SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. Achillea. 957 
Sneeze-wort Yarrow. (Goose-tongue. Irish: Luss Corrain. Welsh: 
Ystrewlys; Tafod yr wydd. Gaelic: An cruai’-lus. E.) Moist mea¬ 
dows, shady places, and balks of corn-fields. P. July—Aug.* * 
Var. 2. FI. plena. Flowers double. 
Clus. ii. 12. 2—Ger. Em. 606. 2. 
Leaves truly spear-shaped, serratures deeper, as in the figures of H. Ox. 
Dod., &c. Woodw. All the florets except a few in the very centre, 
strap-shaped. 
Small Holme Island in Winandermere, and at Chilmark, Wiltshire. Ray. 
At Ripton; found by Mr. J. Whitelocke, nurseryman at Fulham. Mr. 
Woodward. 
( Achillea serrata. Retz. Willd. 
E. Bot. 2531. 
I n foliage scarcely differing from A, Ptarmica, and in th e flowers chiefly by 
the somewhat reduced size of the florets of the circumference. The cha¬ 
racter of serrated seems to apply equally to both. 
Gathered near Matlock. E. Bot. E.) 
A. millefolium. (Leaves doubly winged, hairy: segments of the 
wings strap-shaped, toothed, pointed : stem furrow r ed. E.) 
( E. Bot. 758. E.)— Kniph. 5 and 7 — Ludw. 67 — FI. Dan. 737 — Woodw. 64 
— Anders — Blackw. 18— Clus. i. 331— Dod. 100. 2 — Lob. Ohs. 431. 1, and 
Ic. i. 747. 2—Ger. Em. 1072. 2—H. Ox. vi. 11. 14— Pet. 19. 4 —Ger. 914. 
2—Lome. i. 240. 1— Gars. 388— Ger. 914. 1—Fuchs. 727—J. B.m.a. 136 
— Trag. 477— Matth. 1142— Dod. 100. 1 — Lob. Obs. 430. 2, and Ic. i. 
747. 1 -Ger. Em. 1072. I—Park. 694. l—JL Ox.v i. 11. 6—Matth. 1141. 
(Root creeping, putting forth runners. Flowers crowded together, small. 
Disk convex. FI. Brit. E.) Stem angular, downy, (a foot high. E.) 
Fruit-stalks downy. Leaves (more or less downy, particularly under¬ 
neath, E.) segments mucronate. Flowers in a corymb. Blossom 
white, reddish, or even purple. Calyx scales downy, membranous at the 
edges. Florets of the circumference five; border nearly circular, slightly 
cloven into three; those of the centre fifteen or more, but not more than 
four or five expanding at once. 
Common Yarrow or Milfoil. (Thousand-leaved Grass. Irish: 
Ahair talhum. Welsh: Gwilffrai; Llys y gwaedlif. Gaelic: A’chaithir- 
thalmhain ; An carr -thalmhain ; Lus cliosgadh-na fola. E.) Meadows, 
pastures, and road sides. P. June—Aug.f 
* The roots have a pungent biting taste, (and when chewed occasion a copious discharge 
of saliva, thereby relieving tooth ach. They are often sold in the shops for the Pellitory 
of Spain. E.) The young tops are sharp and pleasant in spring salads. The powdered 
leaves excite sneezing, (supposed partly to be occasioned by the mechanical action of the 
spicula. E.) Horses, cows, sheep, goats, and swine eat it. (The double variety, some¬ 
times called Batchelors' Buttons , is considered ornamental in gardens, but it should be 
admitted with caution, the creeping roots extending more rapidly than may be desirable. E.) 
*j* The flowers yield an essential oil. The leaves (and flowering heads, E.) are cele¬ 
brated by the Materia Medica writers (as stimulant and stomachic in infusion, E.) but 
little attended to at present. (The leaf loosely rolled together, and put up the nostrils, 
causes, by an external blow of the finger, a bleeding at the nose, more or less copious, 
according to the state of the vessels within; whence the vulgar name Nose-bleed. E.) 
Sheep and swine eat it. Hurses, cows, and goats are not fond of it. (Though the pro- 
