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TANACETUM VULGARE. 
succedaneuni for the more expensive aromatics. As a remedial agent 
it is not much used alone, but it forms an agreeable adjunct to many 
bitter and less grateful medicines. As an agreeable aromatic it is an 
useful substitute for the more costly spices, in all diseases requiring 
the aid of gently stimulating and cordial medicines. 
Off. The Berries 
Off. Pp. Aqua Pimenta, L. E. D. 
Oleum Pimentae, L. E. D. 
Spiritus Pimentae, L. E. D. 
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TANACETUM VULGARE. 
Common Tansy * 
Class Syngenesia. — Order Polygamia Superflua. 
Nat. Ord. Compositje Discoide^, Linn. Corymbiferje, Juss. 
Gen. Char. Receptacle naked. Calyx imbricate, hemi- 
spherical. Florets of the ray, three-cleft, obsolete. 
Spec. Char. Leaves doubly pinnatified, deeply serrated, 
naked. 
This species of tansy is the ApTf/xo/« Af MToCpuAAof of Diosco- 
rides, it is an indigenous perennial plant, flowering in July and Au- 
gust, usually found growing on the borders of corn fields, roa'ds and 
rivers. It is cultivated for medicinal and culinary purposes. The root 
is long, creeping, and fibrous ; the stem rises to the height of two or 
three feet, erect, smooth, solid, striated, branched towards the top, 
and leafy, the upper part of a redish colour ; the leaves are doubly 
pinnated, lesser pinnze serrated, and of a dark green ; the flowers 
are of a deep yellow, and terminate the stem and branches in a 
dense corymb; the calyx consists of numerous small imbricated 
squamee, forming a perianthum of an hemispherical shape; the 
* Fig. a. a floret of the disc. b. A floret of the radius, c. The caljx. d. The 
receptacle. , 
