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Mayweed. The leaves are doubly and very finely cleft; Flower 

 with a disk which projects upwards very much in the middle ; 

 and a ray that is very obtuse, and toothed at the end. It has 

 a very bitter taste, much like that of Chamomile ; some of the 

 species of which it very much resembles in appearance. 



CHAMOMILE. ANTHEMIS. 



COMMON CHAMOMILE. Anthemis nobilis. 



Plate 13, fig. 11. 



This is the plant which, when cultivated, produces those 

 double flowers that are so much used to make Chamomile Tea. 

 The wild plant is equally proper for this purpose, and grows 

 abundantly on all the barren, gravelly heaths in the South of 

 the Kingdom, forming a turf of most beautifully green, rich 

 foliage, with delicate white and yellow flowers, one only upon 

 a stem, and by this last character it may be known from the 

 other species. Its fragrance is emitted when trodden upon. 



O. S. Sea Chamomile, Corn Chamomile, Stinking Chamomile, which is 

 not uncommon in corn fields and Ox-eye Chamomile. 



YARROW. ACHILLA A. 

 SNEEZEWORT YARROW. Achill&a ptarmica. 



Plate 13, fig. 12. 

 Leaves simple, sharply serrated. 



Leaves linear, serrate, pointed. Flowers wholly white, at 

 the top of the stem, forming a corymb or flat loose head. 

 Stem one or two feet high, very upright and thin, but stiff and 

 rigid. It is called Sneezewort because the leaves when powdered 

 are sometimes used instead of snuff. It grows on meadows 

 and on heaths, flowering in August and September. 



COMMON YARROW. Achillea millefoUum. 



Plate 13, fig. 13. 

 Leaves very compound, and slightly hairy. 



Leaves slightly hairy, cut into numberless fine and narrow 

 divisions, whence it has the common name of " Milfoile, or 

 Thousand Leaves." Stems furrowed, bearing at the top a 



