49^ SYNGENESIA: POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



Fine-leav'd Feverfew, or wild upright Camomile, 

 with little fcent. Anglis. 



In corn-fields and wafte places frequent, o* ^^I* 

 VIIl. 



The ftalk is a foot and a half high, erc£l, and 

 branched: the leaves are doubly pinnate, the 

 'pinnuU divided into plain capillary fegments : 

 the calyces are almoft flat, or flightly hemifphae- 

 rical : the fcates green, with a fufcous margin : 

 the difc of the flower is yellow and conical ; the 

 rays white, about 20 or 22 in number, and 

 nearly of the fame length with the diameter of 

 the calyx : the receptacle is oblong, and almoft 

 rylindric?!. The plant has a bitter tafte, a fwect 

 but very little fmeil, and has nearly the fame 

 virtues with the AN THEMIS nobilis Lin. or 

 Roman Camomile. 



1 he flowers are reckoned antifeptic, and approach 

 in quality to the Peruvian bark. Twenty or 

 thirty grains of them readily promote fweat, 

 nnd are recommended as a cure for the ague ; 

 and, mixed with fak of wormwood, as excellent 

 in fevers. A dccodion of them is efl:eemed good 

 in nephritic complaints, and to afluage the pains 

 of the cholic and dyfentery. Baths, clyfters, 

 and Ctitaplafms of them are alfo ufed in the laft 

 intentions. A blue eflTentiai oil is obtained by 

 dlflillation from the fiov/ers, which is iuppofed 

 to concain all their virtues. 



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