produced in corymbs, on the top of the flalks; appear 
from June to September, and fome of them frequently 
continue the greater part of the winter. It is a native of 
the Levant. 
II. Corollas white in the ray. 9. Achillea macrophyl- 
la, or feverfew-leaved milfoil : leaves pinnate, pinnas 
galh-ferrate, the outmoft larger and connected. It is a 
native of the Alps, is very hardy, thrives in almofl any 
foil, but loves an open expofure, and deferves a place in 
gardens. It flowers in July and Align ft. 
10. Achillea impatiens, or impatient milfoil: leaves 
pinnate, pinnas diftant linear-lanceolate, acute from the 
bafe upwards. This fpecies is frequent in all Siberia. 
11. Achillea clavennse, or filvery-leaved milfoil: leaves 
jagged flat obtufe tomentofe. Silvery-leaved milfoil is a 
very humble plant, rarely rifing above fix inches high. 
The flowers are white, and grow in flat corymbs; they 
appear in June and July. The leaves have fome likenels 
to thofe of common wormwood, and are very hoary, 
growing clofe to the ground, and decaying in auttimn. It 
is a native of the Alps of Switzerland, Auftria, Pannonia, 
and Carinthia, 
12. Achillea ptarmica, or fneefewort milfoil: leaves 
lanceolate acuminate finely ferrate. This fpecies grows 
wild in all the temperate parts of Europe. In Britain it 
is found not very uncommon in meadows, by the fides of 
ditches, on the balks of corn-fields, in moift woods and 
Ihady places. It creeps greatly by the roots. In the 
fpring the young tender (hoots are put into fallads, to cor¬ 
rect the coldnefs of other herbs; and the roots, being hot 
and biting, are ufed for the tooth-ach, whence fome have 
given the title of field or baftard pellitory to this plant. 
From the form of the leaf it is called goofe-tongue. The 
dried powder of the leaves, fnuffed up the noftrils, pro¬ 
vokes fneezing, and hence its trivial and Englilh name. 
In Siberia it is faid to be ufed with fuccefs in internal hae¬ 
morrhages, taken in form of a decoftion of the whole 
herb. There is a variety with double flowers, which is 
preferved in gardens, and is commonly known by the 
name of double ptarmica, or batchelors buttons. When 
this is planted in pots, fo as to confine the roots from 
creeping, the ftalks will grow clofer together, and then 
it makes a tolerable appearance when in flower, which is 
in July and Auguft. 
13. Achillea alpina, or alpine milfoil: leaves lanceo¬ 
late tooth-ferrate, toothlets very finely ferrate. This 
bears fome refemblance to the laft, but the leaves are 
longer, deeper cut on their edges, and of a darker green. 
It is very hardy ; and is a native of Switzerland, Savoy, 
and Siberia. Linnaeus queftions whether fituation may 
not have altered this from the laft; and Gmelin (ufpebls 
that it is only a variety. 
14. Achillea ferrata, or notched-leaved milfoil: leaves 
linear-lanceolate feflile tomentofe, deeply ferrate, laciniate 
at the bafe. It flowers in Auguft and September. 
15. Achilleacriftata, or (lender-branched milfoil: leaves 
linear ferrate, ferratures tranfverfe crefted, ftem branch¬ 
ed weak. This is a native of the eaft. It flowers here in 
July and Auguft. 
16. Achillea atrata, or camomile-leaved or black mil¬ 
foil : pinnules pectinate almoft entire, peduncles villous. 
This fpecies is found on the mountains of Switzerland, the 
Valais, and Auftria. 
17. Achillea mofchata, or mufk milfoil, or Swifsgenipi, 
leaves pinnate dotted, pinnas remote linear fiibulate al¬ 
moft entire, rays the length of the calyx. This bears fo 
much refemblance to the laft, as not readily to be diftin- 
guilhed, unlefs its pleafant aromatic fmell be attended to. 
It is the true genipi of the Swifs. In Savoy they call it 
genipi batard, and give the name of true genipi to thear- 
temifia rupeftris. Either of them is an excellent fudori- 
fic ; but hot, and frequently injurious in the pleurify when 
the fever ip high. It promifes to be of much fervice in 
diforders arifing from a debility of the folids: and is a 
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grateful food to all forts of cattle. It grows wild in Swit¬ 
zerland on the high Alps, in Savoy, Piedmont, and Auf¬ 
tria: and was introduced in 177*5 by doctors Pitcairn and 
Fothergill. 
