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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
C. Bauhine calis it Dracmicuhis ferrnto folio pra- 
tcnjis. 
The leaves powdered, and fnuffed up the nofe, 
occafion fneezing, and are excellent againfl: inve- 
terate headachs. The young tops are of a lliarp, 
but pleafant tallre ; and may be eaten in fallads. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIE 
Virginian Sneezewort. 
Plarmica I 'irgmiana fior 'ibus conglomcrctis. 
The root is long, thick, and white. 
The ilalk is round, upright, branched, and a 
yard high. 
The leaves are broad, lliorr, indented at the 
edges, Iharp^pointed, and of a deep green. 
The flowers are fniall and white ; and they arc 
placed in clufters at the tops of the branches. 
It is a native of Virginia, and flowers in 
Jii'y- 
Morifon calls it Plarmka VirgUiiana Hehmi 
folw. Others improperly make it a fpecie* of 
E N U S 
YARROW. 
IV. 
MILLEFOLIUM. 
'T'HE flower is radiated, and compofed of numerous flofculcs, arranged in an oval cup co 
pofcd of (hort and broad fcales. The flofculcs in the centre are tub°ular, and divided intofi"' 
gaping fegments at the edge : thofe at the rim are heart-fliapcd. and flat. The feeds 
thick, and imaller at one end than the other. 
Linnajus ranges this among the fyngencfia. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIE 
Common Yarrow. 
Millefolutm vulgart. 
The root is compofed of many fibres, joined 
to a fmall head. 
The firft leaves are very numerous, and of a 
fine dark green, long, moderately broad, and di- 
vided in a regular and beautiful manner into a 
number of minute parts. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ilalks ; 
which are upright, not much branched, and two 
feet high, in round tufts like umbells ; and they 
are white, with a faint dalh of purplift. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Millefolium nulgare album. 
It is pofl-cfl-ed of great virtues, though too 
much neglefted. It is excellent againft over- 
flowings of the menfes, and hemorrhages of all 
kinds ; as alfo in loofenefl"es attended with bloody 
flools. The betl way of taking it is in a flron.. 
decodlon. ° 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIE 
Yellow Yarrow. 
Milltfolium Jlore h.tio. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with many 
fibres. 
The flalks are numerous, and a foot high ; of 
awhitifli green, and not much branched, 
The leaves are long, narrow, and divided 
deeply into very minute fegments, downy, and 
of a fine deep green. ' 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
large tufts, and are of a beautiful yellow. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe 
and flowers in July. ' 
C. Bauhine calls it MHlefolium lomentofum lu- 
leum. 
E N U S 
DAISY. 
B E I. 1 
-pHE flower is radiated, and compofed of many flofculcs of different kinds, arranged in , 
common cup. This .s formed of numerous, pointed fegments placed in a finlT r 
The flofculcs in the centre are tubular and dividM ;„rn fi, r P'a«d m a fingle feries. 
LinnEus places this among the fyngmefm. 
Common 
