The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The flowers ftand in great numbers at the tops 
of the branches ; and they are fmall and white, 
with a yellow dill;. 
It is common in wafte ground, and flowers ui 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Matricaria vulgaris. 
The flowers in this plant, and in the fweet 
chamomile, and fome others, are deficient fome- 
timcs in the rays ; whence they have been di- 
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vidcd into two fpccies, and thefe imperfeft plants, 
called naked feverfew, naked chamomi'.c, and the 
like. 
The virtues of feverfew are very great. It is 
an excellent deobflruent. It promotes the menfes, 
and cures thofe hyflierick complaints which rife 
from their obfl:ru£tion. It alfo deftroys worms. 
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IX. 
WATER H E M P - A G R I M O N Y. 
V E R B E S 1 N A. 
T-'HE flower Is compofed of numerous flofcules, enclofcd in a common cup. The flofcules are tu- 
bular and divided at the rim into five pointed fegments, which fland ereft. I'hcre are fome- 
times flat 'flofcules on the verge, but not conftantly. The cup is formed of numerous, narrow, 
pointed, and hollowed fcales. The feeds have points, and ftick by them to any thing they touch. 
Linn'xus places this among the fngencfia witli the others. 
The leaves arc oblong, broad, fharp-pointed, 
and ferrated, but not divided into three parts, as 
in the other. 
The flowers are very large and yellow. 
It is frequent in the wed: of England, and the 
flowers are almoft always radiated. It flowers in 
Augufl. 
C. Bauhine calls it CannaUna aquatlca fdio non 
divifi. 
1. Water H(;mp- Agrimony, with divided leaves. 
J'cricfiiia fuliis Iripartilis. 
The root conflfts of numerous fibres, con- 
ncjted to a fmall head. 
The ftalks are upright, and a yard high, very 
much branched, and of a brownifli colour. 
The leaves are large, and di\-ided into three 
principal fegments; which are fliarp-pointed and 
ferrated ; and they are of a deep green colour. 
The flowers fl;and on the extremities of the 
ftalks ; and they are yellow : fomccimes they are 
naked , and Ibmetimes they have rays of a brighter 
yellow. 
It is common by ditch-fides, and flowers in 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cannalma aquatna folio In- 
partito lUvifo. 
2. Large-flowered Water Hemp- Agrimony. 
Verbefina flare riiajore integrifoUa. 
The root is long, and hung with very nu- 
merous fibres. 
The ftalk is upi ight, not much branched, and 
two feet high. 
3. Dwarf Hemp- Agrimony. 
Verhefma pumila fore magno. 
The root is fibrous. 
'I'he fl:alk is Angle, upright, purpllfh, not at 
all branched, and ten inches high. 
The leaves are oblong, moderately broad, 
fliarp-pointed, ferrated lightly on the edges, and 
of a brownifli green. 
The flowers fl:and at the tops of the ftalks -, 
and are naked, large, and yellow. 
It is found in boggy places, and flowers in Au- 
guft. 
Ray calls it Verhefma minma. 
The virtues of thefe plants are not certainly . 
known. 
GENUS X. 
T A N Z Y. 
TA'NACE'rUM. 
THE Bower is naked, and compofed of numerous flofcules. Thefe are all of one kind : they are 
tubular, and wide open at the mouth, where they divide into five reflex fegments. Thefe arc 
all contained in a common cup ; which is of a hemifpheric figure, and is compoied of numerous, 
pointed fcales, clofe fet together. The feeds are oblong. 
Linnaeus places this with the refl: among the fjngenefia. 
Common Tanzy. 
T ar.aeeliun vulgare. 
The root is cempofedof numerous fibres, con- 
nefted to a fmall head. 
The leaves ai'C very large, and of a fine ftrong 
green : they are deeply'divided into oblong fcg- 
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ments, which are ferrated and fliarp-pointed, and 
often they are curled at the edges. 
The ftalk riles in the midfl: of a clufter of 
thefe ; and is a yard high, upright, not much 
branched, and thick fet with leaves, like thofe 
from the root. 
The flowers grow in great duftcrs at the 
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