"xhT BRITISH HER B A L. 
I. Small-flowered Corn Marygold. 
Chryfanthmum pre -mmore. 
The root is compofed of many long, white 
"fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, branched, and two teet 
high. ,. -J J 
The leaves are large, and deeply divided at 
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the edges, fo as to refcmble the pinnated kinds 
and they are of a pale, bluilli green. 
The flowers arc very numeroos, fmall, and 
yellow. 
We have it in corn-fields in fome parts of the 
kingdom, but not frequent. It flowers in Auguft. 
Ray calls it Chryfanlhcmum fi^etum mftras folia 
glanco muUifciffo, 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES, 
Indian Corn Marygold. 
Cbryfanthcmim latifolimn Iiidicmn. 
The root is long, white, and hung with a 
few fibres. 
The flalk is round, purplifli at the bafe, 
branched, and two feet high. 
The leaves are broad, fhort, (harp-pointed, 
ferrated at the edges, and of a bright green. 
The flowers ftand at the fummits of the 
branches ; and are large, and of a pale yellow; 
It is a native of the Eafl: and Wefl; Indies, and 
flowers in Augufl;. 
Plukenet calls it Chiyjiintbmum Maderaffasa- 
mim oxycanlb^e foUis. 
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OX-EYE; 
B U V H T H A L M U M. 
nnHE flower is radiated, and compofed of numerous flofcules ; and is placed in a rounded cup, 
i formed of many flendcr leaves. The flofcules in the central part of the difk are tubu- 
lar, and thofe at the rim flat. The edge of the tubular flofcules is cut into five fegments ; and the 
feeds are oblong. 
Linnxus places this with the reft among the fyngenefta. 
Common Ox-Eye. 
Btipbfbalmum vulgare. 
The root is long, and furniflied with many 
fibres. 
The ftalk is round, upright, very much 
branched, and two feet and a half high. 
The leaves are large, of a fine green, and very 
beautifully divided in a pinnated manner into ob- 
lon» fegments ; which are fliarp-pointed, and fer- 
rated at the edges. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches -, 
and are very large, and of a fine gold yellow. 
Wc have it damp grounds in iome of our 
northern counties. It flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Bsfktbalmum tamceti mi- 
iwris foUis. 
GENUS III. 
SNEEZEWORT. 
P r A R M 1 C A 
r-rsHE, flower is radiated, and compofed of numerous flofcules ; and is placed in a cup of an oval 
1_ form, compofed of fmall, fliarp-pointed, and convergent fcales. The flofcules in the diflc are 
tubular, and cut into five gaping fegments at the edge : the flofcules in the edge are few in number •, 
and each is divided in a heart-like manner at the top, and has a very fmall fegment in the midft of 
the divifion. The feed is oval. , , . l , 
LinniEus places this among the fyngcmfm, joining it under one common head with the yarroiu, 
and calling the genus AcbilUa. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
Common Sneezewort. 
Btarmica vulgaris. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with 
many fibres. 
The fl:alk is round, upright, and two feet and 
a h.ilf high, of a pale green, and branched. 
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The leaves are long, narrow, of a deep green, 
rough on the furface, fharp-pointcd, and ferrated 
at the edges. 
The flowers are very numerous, fmall, and 
white : they fl:and in the tops of the branches. 
It is common on damp ditch -banks, and flowers 
in Auguft. 
6 A C. Bauhine 
