248 SYNGEN. POLYGAM. SUPERF. Achillea. 



R. W. Field, near Ireton Hill, Bayswater. Headington, near 

 the London Road. R. W. 



An. or Bien. July. 



Plant with hoary pubescence. &tem upright, about one f., much 

 branched. Ls. alternate. Herb covered with soft, cottony 

 hairs ; little or no smell. Fl. terminal, disk yellow, ray broad, 

 white, becoming curved back. Cal. woolly, its inner scales 

 broad, and membranous at the edge. Leafi. cut into two, or 

 three narrow segments. Fl. pleasantly scented. 



A. Gotiila. Stinking Mayweed^ or Ch. Receptacle 

 conical ; its scales bristle-shaped. Seeds without any 

 border. Leaves doubly wing-cleft, slightly hairy ; 

 segments spreading. E. B. 1772. C. 5. 61. Co- 

 tula foetida. G. E. 757- 



Cornfields, ivaste ground. 



An. May. 



Stem a foot and a half, upright, much branched, leafy, smooth. 

 Ls. alternate, two or three wing-cleft, stalkless, Hat, bright, 

 palish green, nearly smooth. Cal.-scales narrow, slightly bor- 

 dered. Fl.-disk lemon-coloured, convex. Rays white, three 

 toothed. Bristle-shaped scales of the recept. shorter than the 

 florets. 

 Plant strongly fetid ; acrid, covered with minute glands, so as 



to blister the hand of the reaper. 



Said to drive away fleas (^Linn, Fl. Suee.) by its abominable 



smell. 



ACHILLE'A.' Yarrow. 



The short, broad, rounded florets of the ray afford a good dis- 

 tinction of this genus. Sm. 



A. Ptdrmica.^ Sneeze-wort Y, Goose-tongue. Leaves 

 linear, pointed, equally, and sharply saw-toothed, 

 smooth. E. B. 757. C. 5. 60. Ptarmica. G. E. 

 606. 



fVet hedges, thickets, hanks of rivers. 



Per. July. 



Root creeping'. Stems firm, erect, about two f , smooth. Fl. in a 



corymb of several flowers ; disk and ray white. Fl. rather few, 



somewhat large. Ls. stalkless, alternate. Florets of the centre 



very short, dhty yellov/. 



Juice apphed to the mouth provokes the saliva. The dried 

 plant powdered occasions sneezing. Young tops pleasant in 

 salads. 

 A. Millefolium,. Common Y. or Milfoil.^ Leaves 



* From Achilles, the pupil of Chiron. 

 ' From ftairoy Gr. to sneeze. 



* Milk, a thousand, from its numerously divided leaves ; Jeuille, a leaf. 



