CHI. L LEA P TAR MIC A. SnEEZEWORT. 



ACHILLEA Lin. Gen. PI. Syngenesia polygamia superflua. 



Receftt. paleaceum. Pappus nullus. Cat. ovatus, imbricatus. Flofi 

 culi radii circiter 4. 



Rail Syn. Gen. 8. Herb.-e flore composito discoide, seminibus pappo 

 destitutis coryvibifercE bict^s. 



ACHILLEA Ptarmica foliis lanceolatis acuminatis argute ferratis. Lin. S)iji. Vegetab. p. 6^]. Sp. 

 PL p. 1266. Fl. Suecic. n. 771. 



ACHILLEA foliis linearibus lanceolatis acutiffime ferratis. Hallcr hijl. 117. 



DRACUNCULUS ferfato folio pratenfis. Bauk p. 198. 



PTAR.MICA Gcr. emac. 60S. Park. 859. Rati Syn. p. 183. Sneezewort, Baftard-PeUitory, 

 Goofe-Tongue. Hud/on, Fl. Angl. 375. Lightfoot, FL Scot. p. 495. 



RADIX perennis, repens, alba, fubgeniculata, fibris i> ROOT perennial, creeping, white, fomewhatjointed, 

 majufculis et longiflimis donata, e geniculis | furniihed with large and very long fibres 



exeuntibus, fapore acri et fervido. § which proceed from the joints, of a hot acrid 



I taite. 



CAULIS pedalis ad tripedalem, erectus, plerumque $ STALK, from one to three feet high, upright, gene- 

 fimplex, rigidulus, inferne teres, glaber, J rally fimple, fomewhat rigid, below round 



fuperne fubangulatus, villofus, paniculatim $ and fmooth, above (lightly angular, villous, 



ramofus. $ and branching out into a kind of panicle. 



FOLIA numerofa, alterna, feflilia, amplexicaulia, | LEAVES numerous, alternate, fedile, embracing the 

 linearia, acuta, bi vel tripollicaria, utrinque $ ftalk, linear, pointed, two or three inches 



glabra, lucidiufcula, faturate viridia, mar- | long, fmooth on both fides, and fomewhat 



gine retrorfum fcabra, fubcrenata ; crenis J mining, of a deep-green colour, the edge 



rainutim ferrulato aculeatis ; fubtus triner- | rough, if the finger be drawn along it, from 



via ; nervis longitudinalibus, quorum inter- & the top to the bafe, fomewhat crenated, the 



medius eft cofta. | notches forming a (harp prickly kind of faw, 



<> underneath having two longitudinal ribs, be- 



| fide the midrib. 



CORYMBUS terminalis, compofitus, ere&us, villo- <i> CORYMBUS terminal, compound, upright, villous, 



fus, fojiofus. I and leafy. 



BRACTE^E, lineares in pedunculis. | FLORAL-LEAVES linear on the flower-ftalks. > 



CALYX communis hasmifphericus, fubtomentofus, | CALYX common to all the florets, hemifpherical, 

 imbricatus, fquamis ovato-lanceolatis,ere6lis, q. fomewhat woolly ; the fcales compofmg it 



fubcarinatis, margine rufis, fubciliatis. J> placed one over another, of an oval-pointed 



I fhape, upright, fomewhat keeled, the mar- 



§ gin reddilh, and (lightly edged with hairs. 



COROLLA compofita, radiata, fores femineoz'm ra- | COROLLA compound and radiate, female flowers in 



dio, ligulatae, numero 8-10, lamina ovata, <i> the circumference, tubular at bottom and 



alba, patens, bifulca, apice obtufa, triden- | fpreading at top, from 8 to 10 in number, 



tata, Jig. 1. tubus marginatus, brevis, longi- i the lamina ovate, white, fpreading, with 



tudine germinis, apice rubellus, fig. 2. | two grooves, blunt at top, with three fmall 



fores hermaphroditi in difco numerofi, tubus i blunt teeth, fig. 1. the tube two-edged, fhort; 



fubcylindraceus, marginatus, virefcens ; Urn- | the length of the germen, and reddiih at top, 



Mj quinquefidus, albus, tubobrevior, laciniis <?> fig- 2 ' hermaphrodite flowers numerous in 



fubrevolutis, fig. 3. \ the centre, the tube nearly cylindrical, two- 



\ edged, greenifh, the limb white, divided in- 



\ to five fegments, fhorter than the tube, the 



I fegments fomewhat rolled back, fig. 3. 



STAMINA in hermaphroditis ; Filamenta quin- «> STAMINA in the hermaphrodite flowers; Fila- 

 que, capillaria; Anthers flavae, in tubum | m en ts five, very fine ; Anthers yellow, 



coalitse, fig. 4. J> uniting in a tube, fig. 4. 



PISTILLUM in femineis et hermaphroditis : Ger- | PISTILLUM in the female and hermaphrodite 

 men compreffum, turbinatum; Stylus fili- flowers; Germen flattened, broadefl at top; 



formis ; Stigmata duo, revoiuta, apicibus | Style thread-ftiaped ; Stigmata two, rol- 



obtufis, fig. 5. $ led back, the ends blunt, fig. 5. 



SEMINA plurima, nuda, utrinque fubalata, nitida, | SEEDS numerous, naked, having a kind of wing on 

 apice truncata. ^ each fide, fhining, and cut off as it were at 



R.ECEPTACULUM paleaceum, fquamis membra- $ PRECEPT ACLE chaffy, the fcales membranous, of a 

 naceis, lieneari-lanceolatis, obtufis, vix Ion- | fhape betwixt linear and lanceolate, blunt, 



gitudine florum. |> fcarcely the length of the flowers. 



The dried powder of this plant fnuffed up the noflrils provokes fneezing, hence it has acquired its name 

 of Sneezewort; chewed in the mouth, like Petitory of Spain, it promotes the flow of the faliva, and is found 

 ferviceable in the cure of the tooth-ach : thefe appear to be the only medicinal purpofes to which it is 

 applied. 



In its double flate, it has long been an ornament in gardens, and diftinguiihed by the name of Batchelors 

 Buttons ; having a creeping and very increafing root, it requires more care to deflroy than to increafe it. 



It is a common plant in wet paflures and on heaths, and may be found in plenty by the fides of the 

 ditches in Batterfea-Meadows, where it flowers in July and Auguft. 



