ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM. 



YABBOW, OB MILFOIL. 



Eootstock perennial, creeping extensively under- 

 ground, with smooth reddish stolons. Stems 2 to 3 

 feet, erect, furrowed, woolly or sub-glabrous. Stem- 

 leaves lanceolate ; radical leaves stalked, both doubly 

 pinnatifid ; lobes cut into linear segments. Heads 

 corymbose, dense. Phyllodes oblong, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Flowers white or pink. Eay flowers few. Ligule 

 broad as long. Disc flowers perfect, five-toothed. 

 Fruit oblong, compressed, shining. Flowers June to 

 September. Native of Northern Europe, Northern 

 and Western Asia, Northern India, and North 

 America. 



ANALYSIS. 



Yarrow in Dried at 

 Natural State. 212° Eahi. 



Water 78-01 — 



* Soluble albuminoids '05 '25 



**Insoluble albuminoids 1-37 6-19 



Digestible fibre 6-82 31-04 



Woody fibre 6-49 29-51 



Soluble mineral matter 1-33 6-04 



•finsoluble mineral matter .... -98 4-47 



Chloropbyll, soluble carbo-hydrates, &c. . 4-95 22-50 



100-00 10000 



• Containing Nitrogen -008 -04 



•» Containing Nitrogen -22 '99 



Albuminoid Nitrogen -228 1-03 



Non-albuminoid Nitrogen -16 -75 



Total Nitrogen -388 1-78 



^ Containing Silica -38 1-73 



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