COMPOUND FLOWERS. 



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into the sand ; the stems, which are ahout a foot high, 

 are thickly set with oblong, blunt leaves, which, as well 

 as the rest of the plant, are covered with thick white 

 cotton, and almost hide the small terminal heads of 

 yellow flowers. H. August, September. Perennial. 



TANAC^TUM vuLGARE (Common Tansy). 



26. TANAC&TUM (Tansy). 



1. T. vulgdre (Common Tansy). The only British 

 species. Hedges, and waste ground ; common. Grow- 

 ing 2 3 feet high, and well distinguished by its deeply 

 twice pinnatifid, cut leaves, and terminal corymbs of 

 bright yellow, button-like flowers. The whole plant is 



