pleton : Mr. 11. Bariiait. — Bedfordsh ■ Bromham Grange: Rev. C. Abbot. — 
Cambridyesh. Cottenham : Rev. K. II eluan. — Cheshire ; Meadows about 
Bellow-hill near Whitchurch, abundantly : Mr. Virnon, in Blacks. Sp. Hot. — 
Devon. About Teignmouth, and Torquay : Dr. W n hiring. Teverton, Cliud- 
leigh, Moieton, Nortb liovey, Alarychurch, and lxingskerwell : Rev. A. Nick, 
in I'd. Devon. — Essex ; About Woodford: Mr. It. Warner, in PI. Wood!'. — 
Kent; Near Queen Court and L'plecs: Mr. Jacob.— Lancash. Banks of the 
D well, and other places about Manchester : Mr. Cai.ey.— Leicestersh. Glen- 
field near ('Itarn wood forest: liev. A. Bi.oxa.m, in Loud. Mag. of Nat. Hist, 
v. iii. p. 267 . — Notts ; In Nottingham Park, and in closes about Mansfield : Dr. 
Dkkiung. — Somersetsh. Between Piper’s Hill and Bridgewater, and among 
the cliffs at. Cheddar: Dr. \V i t hkrino. On the banks of the Avon near Hen- 
ham and lveynsham : Mr. F. Russell, inWilh. Bot. Air. — In Surrey : Mr. W. 
Pamplin, jun. — Waru-icKsh. Oversley ; opposite Aleester Mill, on the side of 
the turnpike toad ; near to Hertford Bridge, (Aleester): AD. 1 ’vrton, in Midi. 
FI. Between Leamington and Kenilworth: Air. Smiiii, in Perry’s PI. Yarv. 
Selectic. Saint Alary's Church-yard and College walls, Warwick ; side of the 
Avon between Nicholas’ Aleadow and the Aqueduct, Warwick ; Hatton Hill, 
&c.: Air. W. G. Peiiby, in PI. Varv. Selects?. Plentiful in a lane called 
Alarygreen, and in hedges near it. at Ilillmorton, near Rugby, July 6, 1831 : 
also about half a mile from Rugby on the road to Clifton: W. B. — Wilts; 
Near Gieat Bedwyn : Air. W. Bartlett. — Worcestersh. On the banks of the 
Severn near Worcester: Air. Finn in Lies, in Loud. Alag. Nat. Hist. v. iv. p. 
441. — WALKS. Anglesey ; By the side of a rill between Penmon Church 
and the sea: Welsh Bot.— SCO TLA N D. About Glasgow: Dr Hooker — 
IRELAND. By the Old Chutch at Howth, plentiful: Air. J. T. AIackav. 
Perennial. — Flowers in July and August. 
Root somewhat creeping. Stem upright, from 18 inches to 3 
feet high, scored, leafy, solid, unbranched, smooth, sometimes red- 
dish. Leaves alternate, clasping the stem, doubly and deeply 
pinnatifid, sharply serrated, dark green, smooth. Flowers numer- 
ous, flatfish, of a golden yellow, forming dense terminating corymbs. 
The Florets of the ray scarcely apparent, often wanting. Calyx - 
leaves blunt, membranous at the edge. Seeds 5-angled, crowned 
with a slightly 5-toothed membranous margin. A curled-leaved 
variety is cultivated in gardens. 
Tansy is bitter, and aromatic, and its flavour not ungrateful. It is often cul- 
tivated in gardens for culinary putposes; and the tender leaves and juice arc 
sometimes used to give a colour and flavour to puddings. This plant is said to 
flourish luxuriantly on the banks of the Avon, near llenham and Keynsham, 
where Air. Frederick Russell observed boys gathering a boat-load of it to 
convey to Bristol for the purpose of making wine. Tansy has been much used 
as a vermifuge, and testimonies of its efficacy are given by many respectable 
physicians: not only the leaves, but the seeds have been employed with this 
intention, and substituted for those of Santonicutn. 
We are told by Dr. Clark, that in Scotland Tansy was found to be of great 
service in various cases of gout ; and Dr. Cullen, who afterwards was informed 
of the effects it produced upon those who had used the herb for this purpose, 
says, “ I have known several who have taken it without any advantage, and 
some others who leported that they had been relieved from the frequency of their 
gout.” The plant may be taken in powder to the quantity of a dram, or more, 
for a dose ; but it has been more commonly taken in infusion, or drank as tea. 
Dr. Thuelkeld, in his Synopsis Stirpuim Hibernicarum, relates the case 
of asoldierat Montpelier, who had an obstinate dropsy, of which he was cured 
only by a decoction of Tansy. 
Of the juice of the tender leaves, with eggs, are made cakes, called a Tansy, 
used at the Paschal season by Papists, to dissipate the flatulences occasioned 
by what Dr. Thuelkeld terms, “ the idle conceit of eating fish and pulse for 
forty days in Lent; but (says the Doctor) 1 have seen several victims to super- 
stition, who have broken a hale constitution by that presumptuous lasting, so 
that neither 'Tansy nor steel could repair it.” 
If a dead animal substance be rubbed with Tansy, the flesh-fly will not attack 
it. 'The Finlanders obtain a green dye from it. Cows and sheep eat this plant; 
horses, goats, and swine refuse it. It affords nourishment to Aphis Tanaceti, 
and Ckrysomela Tanaceti, Linn. Also to Andrena albicans, and tibialis. 
See Wood vi lee’s Med. Bot. and Withering’s Bot. Arr. 
