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3. A. ""tinctoria L. {Ox-eye C) ; leaves bipinnatifid serrate 

 downy beneath, stem erect branched subcorymbose, receptacle I *"''' 



hemispherical, achenes crowned witb an entire border E 7? 

 t. 1472. • .^. 



Banks of the Tees, Durham ; Essex ; and near Forfar, Scotland 

 O or J . 7, 8. — Stem a foot or more high, cottony, as are the scales 

 of the involucre, Floivers solitary, large, entirelt/ yellow. A very 

 doubtful native, not now found in any of the stations assio-ned for it • 



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linear-lanceolate pubescent, receptacle conical its scales lanceo- 1 ^'to- 



late, fruit crowned with an entire pappus. E. B. t. 602. ^ *^^of 



Corn-fields and way-sides, in several places, but very local. About 

 Dunfermline ; near Edinb. and Linlithgow ; between Ayr and 

 Prestwick ; Lanarkshire and Forfarshire. $. 6 — 8. — >S'/em upriP-ht, 

 much branched, and, as well as the leaves, hoary with down; each 

 branch terminated with a large Jloicei\ whose dish is yellow, the ray 

 broad and white. Florets of the ray sometimes sterile; in which case 

 almost the only certain character connected with the flowers, that will 

 distinguish this species from A. Cotula, is the presence of a style. 



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** Florets of the ray without any trace of a style. Scales of the re-. 



ceptacle ivith an acute point. 



5. A. Cotula L. {stinking C.) ; leaves brpinnatifid glabrous 

 their segments subulate, receptacle conical its scales linear-seta- 

 ceous, pappus none, tube of the corolla 2-win<Ted. E. B 

 t. 1772. 



Waste places, corn-fields, and by road-sides. ©. 6—9. Stem a 



foot or more high, glabrous. Heads of flowers solitary, terminal, 



their disk convex, pale yellow: ray rather large, white, its florets 



neuter (inaccurately represented with a style in E. Bot.). The whole * i*; 



plant has a fetid smell, and is said to blister the hands of those wJio 



gather it. When examined with a microscope, it is seen to be 



sprinkled all over with little glands, in which the acrid matter is 



probably lodged. The Scotch stations, and many of those in the N. 



of England, usually given for this species, belong to A, arvensis. 



46. Achillea Linn. Yarrow. Milfoil. 



Pappus 0. Receptacle flat, chaffy. Involucre ovate, imbri- 

 cated. Florets of the raij 5—10, roundish or obcordate. — 

 So named because its healing virtues were said to be first dis- 

 covered by Achilles. 



1. A. Ptdrmica L. {Sneeze-wort Y.) ; leaves shining glabrous 

 Imear-lanceolate acuminate uniformly and sharply serrate, 

 serratures appressed scabrous at the margin, rav 8—12- 

 flowered. E. B. t. 757. ^ 



Moist meadows and pastures, especially in mountainous districts. 



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