AchilleaMillefolium.CommonYarrow, or Milfoil. 
Linn. Gen. PI. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. . 
Recept. paleaceum. Pappus nullus. Cal. ovatus, imbricatus, Fly culi 
radii circiter quinque. 
RaiiSyn.Gen. 8. Herbie flore composito, discoide, seminibus pappo desti- 
tutis, CORYMBIFERAS DICTA:. 
ACHILLEA Millefolium foliis bipinnatis, nudis ; laciniis linearibus, dentatis ; caulibus fuperne fulcatis. 
Linn. Syjl. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 778. Sp. Pl. p. 1267. 
ACHILLEA foliis pinnatis, pinnis longe asqualibus, pinnatis, pinnulis trifidis et quinquefidis. Hali. 
Hift. 107. Scop. FI. Carn. 1095. 
MILLEFOLIUM vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 140. Park. 693. terreftre vulgare. Ger. em. 1072. vul- 
gare. Rail Syn. 183. Common Yarrow, or Milfoil. Hudfon FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 374. 
RADIX perennis, repens, teres, fibrillofa, cinereo 
albida. 
CAULIS pedalis et ultra, ereftus, teretiufculus, fub- | 
angulatus, inferne glaber, tomento tenui | 
araneofo veftitus, fuperne fulcatus, lanugi- | 
nofus, ramofus. 0 
FOLIA alterna, lineari-lanceolata, radicalia petiolata, | 
petiolis canalicularibus, caulina feflilia, fub- | 
amplexantia, fupra glabra, fubtus villofula, f 
innata, pinnis oppofitis, fubovatis, multi- | 
dis, acutiufculis, obliquis. | 
f 
FLORES in corymbo terminali, lanuginofo congefti, | 
albidi. $ 
BRACTEAE, lineares, integrse, et pinnatifidse, par- f 
viufculas, ad radios pedunculofque corymbi. 
CALYX communis ovatus, pubefcens, ar£le imbrica- % 
tus, fquamis ovatis, concavis, obtufiufculis, $ 
albo; membranaceis, apice fufco ciliatis -ner- | 
vo dorfali viridi. | 
f 
COROLLA compofita, radiata ; Corol/ula; difci her- | 
maphroditas, circiter duodecim, infundibuli- $ 
formes, calycis longitudine, tubo fordide f 
lutefcente, limbo quinquefido, laciniis ovatis, % 
acutis, revolutis, fubdiaphanis, albidis, fig. 1. 
COROLLULAE radii faeminete, plerumque quinque, \ 
planas, patentes, fuborbiculares, obtufe tri- $ 
dentatae, feu obfolete trifidae, lacinula inter- | 
media breviore, tubo cylindrico, viridef- $ 
ceu.te, ftriato, fubpubefcente, calycis longi- f 
tudine, fig. 2. $ 
STAMINA Hermaphroditis : Filamenta quinque, f 
capillaria, brevia; Anthera cylindracea, £ 
tubulofa, lutea, fig. g. 0 
PISTILLUM Hermaphroditis et Fcemineis : Germen f 
oblongum, comprefliufculum, fubtetrago- f 
num, glabrum, albidum ; Stylus capillaris, % 
flaminibus longior ; Stigmata duo, line- 0 
aria, truncata, reflexo-patula, hyalina, fig. 4. f 
ROOT perennial, creeping, round, furnifhed with 
numerous fibres, of a whitilh afh-colour. 
STALK a foot high or more, upright, nearly round, 
flightly angular, below fmooth, covered with 
a flight cobwebby down, above grooved, 
woolly, and branched. 
LEAVES alternate, betwixt linear and lanceolate, the 
radical ones Handing on foot-flalks, the foot- 
flalks hollowed above, thofe of the flalk 
feffile, fomewhat embracing the flalk, above 
fmooth, beneath a little villous, pinnated, the 
pinnae oppofite, fomewhat ovate, multifid, 
fomewhat pointed and oblique. 
FLOWERS whitifh, terminating in a woolly, clofe 
corymbus. 
