AOHILLEA YARROW. 



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ANTHEMIS. CHAMOMILE. 



Anthemis nobilis Linne. Chamomile. 



'Description. Heads and flowers as in maruta, except that the rays are 

 pistillate. Achenia terete, striate, or smooth. Pappus none, or a minute 

 crown. 



A perennial, somewhat downy herb. Leaves 1- to 2-pinnately divided, 

 the ultimate segments as in maruta but fewer and more compact. 



Habitat. Chamomile, a native of Europe, has been long cultivated in 

 gardens here, and has become naturalized to a very limited extent in New 

 Jersey and Delaware. 



Part Used. The flowers official name, Anthemis United States Phar- 

 macopoeia. 



Constituents. Volatile oil, a bitter principle, and common vegetable 

 constituents. 



Preparations. None are official. It is most commonly employed in 

 infusion or decoction. The volatile oil and 

 an extract are official in Britain. 



Medical Properties and Uses. Chamomile 

 is a mild stimulant and tonic, and one par- 

 ticularly suited to debility of the digestive 

 organs. The warm infusion is frequently 

 used as a diaphoretic, and, in large doses, 

 as an emetic. Fomentations of chamomile 

 are employed as a soothing application in 

 .sprains, bruises, colic, abscesses, and local 

 pains generally. 



ACHILLE A. YARROW. 



Achillea Millefolium Linne. Yar- 

 row, Milfoil. 



Description. Heads many-flowered, ra- 

 diate ; the rays 4 or 5, fertile, white, rarely 

 rose-colored. Involucre oblong, the scales 

 imbricated. Keceptacle chaffy, flattish. 

 Achenia oblong, flattened, margined. Pap- 

 pus none. 



A perennial herb, 1 to 3 feet high. 

 Leaves oblong or linear in outline, bipin- 

 nately parted, the ultimate divisions 3- to 5-cleft, crowded. Heads in a 

 compound, flat-topped corymb, appearing throughout the summer. 



Habitat. Fields and waste places ; everywhere common. 



Part Used. The herb not official. 



FIG. 135. Achillea Millefolium. 



