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TAGETES LUCIDA, Can., Bol. Mag. t. 740 ; & Bot. Rep. t. 359. 
The sweet-scented Tagetes, or Chilian Marigold. This species, though a native of Chili, -will live in the open 
ground in Britain with very slight protection. It will grow in any soil, but thrives best in a strong loam. Its 
flowers are small, and of rather a dingy orange, but they smell like honey. The species was introduced in 1798. 
GENUS XVII. 
ERIOPHYLLUM, Loffasea. THE ERIOPHYLLUM. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. — Involucre one-leaved, campanulatc, eigbt-toothed, ■woolly. Florets of the ray feminine, those of the disk hermaphrodite. 
Receptacle conical, honeycombeti. Pappus palaceoiis, four-toothed. 
1.— ERIOPHYLLUM CSISPITOSUM, Doug. THE TUFTED ERIOPHYLLUM. 
Synonyhes. — Actinella lunata, PursA ; Trichopbyllum lunatuni, iVaW. ; Hilenium lunatum, S'/jrenji. ; Bahia lunata, Z)ec. 
Engiuvings. — Bot. Reg. t. 1167 ; and our fig. 3, in Plate 51. 
Description, &c. — A showy plant, producing great abundance of yellow flowers in the months of May and 
June. It is a native of North-West America, where it was found and sent home by Douglas in 1827- It is a 
decumbent plant, growing in tufts, and spreading over the rocks and banks bordering the rivers. It is quite 
hardy in England, and only requires to be grown in a dry open situation. Hence, it is admirably adapted for 
rockwork, as it will soon form a large dense patch, ornamental from its glaucous leaves, even when the plant is 
not in flower. The whole plant is covered with a soft whitish wool ; and it has been observed that these plants 
look better than any others on rockwork. As it flowers early, it ripens its seeds freely ; and hence, it may be 
propagated either by them or by dividing the roots. In either case all the particular culture it requires is to let 
the soil in which it grows be neither too moist, nor too rich. It is well adapted for a bed in a geometrical 
flower-garden, from the closeness with which it covers the ground. 
GENUS XVIII. 
ACHILLEA, Liji. THE MILFOIL. 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Gf.nkbic Charicter. — Involucrum ovate, imbricated. Receptacle narrow, flat, chaffy. Pappus wanting. Florets of the ray few. 
Description, &c. — The common Milfoil or Yarrow is well known from its curiously cut leaves, and close 
corymbs of flowers. This plant was formerly supposed to possess certain mystical properties to protect the 
wearer against witchcraft, particularly in battle ; and it was esteemed an excellent vulnerary. It was called in 
Scotland Knight's Milfoil, or Soldier's "Woundwort, because it was supposed to be a " sovereigne remedie " against 
all wounds made with a spear. The same feeling respecting its virtues appears to . have prevailed among the 
Greeks, as it was called Achillea, from Achilles having learnt its virtues when a pupil of the Centaur Chiron, 
and having used the juice of the crushed leaves medicinally to cure the wounds of his friends. In more modem 
times the common Milfoil was called Old Man's Pepper, from its fleshy roots possessing pungent qualities ; and it 
i.a still frequently called Hundred Leaves from the numerous divisions of its bipinnatifid leaves. The Sneeze-wort, 
