifid,
r U r t a:6m" Utf’ PalUde fufCa- S n t e t gu T “ 1 f baa p a f e o w n colour,
1.CEPTACULUM oblongum nudum. | RECEPTACLE ^blongTnd’M le d ’
Oke n e i g h b o u r h o o d Cotu!%’ *ad Chryfanthemum inodorum, are three v e r y com m o n p lan ts
%en , 011 ’ as ^ie tw o are e x t rem e ly fim ila r.in th e ir g en e ra l ap p e a ra n c e , and are
[forded o f c L ^ a r i l g ^ n t b i u T r e f l i ^ t lm m 1“ 16'1 — “ - nUmber’ th a t an ° P P o r tu n itY mi6 ht ^
& f p d i g S t bi i t n S j o f i ' s one p,ant ° f them; Mayaeed- ^ isf°
kinguiih the X l X ^ h X f d ° t- in ,v e% lt,!ng the g en e r ic ch a raH e r o f ea ch , w ill q u ic k ly
e recemacle , , f the A M ° tb e r ,0n ^'ITefiling the h ea ds , he will find the p o in ted palese w h ich are fix ed to
!t, is L ba f nth^ s l ° tally w an tin g in the Matricaria ; b u t this k n ow led g e , th o u g h h ig h ly n e c e f-
Wh° .WOU d a t0 kn0W p ,a ? tS a t firft fiSht' w h ich is a ‘ w aFs <“ e 1 w e (h all
.aterially to differ from e a c h S ™ C h a ra a e r j p01nt o u t fe v e ra l o the r s> m w h ich th e y h a v e a p p e a re d to us
°,f S r° w th affords b u t lit t le d iftinHion, th e y are b o th na tives o f co rn-fie ld s , b o th g r o w in them
to g e th e r , freq u en t ly fepa ra te , no r is it u nufua l to find them on® the confine”
>»als and ™ „ L r0? d f de* ; Jh e Y ,bo.th, fl°w e r at the fame time, from M a y to J u ly and A u g u f t , bo th a re
H K i T he fame h e !g h t ’ but, in/ h= f? Ilow ing Particulars th e y d iffe r : th e w W e p lan t in
f 7 . alfumes aPmuch n a lf r T , S ^ “ i“;? ° Un “ d r° mew h at film in g ap p ea ran c e ; the Anthcmis, on th e co n -
» ‘ko Matricaria are n e a - i,. m .r “ 3LH-“ ° ftan c ? r « c d with a k in d o f w o o lly fu b fta n c e : th e le a v es
irly as fine as thofe o f fennel, which they diftantly refemble; in the Anthemis they
f^n bifid.
, and the points of them, which in flip Mntortr/vra n oro Cmnlo in tlv> /Iaa A/,________ _
l"tth*Tfth!-n^ / ! 1 tbere p,ants beg'" t0 fiangdown in the evening, and continue to do fotill morning j
['■ in tliis particular ” bniP-reim Seneriii/ftrc'1 broader than thofe o f the Matricaria, and fomewhat (hotter j
I Prominent butcffa 1 9 are fubJe a t0 Z™} variation ; the diflt of the flower in the Anthemis is noJ
pnWves tothe e v e n fg 1 y 0W tbL/-n tbat ,o f the Matricaria. Such are the charaSers which prefent
H and render it im n b f f iw T 6 ?bfe" er’ butL is “ Other which will greatly affift to corroborate,
f y e d , they wil b e X S t ° r P'n"15 “ ^ ? ,ftraken- ? iz' the fmeI1 ■ if the heads of the Matricaria
plant, while the i c 1 '? e,m't. a firong fmell, fomewhat refembling the true Chamomile, but not fo
P-nlUnce may a]fo t e ° a d d X M ^ treated.in the, fame manner. fme11 mtolerably difagreeable; another
rmifchievous to the hnfh d^d’ the Matricaria is not known to bhfler the (km, in which alone it is perhaps
t ,e otj 1CT: nor is the charafter which may be drawn from the feeds to
f,'n, ripe, thofe of the A n} - ls. be!ng broad and truncated at top, wrinkly, IT and of a deep brown colour BiiK, 7th, or the MMaattrriiccaarriiaa mmuucchh ffminaalll eprr, pmalJer«, and different in their fnh_a_pe_, vid-j. fig. 6K.?
Kral fefufe the l la™ Jeedl"S ° n thls fpecies, which produced the Cafjida viridis.— Cattle i
", " a*UDSOV iJnM nail,J- ira™,_—_•I n SwedCe nm th• ejno~wr ^rs a-r--e- --uVf.eUd .umwedui,cuiinaanlljy ihmuflleoaud uot fm thee /lA-WntWhe/mlWis W noZbMilJis. .
r®?/1»!; Mr’ Lif-wTr°o \s-pe™e£i: T in. .making one plant of the Matricaria Chamomilla and
that P m S m ’ m b'a: Fh, 7 M M E g fuggefted that they were the fame. We are
GridinPatmtibus MuaaAY ftould adoPt a fPecles founded on fuch vague charafters as radiis dejlexisl