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CHRYSANTHEMUM letfcantherniim.
Great White Ox-eye.
S T N GENE S IA Polygamia-fuperjtua. .
G eht. Char. Recept. naked. Seed bordered. Cal. he-
mifpherical, imbricated; Icales membranous at
the edge.
S pec. C har. Leaves embracing the ftem, oblong,
blunt, cut; pinnatifid at the bafe•: the radical
ones on foot-ftalks, obovate.
Svn. Chryfanthemum leucanthemum. Linn. Sp. PI.
1 2 5 1 . Hudf. 3 7 1 . With. 7 3 3 . Hull. 18 4 . Relh.
3 2 1 . Sihth. 2 5 7 . A llo t. 1 8 5 . Curt. Lond. fa/c .5 .
t. 6 2 . Mart. Fl. Ruß. t. 1 0 9 .
Leucanthemum vulgare. Rail Syn. 184 .
- C b X T R E M E L Y com m on in paftures, th e borders o f fields,
and even am on g c om , flow e r in g in Ju n e and J u ly . I t is peren
n ia l, apd mcreafes m u ch b y feed. W e do n o t find it c om p
la ined o f as a trou b le fome w e ed , n o r celebrated fo r a n y a g r icu
ltu ra l u tility , A s a med ic in e it has be en ufed for an e x p
e c to ran t and d iu r e t ic ; b u t appears to b e inferior to m a n y
o th e r plants I ts tafte and fmell are flig h t ly a rom a tic , w ith a
mauleous herbaceous fweetnefs.
1 he roots are fibrous, b ran ch ed, to u gh and w o od y. S tem s
e r e c t , 2 feet h ig h , a little b ran ch ed , round, furrowed, w ith red
in te rm ed ia te ribs. Radical and low e r Item-lea ves on lo n g fo o t-
Ita lk s , ob ov a te, lerrated, and c u t ; th e reft feffile, em b ra c in g
th e Item, a lternate, o b lon g , ja g g e d ir reg u la r ly in the upper
p a r t, toothed in a p inna te m an ne r about th e ba fe . A l l the,
leav es are n ea r ly fmoo th and o f a deep g reen . A la rge folita ry
h a n d lom e flower termina tes ea ch b r an ch , th e difk o f w h ich is
f la t and y e llow , th e radius pure w h ite , th e florets o f ea ch beino-
v e r y n um e ro u s ; th ofe o f th e radius are e llip tica l, w ith 2 ribs
and 3 te e th . T h e re ceptacle is flat, and deftitute o f fcales.'
foeeds ob ov ate, b la ck , w ith w h it? elevated r ib s,