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46. COMPOSITE. 
\_Anacyclus radiatus (Lois.); 1. bipinnatifid rather woolly: 
lobes linear-subulate, outer inv. -scales hairy on the back, inner 
ones obtuse dilated and diaj)banous above. — Heads solitary, ray 
vellow. — Dunboy Quay, Bearhaven, Cork. Mr. W. Wilson. 
A. VII.] 
13. (21.) Achillea Xmw. 
1. A. Ptarmica (L.) ; 1. shining linear-lanceolate attenuated 
acute glabrous smooth uniformly and finely serrate, serratures ad- 
pressed mucronate minutely scabrous at the margin, ray 8 — 12- 
flowered as long as the involucre, corymb compound. — E. B. 757. 
St. 10. — St. about 2 feet high, slightly branched above, erect, 
leafy, angular, smooth. Involucral scales with a dark brown 
membranous margin. Limb of the radiant florets longer than 
broad, white. Disk broad, white. L. sometimes very narrow ; 
the serratures closely adpressed and the lower ones not deeper 
than the others. — Moist meadows and thickets. P. VII. VIII. 
Sneezewort. 
2. A. decoloran s {Schrad.) ; 1. opaque linear-lanceolate bluntish 
downy thickly punctm-ed coarsely and doubly serrate with spread- 
ing seiTatures laciniate and radiating at the base, ray 5- or 6- 
flowered about as long as the involucre, corymb compound. — A. 
serrata Sm., E. B. 2531 . not Retz. See DC. Prod. vi. 22 and 27. 
— St. simple, erect, leafy, with axillary leafy tufts, downy. In- 
volucral scales with a rethhsh-yellow membranous margin. Limb 
of the rathant florets pale yellow, broader than long. Disk darker 
yellow. L. not at all attenuated and very (hfferent in shape, con- 
sistency and sculptiu-e from those of the preceding. — Near Mat- 
lock. E. B. Temple Cloud, Som. Mr. T. B. Flower. P. IX. E. 
3. A.tomentosa (L.); 1. with a linear-lanceolate outline pinna- 
tifid woolly ; lobes crowded linear acute, trifid in the lowermost 
leaves, 2 — 3-fid in the intermediate, uppermost simple, corymb re- 
peatedly compoimd, ray about half as long as the involucre. — 
E. B. 2532. St. 5!L 15. — St. 10 — 12 in. high, decumbent at the 
base, woolly, simple. Scales of the involucre woolly, edged vvith 
brown. Disk and rays golden yellow. — Afflimcbait, Bamffsbire. 
Rev. W. Little. Near Newcastle, Co. Down. Miss Keown. P. 
VII. VIII. S. I. 
4. A. Millefolium (L.) ; 1. with a lanceolate outlineh\\n.m\aC\?id 
woolly or nearly glabrous : lobes cut with linear segments, rachis 
entire or subdentate with entire teeth, corjunb dense, rays about 
half as long as the involucre. — E. B. 758. St. 10. — St. erect, 
6 — 18 in. high, nearly glabrous or woolly. Scales of the invo- 
lucre nearly glabrous with a brown margin. Heads small. Flo- 
rets white, occasionally reddish or purple. — Pastm'es and waste 
ground. P. VI. — VHL Yarrow. Millefoil. 
