The vegetable SYSTEM. 
grey! (h ^colour, and the Tuft of Flowers lias a tinge of brown : this 
is from the Cups ; for the Flowers themfelves are white j but they, 
are fmall, and ftand confufed in their thick clufler. The Cups have 
always an evident tinge of a pale brown. 
17. V/OOLLY YARROW. 
Plate 68. Fig. 17. 
Character of the Species. Achillasa Cretica. 
The Leaves are winged ; the Leafits are roundifh, and im- 
bricated backwards. 
This is a native of the iflands of the Archipelago, a perennial,, 
hardy Plant; and flowers in Augufl:. The Stalk is covered with a 
white woolly matter : The Leaves are of a pale green, and have a 
very Angular afpedt, from the imbricated difpofition of the Leafits. 
The Flowers are white, not large, but of a bright and pleafing 
afpedt. 
18. CRESTED YARROW. 
Plate 68. Fig. 18. 
Chara£fer of the Species. Achillaea iEgyptiaca, 
The Leaves are pinnated, and the Leafits are jagged and 
crefied. 
Fig. 18. <7 
This is a native of Egypt, a beautiful little Plant. The Stalk is 
low and weak, edged, and of a greyifli green colour. The Leaves 
are very beautiful ; they are of a whitifli hue ; but their crefted edge 
is brown. The Flowers are fmall, and of a pale yellow. They 
blow in September. 
19. TRIFID 
