BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
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* Rays white. 
1.—THE COMMON CHAMOMILE. (Anthemis nobilis, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 9S0 ; 2nd ed., t. 1178. i acute, a little downy. Stem procumbent. Palese membranous, 
Specific Character,. — Leaves doubly pinnate, semicylindrical, | obtuse, shorter than the florets. ( Lindley .) 
Description, &c. —The common Chamomile is abundant in dry, gravelly, or sandy soils in every part of 
Great Britain; and it is easily known, even when not in flower, by its growing in tufts or patches, which are 
formed by the stem spreading over the surface of the ground, and rooting in different directions. The plant, 
though intensely bitter, has an agreeable aromatic flavour, and it is still used in medicine as a tonic and 
stomachic, as well as for fomentations. The Chamomile flowers sold in the shops are, however, of the cultivated 
or double variety, and are much weaker in their qualities than those of the wild plant. The species is a 
perennial, and it flowers in August and September. 
THE SEA CHAMOMILE. (A. maritima, Lin.) 
This is an annual plant, which produces its daisy-like flowers in July ; and it has been remarked of it, that 
its flowers smell like those of the Tansy, while its leaves resemble Wormwood. It is only found in Durham 
and some parts of Northumberland ; and even there it is by no means common. The stems are prostrate, and 
covered with a whitish down. 
THE CORN CHAMOMILE. (A. arvensis, Lin.) 
This plant is common in corn-fields on gravelly soils. The whole plant is covered with a whitish down; the 
stems grow nearly a foot high, and each terminates in a large flower, with a flat yellow disk, and broad 
drooping white rays. The plant is a biennial, and it flowers in June and July. 
THE STINKING CHAMOMILE, OR MAYWEED. (A. cotula, Lin., Maruta fcetida, Cass.) 
This plant has a powerful and very disagreeable smell, and an acrid taste. It is common everywhere ; it is 
an annual, and flowers in July and August. 
* * Rays yellow like the disk. 
2.—THE OX-EYE CHAMOMILE. (Anthemis tinctoria, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 1472 ; 2nd ed., t. 1181 ; and our fiy. beneath. Stem corymbose, erect. Pappus membranous, undivided. 
3, in PI. 42. (Lindley.) 
Specific Character. —Leaves doubly pinnatifid, serrated; downy 
Description, &c.— This species is rather rare, as it is only found in stony mountainous places. The stem 
is cottony, and the florets are all of a bright golden-yellow. It is a biennial, and it flowers in July and August. 
GENUS XXII. 
THE YARROW. (Achillea, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. —Involucrum ovate, imbricated. Flowers radiant; of the disk hermaphrodite, of the ray short, female, and few. 
Receptacle narrow, flat, paleaceous. Pappus none. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —All the species belonging to this genus are herbaceous plants, with alternate pinnatifid 