BRACTEAE linear, entire and pinnatifid, fmallifh, 
placed at the radii, ana peduncles of the 
corymbus. 
CALYX common to all the florets ovate, downy, 
clofely imbricated with ovate, concave, 
bluntilli fcales, having a white, membranous 
edge, tipt with a brown fringe, the midrib 
green. 
COROLLA compound, radiated. Florets of the 
difk hermaphrodite, about twelve, funnel- 
lhaped, the length of the calyx, tube dirty 
yellow, the limb quinquefid, the fegments 
ovate, pointed, rolled back, rather tranfpa- 
rent and whitifh, fig. 1. 
FLORETS of the radius female, ufually five, flat, 
fpreading, fomewhat round, bluntly three- 
toothed or faintly trifid, the middle fegment 
fhorter than the reft, the tube cylindrical, 
greenifh, ftriated, flightly downy, the length 
of the calyx, fig. 2. 
STAMINA in the Hermaphrodite flowers: five, capil- 
lary, fhort Filaments; Anthers form- 
ing a yellow, tubulous cylinder, fig. g. 
PISTILLUM in the Hermaphrodite and Female flowers. 
Germen oblong, a little flattened, fome- 
what four-cornered, fmooth, whitifh; Style 
very flender, longer than the flamina; Stig- 
mata two, linear, truncated, a little re- 
flexed, pellucid, fig. 4. 
flowers Y AY me ^ With “r 'ii dl 7 , P^ures, on ditch-banks, and by road-fides • it 
S°" “ »1 , -' A Se { K ”’ ie r, its blolfoms are ufually white, but are frequently found of different lhades 
■aouah the Yarrn ep ““ ““ ° f oult.vated in our garden/for ornament — 
^ P^^^i^b^cuhivated^or ex^^ued^ ^ «« 
fot^t^i^rqefte^it^if , we e a^to'^e 1 mfluenced Ijy^Jpredllefdk^^ hM? ,g oat s fometimes eat, 
it and are falisfied with the ^ “T H 
cultivation. Mr. Andeuso», who in general is too nrSoiMe in Th ’ * ftould confi , der 11 of 
highly in its favour ; he obferAs, that tfiough cattle do Sat^ 1 w “ T ' U ™ T P kn,s - I P'= aks 
paliure a dlfagreeable appearance, they are very fond of its foliage whief a^ 
exprefs it, a good bottom, makes it one of the raoft defirable fr n !Ir • ? f ofe P lle * or as fome 
the Farmer can fow his land with; but he concludes this plantYeems m Ian S u ag e °f hufbandry) 
fore ought only to be fown where ’the field is“ed 7or P pXm« ° g " ^ “ dth “=- 
The leaves and flowers of Milfoil are greatly recommended by fome of the German Pi r 1 
corroborants, vulneranes, antifpafmodics, in diarrhoeas hemorrh^ TLl j Geiman Phyficians, as mild 
They promife by their fenfible qualities to be a " d ° ther ddeafoi - 
weak, aromatic fmell, and a bitterifh, roughifh fomewhat nuno-ent taftn k ave 30 a § reea b * e > though 
medicinal ufe, as having the greatefl bitterifhnefs and aufteritv ® thl ^ T Ieave ^ are chie % di retted for 
S;.r.;'=ssi* a 
mixture of the two. The flowers diltilled with water vieif AML ,■ w' b ? th of ,hem equally by a 
the Mtlfoil m perfeftion, though rather Iefs agreeabll than tte flowelf A P off P ffin S the flavour of 
thick, and tenacious, in colour remarkably va?iable, fometmes of rvreeM A “ r COnfifcnce fomewhat 
green, fometimes of a bluilir green, and fometimes of a fine blue - thefAfifY yd T’ ,ometlm « of a deep 
meafure on the foil in which the plant is produced. Lewis’s dlfeences - » depend in great 
In fome parts of Sweden they put itto^eer in a fermenting^^’e toprmjuceYebriation. Linn. F/. Suec. 