18. Achillea nana, or dwarf milfoil : leaves pinnate 
toothed extremely hirfute, flowers glomerate-umbelled. 
The fmell of this is fomewhat weaker than that of the 
laft, for which it is frequently fold. It grows on the high 
Alps of Switzerland, the Valais, and Savoy. It is hardy, 
and will thrive with us in almoft any foil, but loves an 
open expofure. It deferves a place in gardens. 
19. Achillea magna, or great milfoil or yarrow : leaves 
bipinnate rather hairy, the divifions linear and toothed ; 
earlets decuffated. This fort very much refemblescom¬ 
mon milfoil, but is twice the fize. The ftem has hairs 
thinly fcattered over it. The leaves arealfo like thofe of 
common milfoil, but larger, and with two ears at the 
bafe, one under the leaf, the other prominent above the 
rib. It grows in Italy. 
20. Achillea millefolium, or common milfoil or yar¬ 
row: leaves bipinnate naked, divifions linear toothed; 
ftems furrowed towards the top. It is abundant in pafi- 
tures and by road fides, flowering from June to Septem¬ 
ber. The inhabitants of Dalekarlia mix it with their ale, 
inftead of hops, in order to increafe the inebriating quali¬ 
ty of the liquor. This plant has been generally execrated 
as a noxious weed in paftures: it is found however to be 
eaten by cattle, at leaft by (heep ; and has lately been 
even recommended for cultivation. Perhaps other plants 
befides this, may be of fervice to cattle in paftures, rather 
as medicine than as food. Linnams recommends the 
bruifed herb frefh as an excellent vulnerary and ftyptic: 
many foreign phyficians ftill have an opinion of it in hae¬ 
morrhages ; according to Dr. Hill, it is excellent in dy- 
fenteries, taken in form of a ftrong decodtion : an oint¬ 
ment is made of it for the piles, and it is reckoned good 
againft the fcab in (heep. An effential oil is extracted 
from the flowers. It is not in ufe with us in the prefent 
pradtice. The variety with purple flowers of different 
(hades is not uncommon, wild ; and is frequently feen in 
gardens. The alpine is a variety arifing merely from litu - 
ation ; and is different from the thirteenth fort. In culti¬ 
vation they both approach to the common fpecies. 
21. Achillea nobilis, or noble milfoil : leaves bipinnate, 
the lower ones naked flat, the upper obtufe tomentofe, the 
flowers in convex and very crowded corymbs. This ap¬ 
proaches near to the foregoing or common fort, but the 
leaves are of a pale-green, and not fo long, or fo much 
cut: thefe have a ftrong fvveet feent when bruifed- It is 
a native of Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Narbonne, and 
Tartary. 
22. Achillea odorata, or feented milfoil: leaves bipin¬ 
nate oval almoft naked, corymbs faftigiate crowded. Ge¬ 
rard and Haller make this only a variety of the foregoing. 
23. Achillea cretica, or Cretan milfoil: leaves linear, 
pinnas roundilh imbricate backwards-, ftem tomentofe. 
Cretan milfoil has the air of the common fort. The flow¬ 
ers are white ; and it is a native of Crete. 
24. Achillea fquarrofa, or rough-headed milfoil: leaves 
lanceolate-linear pinnatifid, pinnas ovate, wedge-Ihaped, 
gafh-acuminate vertical, ftem fomewhat villous. 
25. Achillea herbarota, or herbarota milfoil: leaves 
wedge-fhaped entire, toothed at the top. This fpecies is 
in great and general efteem among the peafants of the 
Alps : and is recommended as a fudorific ; againft worms, 
flatulencies, and intermittent fevers. 
26. Achillea liguftica, or marjoram-feented milfoil : 
leaves pinnate, pinna, fliarply toothed flat fmooth. This 
fpecies, as well as the laft, has a very ftrong fmell, like 
maudlin. 
27. Achillea tanacetifolia, or tanfy-leaved milfoil: 
leaves.pinnate, pinnas laciniate flat gaftied and entire. It 
is a native of the Grifons; and not uncommon in the paf¬ 
tures and valleys of the Alps- 
Propagation, 
