PL ex. cat. 39. CJOMPOSITiE, C. 223. Anthemis. 457 



b. CorollcB all yellow, 



2. Anthemis iinctoria. Dyeing anthemis. 



Stem upright, branched ; leaves bipinnatifid, serrate, flat, 

 beneath tomentose ; pappus not divided ; chaffs as long as 

 the flowers. 



Biiphthalinum vulgare, Raii Syn. 183, i ; Ge.r. e;w.747,3. 



Buphthalmiim Matthioli, sive vulgare millefolii foliis, Park. 1370. 



Anthemis tincloria, Lin. S. P. 1263. 



Yellow oxeye. Common oxeye. 



Rocks and mountains ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Stem 18 inches high. — Flowers yield a very clear and 

 good yellow dye. 



XLIX. 224. ACHILLEA. Theophrastus. Yarrow. 



Pericline ovate ; scales slender, pressed close, imbricate ; 

 calathides radiated ; ^oi^er^ all fertile; of the centre her- 

 maphrodite, tubular; of the rays female; ligulae ovate, 

 broader than long; tip repand, 3-toothed; clhianthus flat, 

 chaffy ; chaffs lineai', shorter than the pericline ; akenium 

 elliptical; pappus 0. 



a. CorollcB all yellow. 



1. Achillea tomeniosa. Clothlike yarrow. 

 Leaves bipinnatifid, villose ; leaflets very much crowded ; 



lobes linear, lanceolate, not in the least cut, pointed ; co~ 

 rymhus compound. 



Achillea tomentosa, Willd. S. P. 



Mountains ; perennial ; August and September. 



Stem 9 inches high. 



b. CorollcB of the centre yellow, of the rays white. 



2. Achillea millefoUa. Many-leaved yarrow. 

 Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets blunt ; lobes awlshape, toothed. 



■Millefolium vulgare, Raii Syn. 183, I ; Park. 693. 

 Millefolium terrestre vulgare, Ger. em. 1072, 1. 

 Achillea Millefolium, Lin. S. P. 1267. < 



Common yarroio. Milfoil. Nose-bleed. 



Fields and pastures; perennial; June to August. 



Root creeping; stem upright; lobes of the leaves very 

 numerous, hairy underneath ; calathides crowded, small, 

 white. — Flowers yield an essential oil ; infusion of the 

 flowering herb stimulant, stomachic. 



|9. rosea. Calathides rose-colour or nearly crimson. 



Millefoliuffl flore rubro, Ger. em. 1072, 2. 



