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36. Tansy — {^Tanacetum vulgar e.) 



Hedgebanks and waste places, generally near rivers. Banks of the 



Mersey, more or less all the way from Cheadle to below Lymm, and 



especially abundant towards Thelwall and the Powder-mills. Fl. 



August. 



E. B. xviii. 122S) ; Baxter, i. 24. 



Immediately known by the powerful odour of its large, very finely and doubly 

 pinnatifid leaves ; stems two to three feet high, and flat corymbs of yellow button- 

 hke flowers. It is very common in gardens, being cultivated both as a potherb, 

 and for its disfavour among fleas. 



37. Wormwood — {Artemisia Abs'mthium.) 

 Banks of the Irwell, near the " Nag's Head," Barton. (J. E.) 

 Under the walls of Chorlton Churchyard. Fl. August. 

 E. B. xviii. 1230. 

 Common in gardens, its well-known aromatic and bitter qualities rendering it 

 useful both for medicinal purposes and those of domestic economy. 



38. MxTGWORT — Artemisia vulgaris.) 



Hedgebanks and on waste ground by waysides, common. Plentiful 



between Bowdon and Rostherne, and about Bramhall and Lymm. 



Fl. August, September. 



E. B. xiv. 978. 



39. Mountain Cudweed — {^Gnaphdlium dioicum.) 

 Mountain heaths. Greenfield ; Fo-edge ; and near Mottram. Also 

 upon Kinder Scout. Fl. June, July. 



E. B. iv. 207 ; Baxter, iv. 243. 

 Common in gardens, botli white and rose-coloured. A very elegant little plant, 

 the stems rather numerous, three to four inches high, the leaves green on the 

 upper surface, and white upon the under. The rose-coloured flowers are generally 

 the stameniferous ones. 



40. Upeight Brown Cudweed — {Gnaphdlium sylvaticum.) 

 Dry gravelly and sandy ground, both where exposed, and in thickets, 

 not uncommon. Plentiful about Pendleton and Agecroft ; in fields 

 near Haughton Dale ; and on Knutsford Moor. Fl. August. 

 E. B. ii. 124 (as Gnaphalium rectum.). 



41. Spreading Cudweed — [Gnaphdlium uliginosum.) 

 Moist ploughed land, and in waste places where water has settled 

 and been absorbed not long before, common. Sale ; Baguley ; Chorl- 

 ton; Denton. Fl. August, September. Annual. 



E. B. xvii. Ill) 4. 



