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Show The Dhes BRITISH 6. 3. Stinking Mayweed. dum. CT Chamemelum The flowers ftandin great numbersat the tops of the branches; and they are {mall and white, with a yellow difk. It is common in wafte ground, and flowersin June. Tall Chamomile with fmall flowers, Cc lum elatius flore 1 The'root is compofed of numerous, long, flenderfibres. The ftalk is firm, upright, twofeet high, and branched. Theleaves are cut into very {mall feoments, The root is compofed of numerous fibres, connected to a fmall, oblong head. The ftalk is upright, branched, and a foot ahd half high: it is of a purplifh colour at the bottom, of a whitifh green upwards, and ftriated. The leaves are divided into very fine fegments 3 C. Bauhinecalls it Matricaria vulgaris. The flowers in this plant, and in the fweet chamomile, and fomeothers, are deficient fome- times in the rays; whence they have been di- and are of a faint green. The flowers ftand in great numbersat the tops of the branches; andare fmall, white; and yellow in thecentre. The ftalk in this fpecies is ufually red, It is commonon plowed land, and flowers in July. Ray calls it Chamemelum majus folio tenuifina, ey ate of a blackith green. Whenbruifed they have a moft offenfive and eable fmell. wers ftand at the tops of the branches ; and white, with a yellowdifk. It is common in wafte ground, and flowers in May. C. Bauhine calls it Chamemelum fetidum. Others, Cotula ida. Ge Eo WATER V-E H HERBAL, 461 vided into two {pecies, and thefe imperfeét plants, 7 naked feverfew, naked chamom ile, and the ike, The virtues of feverfew are very great. It is an excellent deobftruent. It promot es the menfes, and cures thofe hyfterick complaints whith rife from their obftruction. It alfo deftroys worms , uss IX. HEM P-AGRIMONY. RUBE SS hones THE flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, enclofed in a common c up. The flofcules are tubular, and divided at the rim into five pointed fezments, which ftand erect, There are fome- 7. Great-flowered procumbent Chamomile, times flat flofcules on the verge, but not conftantly. The cup is formed of numerous, narrow, pointed, and hollowed fcales. The feeds have points, and ftick b y them to any thing they touch. Chamemelum caule procumbente floribus majoribus. Linneus places this among the /yngenefia with the others. The root is long, flender, and hung witha Coit BIRS Ler Fs fewfibres. 4. Sea-Chamomile. A/ZC..a7 1. Water Hemp-Agrimony, with divided leaves. The italis procumbent in great part, and is divided into many branches. Chamemelum maritimum craffis foliis. Verbefina foliis tripartitis, PC66../0 The leaves are large, divided into fine feg- The root is compofed of numerous, thick, long fibres. The ftalks are branched, weak, and in part procumbent, of a purplifh colour at the bottom, and upwards ofa pale green. The leaves are oblong, and of a deep green, divided into numerous fmall fegments, and of a thick fubftance. The flowers are large and white, with a yellow difk. It is found about our fea-coafts, and flowers in July. Ray calls it Chamemelum maritimum perenne humilius. The root confifts of numerous fibres, con- ments, andofa blackifh green, The flowers are few in number ; but they are verylarge, white, with a yellowcentral difk. It is common in damp, plowedfields, flowering in Augutt. Raycalls it Chamemelum inedorum annum bu milius. 8. Broad-leaved Sea-Chamomile. Chamemeluin maritimumlatiore folio. The ftalks are numerous, anda foot or more in length; but they lie in great. part onthe ground. Their colour is a pale green; and are very much branched. 5. Great-flowered Chamomile. The leaves are broad, and of a pale green ; and they are divided into numerous feements, whichare alfo broader thanin the otherkinds. The flowers are Jarge and white, with ayellow difk. The root is fibrous. The ftalk is fingle, upright, branched, and a foot high. The leaves are divided into numerous finefegments; and they are obtufe at the ends. The flowers are large and white, with a yellow difk. It is common amongcorn, and flowers in July. In€ Calls 1t Ch nemelum inodorum. It is frequent about our northern coafts, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Matricaria marina, amofius flore albo. Theftalks are upright, and a yard high, very much branched, and ofa brownifh colour. The leaves are large, and divided into three principal fegments ; which are fharp-pointed and ferrated ; and they are of a deep green colour. in the other, The flowers are very large and yellow. Tt is frequent in the weft of England, and the flowers are almoft always radiated. It flowers in Auguf, C. Bauhinecalls it Cannabina aquatica folio non divifo. 3. Dwarf Hemp-Agrimony. The flowers ftand on the extremities of the ftalks ; and they are yellow: fometimes they are naked, and fometimes they haveraysofa brighter yellow. The roct is fibrous. Chamemeluminodorum flore magno. nected to a fimall head. The leaves are oblong, broad, fharp-pointed, and ferrated, but not divided into three parts, as Itis common by ditch-fides, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Cannabina aquatica folio triPartito divifo. 2. Large-flowered Water Hemp-Agrimony. Verbefina pumila flore magno. 7 The rootis fibrous. The ftalk is fingle, upright, purplith, not at all branched, and ten inches high. The leaves are oblong, moderately broad, fharp-pointed, ferrated lightly on the edges, and of a brownifh green. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks ; and are naked, large, and yellow. Verbefina flore majore integrifclias It is found in boggy places, and flowers in Au- The root is long, and hung with very numerous fibres. Theftalk is upright, nat much branched, and two feet high, guft. Raycalls it Verbefina minima, Thevirtues of thefe plants are not certainly known, Ray, Go Ey ON Us X. TANG ZY. Genk Neen 1Uneens Vil. FEVERFEW: MVEA NCE OR) Tf. THE flower is radiated, and compofed of numerou s flofcules of two kinds, placed in a common cup. This is of a hemifpheric form ; neatly equal fcales. The flofcules in the centreand is compofed of narrow, clofe, compacted, and are tubular » and divided into five gaping fegments at the ? thofe in the verge are flatted, oblon and three-pointed. ‘The feeds are oblong. Linnzus places this with the reft among the /yngenefia . Feverfew. aria vulgaris. PYG. The root is compofed of numerous fibres, connected toan oblong {mall head, 2 | The ftalk is of a pale green, upright, very much branched, and two feet anda half high. Theleaves are large, bruad, and of a yellowith green, deeply divided in the pinnated mannerinto broad, indented fegments, The DioA NAC! ET OAaL oe flower is naked, and compofed of numerous flofcules. Thefe are all of one kind: they are tubular, and wide open at the mouth, where they divide into five reflex fegments. Thefe are all contained in a common cup; which is of a hemifpheric figure, and is compofed of numerous, Pointed fcales, clofe fet together. The feeds are oblong. Linneus places this with the reft among the /yagenefia. Common Tanzy. Tanacetum vulgare. HC G6v22 The rootis cempofedof numerous fibres, connetted to a {mall head. Theleaves are verylarge, and ofa fine ftrong Sten: they are deeply divided into oblong feg7 NeXLvi. ments, which are ferrated and fharp-pointed, and often they are curled at the edges. The ftalk rifes in the midft of a clufter of thefe; and is a yard high, upright, not much branched, and thick fet with leaves, like thofe from the root. The flowers grow in great clufters at the 6B top |