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458 The BRITIS 
C. Bauhine calls it Dracunculus ferrato folio pra- 
tenfis. 
The leaves powdered, and fnuffed up the nofe, 
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Virginian Sneezewort, 
Ptarmica Virginiana floribus conglomeratis. 
The root is long, thick, and white, 
The ftalk is round, upright, branched, and a 
yard high. : 
The leaves are broad, fhort, indented at the 
edges, fharp-pointed, and of a deep green. 
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No: 
occafion fneezing, and are excellent againft inve- 
terate headachs. The young tops are of a fharp, 
but pleafant tafle; and may be eaten in fallads, 
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The flowers are fmall and white; and they are 
placed in clufters at the tops of the branches, 
It is a native of Virginia, and flowers in 
July. i 
Morifon calls it Prarmica Virginiana Heleni} 
folio. Others improperly make it a fpecies of 
maudlin, 
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Ge flower is radiated, and compofed of numerous flofcules, arranged in an oval 
cup, com. 
pofed of fhort and broad feales. The flofcules in the centre are tubular, and divided into five 
gaping fegments at the edge: thofe at the rim are heart-fhaped, and flat. 
thick, and {maller at one end than the other. 
Linnzus ranges this among the /yagenefia, 
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Common Yarrow. 
Millefolium vulgare. 
The root is compofed of many fibres, joined 
to a fmall head. 
The firft leaves are very numerous, and of a 
fine dark green, long, moderately broad, and di- 
vided in a regular and beautiful manner into a 
number of minute parts. ; 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks; 
which are upright, not much branched, and two 
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Yellow Yarrow. 
Millefolium flore luteo. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with many 
fibres, 
The ftalks are numerous, and a foot high ; of 
a whitifh green, and not much branched. 
‘The leaves are long, narrow, and divided 
The feeds are fhort and 
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feet high, in round tufts like umbells 3 and they 
are white, with a faint dath of purplith. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it WiMefolinm vulgare album. 
It is poffeffed of great virtues, though too 
much neglected. It is excellent againft over- 
flowings of the menfes, and hemorrhages of all 
kinds; as alfo in loofeneffes attended with bloody 
ftools. The beft way of taking it is in a ftrong 
decoction. 
REIGN SPECIES, 
deeply into very minute fegments, 
of a fine deep green. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
large tufts, and are of a beautiful yellow. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers in July. tse 
C. Bauhine calls it Millefolium tomentofiwn Ine 
teum. : 
downy, and 
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HE flower is radiated, and compofed of many flofcules of different kinds, arranged in a 
common cup. 
The fiofcules in the centre are tubular, 
are flat. The feeds are oval, 
fingle flower. 
Linnzus places this among the /yugencfia, 
This is formed of numerous, pointed fegments, 
and divided into five fegments at the rim: 
The ftalks are naked, having no leaves; and each fupports only a 
placed in a fingle feries. 
thofe in the verge 
Common 
