CXCII. 

 ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM. 



Common Yarrow, or Milfoil. 



Class XIX. Syngenesia. — Order II. Polygamia 



SuPERFLUA. 



Nat. Ord. Composite. 



Gen. Char. Involucre ovate, imbricated. Receptacle 

 plane, chaffy. Florets of the ray five to ten, roundish, 

 obcordate. Pappus none. 



Spec. Char. Leaves bipinnate, slightly hairy ; segments 

 linear, toothed, acute. Stems furrowed. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... ftugiotpvkkov. 



^ Millefolium vulgare album. Bauh. Pin. 140. 

 Millefolium terrestre vulgare. Ger. Em. 1072. 



I Millefolium vulgare. Raii Syn. 183. Trag. 477. 

 Latin <( Millefolium, sive Achillea. Dod. Pempt. 100. 



I Stratiotes Millefolia. Fuch. Hist. 689. c 278. 



! Achillea Millefolium. Lin. Sp. PI. 1267- Eng. Fl. iii. 462. 



^ Eng. Bot. t. 758. 



French Millefeuille ; Millefeuille commune; Herbe aux charpentiers. 



Italian .... Millefoglie. 

 Spanish . . . Milenrama. 



Port Milfolha. 



German. .. Schafgarbe. 



Dutch Duizenblad ; Haaze-gerwe ; Geruwe. 



Danish .... Rcellike ; Jordhumble. 

 Swedish . . Roellika. 

 Polish Tysiacznik ziele. 



Description. The root is perennial, creeping, cylindrical, 

 with a few slender, white or pinkish subterranean shoots, and 



