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or yarrow, is another close connection, as the form of its 

 flower-heads equally clearly testifies. 



One of the plants that most strongly resembles this may 

 be readily distinguished by its odour, which is so strong as 

 to have procured the plant the name of the stinking may- 

 weed. It is botanically the Anthemis Cotnla ; it flowers as 

 freely and as long and in the same localities as the scent- 

 less mayweed. The true camomile, or Anthemis nob-ilia, 

 is another very similar-looking herb. Its intensely bitter 

 taste and highly aromatic odour will amply suffice to 

 identify it. It is a plant still held in medicinal repute ; it 

 may often be found in dry, g.ravelly pastures, and on 

 heaths and other open waste spaces in England ; it is less 

 common in Ireland and Scotland. 



