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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
3. Stinking Mayweed. 
Cbamamelum falidum. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres, con- 
nefted ro a fmaK, obl.ong head. 
The ftalk is upright, branched, and a toot 
and half high it is of a purpUfli colour at the 
bottom, of a whitift green upwards, and (Iriated. 
■ The leaves are divided into very fine fegments ; 
and they are-of a'blackiflr grecn. 
When bruifed they have a moft offenfive and 
difagreeable fniell. 
The fiowers Hand at the tops of the branches ; 
and are large and white, with, a yellow difk. 
It is common in wafle ground, and flowers in 
May. . 
C. Bauhine calls it Cham^trndum faiidum. 
Others, Cotuh fatida, 
- Its flowers have the fame virtues with thofe of 
cfmimon chamomile. 
■ - 4. Sea-Chamomile. 
Chamomdum mcirhimum crajjis fdiis. 
The root is compofed of numerous, thick, 
lon^ fibres. 
The ftalks are branched, weak, and in piirc 
procumbent, o! a pnrpliQj colour at the bottom, 
and upwards of a pale green. 
The leaves-are oblong, and of a deep green, 
divided into numerous fmall fegments, and" of a 
thick fubllance. 
The fiowers are large and white, with a yellow 
dill;. 
It is found about our fea-coafls, and flowers in 
July. ■ • - 
l\ay calls it Cbr.mj:mdum mm-itimnm feremie 
humtUus. 
'5. Great-fiov^ered Chatrromile. 
Chamiemdum inodorum floremagm. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalU is fingle, upright, branched, and a 
foot high. 
'I'he leaves are divided into-niimerous fine feg- 
ments'-, 'and they are obtufe at the ends. 
The flowers arc-large and white, with a yellow 
Ie \i common among corn, and Rowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Chamxmeliini inodorum. 
6. T.ill Cluur.omile with fmall Howers. 
Chanuemdum clatius fore mbiore. 
The root is compofcLi of numerous, long, (len- 
der fibres. 
The ftalk is firm, upright, two feet high, and 
branched i 
The leaves are cut into very fmall fegments, 
and are of a faint green. 
The fiowers ft-and in great numbers at the tops 
of the branches ; and are fmall, white-, and yel- 
low in the centre. 
The ftalk in this fpecies is ufually red. 
It is common on plowed land, and flowers in 
July. 
Ray calls it Chamamelum majus folio tenuijfimo, 
7. Great-flowered procumbent Chamomile, 
Cbam-cmclwn cauls procumbente floribus majoribus. 
The root is long, fiender, and hung with a 
few fibres. 
The ftalk is procumbent in great part, and is 
divided into many branches. 
The leaves are large, divided into fine feg- 
ments, and of a blackifti green. 
The flowers are few in number ; but they are 
very iarge, white, with a yellow central difk. 
It is common in damp, plowed field.s, flower-- 
' ing in Auguft. 
Ray calls it Cham^mehm inodorum annmn hu~ 
nuUus. 
, 8. Broad-leaved Sea-Chamomile. 
Cham^mdiim maritimum lattore folio. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalks are numerous, and a foot or more 
in length ; but they lie in great part on the 
ground. Their colour is a pale green ; and they 
are very much branched. 
The leaves are broad, and of a pale green ; 
and they are divided into numerous fegments, 
which are alfo broader than in the other kinds. 
The flowers are large and white, with a yellow 
difli. 
It is frequent about our northern coafts, and 
fiowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Matricaria marina. Ray, 
Cham^melum smriiimuni r^mofiuj fore alho. 
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FEVERFEW: 
U A r R I C A R I A. 
THE Piower is radiated, and compofed of numerous flofcules of tv;o kinds, placed in a common 
Gup. This- is of a hemifpheric form ; and is compofed of narrow, clofe, compadted, and 
nearly equal fcales. The flofcules in the centre are tubular, and divided into five gaping fegments 
at the rim : thofe in die verge arc flatted, .oblong, and three-pointed. The feeds are oblong. 
LinnKUS places this with the irft among the fyngenefta. 
Feverfew. 
Matricaria vulgaris. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres, con- 
nefted to an oblong fmall head. 
The ftalk Is of a pale green, upright, very 
much branched, and two feet and a half high. 
The leaves are large, broad, and of a yellov/ifh 
green, deeply divided in the pinnated manner in- 
to broad, indented fegmcnt^. 
The 
