. Flowers of the field. Botany. COMPOTTND FLOWERS 175 43. Anthhmis (Chamomile) 1. A. nohilis (Common Chamomile).^ Stems prostrate ; leaves repeatedly cut into hair-like segments, slightly downy. Well distinguished by its solitary heads of flowers, which droop before expansion, and by its pleasant aromatic smell, which resembles that of fresh apples, whence it derived its name of Chamomile, signifying in Greek ground-apple. The whole plant is very bitter, and is valuable in medicine for its tonic properties. Heaths; abundant. — Fl. August. Perennial. 2. A. Cotula (Stinking Chamomile).—Stem ^^ e
. Flowers of the field. Botany. COMPOTTND FLOWERS 175 43. Anthhmis (Chamomile) 1. A. nohilis (Common Chamomile).^ Stems prostrate ; leaves repeatedly cut into hair-like segments, slightly downy. Well distinguished by its solitary heads of flowers, which droop before expansion, and by its pleasant aromatic smell, which resembles that of fresh apples, whence it derived its name of Chamomile, signifying in Greek ground-apple. The whole plant is very bitter, and is valuable in medicine for its tonic properties. Heaths; abundant. — Fl. August. Perennial. 2. A. Cotula (Stinking Chamomile).—Stem ^^ erect, branched ; leaves repeatedly cut into hair-like segments, smooth and with glandular " dots. Distinguished from the last by its strong disagreeable odour and upright stems. The heads of flowers are solitary, coloured as in the last, but larger. The juice is very acrid, and is said to blister the hands of those who gather it.—Waste places ; com- mon.—Fl. July, August. Annual. Less common species of Chamomile are ;— A. maritima, or more correctly A. Anglica (Sea Chamomile), which has repeatedly-cut fleshy leaves, which are somewhat hairy. On the sea-coast; very rare. A. arvensis (Corn Chamomile), the deeply-cut leaves of which are white with down. These two have white flowers with a yellow disk. And A. tinctoria (Ox-eye Chamomile), which has downy, much divided leaves, and large bright yellow flowers, resembling those of Chrysanthemiim 0m Anthemis Noeilis (Common Chamomile) 44. Achillea (Yarrow) I. A. millefolium (Common Yellow Milfoil).—Leaves twice pinnatifid, woolly, or slightly hairy; leaflets cut into hair-like segments ; flowers in dense terminal corymbs. A common road- side plant, with very tough, angular stems, about a foot high, and corymbs of small, white, pink, or purplish flowers, which to an unpractised eye might be supposed to belong to an umbelliferous plant. It has a strong and slightly aromatic odour, and is said to have the proper
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