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It is strongly scented with very finely divided leaves from perennial roots. The 

 terminal clusters of flowers are whitish often tinged with pale rose. The foliage is 

 slightly pungent but nevertheless is eaten to a considerable extent by stock, especi- 

 ally sheep. In Sweden it is used as a substitute for hops. In Scotland it is used 

 as an ingredient of an ointment which they apply to wounds and in England. 

 Sometimes called Nose-bleed owing to its ancient use as a vulnerary. The women 

 of the Orkney Islands make Yarrow tea and consider that it has the power of dis- 

 pelling melancholy. The Laplanders use the young shoots as salad. The moun- 

 taineers of the Alps make vinegar from it. When dried and pulverized it causes 

 sneezing. 



979. Mayweed; Dog- Anthemis Cotula 



fennel 



A very common weed becoming more and more abundant every year in pas- 

 tures, grain fields and waste places. Herbage causes irritation of skin in harvest 

 fields. The leaves are finely divided and give off a strong fetid odor, especially 

 when crushed. Flowers white with a yellow disk. Daisy-like. Introduced from 

 Europe. 



979a. 



Anthemis arvensis 



Similar, but without un- 

 pleasant odor. Introduced. 



980. Ox-eve Daisv 



Chrysanthemum leucan- 

 themum 



A common and Aery pretty weed of dry pastures in Europe. Large heads 

 resembling the Shasta Daisy of the gardens. Flowers white. Sparingly introduced 

 Santa Cruz and elsewhere. 



981. Corn Marigold or 

 Yellow Ox-eye 



Chrysanthemum segetum 



Similar but with yellow rays. 

 Bad weed in grain fields 

 in Europe. Sparingly 

 introduced. West Ber- 

 kelev and elsewhere. 



982. Pineapple-weed 



Matricaria matricarioides 



983. 



Matricaria occidentalis 



An annual with finely di- 

 vided leaves and heads 

 consisting of a conical 

 disk of yellowish flowers 

 without rays. Distinct 

 odor of pineapple. Intro- 

 duced from Europe and 

 now common in pastures 

 and waste places through- 

 out the State. 



Similar but herbage not so 

 strongly scented, disk 

 longer and more cone- 

 shaped. In richer soil. 

 San Francisco, Sacramen- 

 to Yallev and south. 



984. 



Cotula australis 



Low, reclining annual with 

 finely dissected leaves. 

 Strong scented, without 

 rays, and yellow flowers 

 on a nearly flat disk. 

 Along streets in cities of 

 Bay region and southern 

 California. Introduced 

 from Australia. 



