76 FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



and creeping, " casting itself here and there." The leaves 

 are deep cut into numerous parallel segments, " infinitely 

 lagged and nicked and curled withall like vnto a plume of 

 feathers/' as Gerarde describes them, or "made up of 

 many small leaves set directly one against another, and 

 spreade abroade like wings, the which be also iagged and 

 snipte like small feathers/' to quote Dodoens. The flower- 

 heads are numerous and semi-globular, "yellow floures 

 like small round buttons or like the middle of the floure 

 of Cammomill, but greater and of stronger savour." 

 These being gathered in their prime, will hold the fresh 

 colour a long season. 



