Achillea Ptarmica. Sneeze w or t. 
ACHILLEA Lin. Gen. PI. Syncenesia polygamia superflua. 
Recepi, paleaceum. Pappus nullus. Cal. ovatus, imbricatus. Flof- 
culi radii circiter 4. 
Raii Syn. Gen. 8. Herb.® flore composito eiscoide, seminibus pappo 
destitutis corymbifer ce dict.c. 
ACHILLEA Ptarmica foliis lanceolatis acuminatis argute ferratis. Lin. SyJl.Vcgetab. p. 6^ 7. Sp. 
Pl. p. 1266. FI. Suecic. n. 771. 
ACHILLEA foliis linearibus lanceolatis acutiflime ferratis. Haller hijl. 117. 
DRACUNCULUS ferrato folio pratenfis. Bauh. p. \ 98. 
PTARMICA Ger. emac. 60S. Park. 859. Raii Sy?u p. 183. Sneezewort, Baflard-Pellitory, 
Goofe-Tongue. Hudjon , FI. Angi. 375. Lightfoot, FI. Scot. p. 495. 
RADIX perennis, repens, alba, fubgeniculata, fibris i 
majufculis et longiffimis donata, e geniculis Jj 
exeuntibus, fapore acri et fervido. 
CAULIS pedalis ad tripedalem, ere£lus, plerumque < 
fimplex, rigidulus, inferne teres, glaber, < 
fuperne fubangulatus, villofus, paniculatim < 
ramofus. , < 
FOLIA numerofa, alterna, feffilia, amplexicaulia, \ 
linearia, acuta, bi vel tripollicaria, utrinque < 
glabra, lucidiufcula, faturate viridia, mar- ] 
gine retrorfum fcabra, fubcrenata ; crenis • 
minutim ferrulato aculeatis ; fubtus triner- ] 
via ; nervis longitudinalibus, quorum inter- • 
medius efl colla. 
CORYMBUS terminalis, compofitus, ere£lus, villo- <> 
fus, foliofus. $ 
BRACTEAE lineares in pedunculis.- 
CALYX communis hcemifphericus, fubtomentofus, ^ 
imbricatus, fquamis ovato-lanceolatis,ere£lis, $ 
fubcarinatis, margine rufis, fubciliatis. G 
COROLLA compolita, radiata , flores femineam ra- 
dio, ligulatiE, numero 8-10, lamina ovata, 
alba, patens, bifulca, apice obtufa, triden- 
tata, fig. 1. tubus marginatus, brevis, longi- 
tudine germinis, apice rubellus, fg. 2. 
fores hermaphroditi in difco numeroli, tubus 
fubcylindraceus, marginatus, virefcens ; lim- 
bus quinquefidus, albus, tubo brevior, laciniis 
fubrevolutis, fg. 3. 
STAMINA in hermaphroditis; Filamenta quin- 
que, capillaria; Anthers flavae, in tubum 
coalitze, fg. 4. 
PISTILLUM in femineis et hermaphroditis: Ger- 
men compreffum, turbinatum ; Stylus fili- 
formis ; Stigmata duo, revoluta, apicibus 
obtufis, fg. 5. 
SEMINA plurima, nuda, utrinque fubalata, nitida, 
apice truncata. 
RECEPTACULUM paleaceum, fquamis membra- ' 
naceis, lieneari-lanceolatis, obtufis, vix lon- 
gitudine florum. 
ROOT perennial, creeping, white, fomewhat jointed, 
furnifhed with large and very long fibres 
which proceed from the joints, of a hot acrid 
tafte. 
STALK from one to three feet high, upright, gene- 
rally fimple, fomewhat rigid, below round 
and fmooth, above flightly angular, villous, 
and branching out into a kind of panicle. 
LEAVES numerous, alternate, feffile, embracing the 
flalk, linear, pointed, two or three inches 
long, fmooth on both fides, and fomewhat 
fhining, of a deep-green colour, the edge 
rough, if the finger be drawn along it, from 
the top to the bafe, fomewhat crenated, the 
notches forming a fliarp prickly kind of faw, 
underneath having two longitudinal ribs, be- 
fide the midrib. 
CORYMBUS terminal, compound, upright, villous, 
and leafy. 
FLORAL-LEAVES linear on the flower-flalks., 
CALYX common to all the florets, hemifpherical, 
fomewhat woolly ; the fcales compofing it 
placed one over another, of an oval-pointed 
fliape, upright, fomewhat keeled, the mar- 
gin reddifh, and flightly edged with hairs. 
COROLLA compound and radiate, female flowers in 
the circumference, tubular at bottom and 
fpreading at top, from 8 to 10 in number, 
the lamina ovate, white, fpreading, with 
two grooves, blunt at top, with three fmall 
blunt teeth, fg. 1. the tube two-edged, fliort; 
the length of the germen, and reddifh at top, 
fig. 2. hermaphrodite flowers numerous in 
the centre, the tube nearly cylindrical, two- 
edged, greenifh, the limb white, divided in- 
to five fegments, fhorter than the tube, the 
fegments fomewhat rolled back, fig. 3. 
STAMINA in the hermaphrodite flowers; Fila- 
ments five, very fine; Anthers yellow, 
uniting in a tube, fig. 4. 
PISTILLUM in the female and hermaphrodite 
flowers ; Germen flattened, broadeflattop; 
Style thread-fhaped ; Stigmata two, rol- 
led back, the ends blunt, fig. 5. 
SEEDS numerous, naked, having a kind of wing on 
each fide, fhining, and cut off as it were at 
top. 
RECEPTACLE chaffy, the fcales membranous, ofa 
fliape betwixt linear and lanceolate, blunt, 
fcarcely the length of the flowers. 
The dried powder of this plant fnuffed up the noflrils provokes fneezing, hence it has acquired its name 
of Sneezewort; chewed in the mouth, like Pelhtory of Spain, it promotes the flow of the faliva and is found 
applied C m the CUrc ° f thC “° th ' ach : thcre a PP ear to be the on 'y medicinal purpofes’to which n is 
In its double Hate, it has long been an ornament in gardens, and diflinguifhed by the name of Batchelors 
Buttons; having a creeping and very increafmg root, it requires more care to deftroy than to increafe it. 
It is a common plant in wet paflures and on heaths, and may be found in plenty by the fides of the 
ditches in Batterfca-Meadows, where it flowers in July and Auguft. r y y • e 
