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ACHILLEA tomentosa.
Woolly Yellow M ilfo il, or Yarrow.
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SYNGENESIA Polygamiasuperjlua.
Gen. Char. Recept. chaffy. Down none. Cal. ovate,
imbricated, unequal. Florets of the radius 5 to 10,
roundish, or inversely heart-shaped.
Spec. Char. Leaves doubly pinnatifid, woolly; segments
crowded, linear, acute. Corymbs repeatedly
compound.
Syn. Achillea tomentosa. Linn. Sp. PL 1264. Willd.
Sp. PI. v. 3 . 2209. Curt. Mag. t. 498.
Millefolium luteum. Ger. em. 1073.
A n o t h e r new Achillea, here presented to the British botanist,
has been sent us from the west of Scotland, several years since,
by Mr. Hopkirk of Paisley, near Glasgow, as well as from Ireland
more recently. It grows in open sunny hilly pastures, flowering
in the latter part of summer; and being frequent in Switzerland,
France, Italy, and the north-eastern part of Europe, we
do not question its being wild in the places reported.
This species is of humbler stature than the Common Yarrow,
t. 758, its foliage less cut, and more woolly. The flowers are of
a golden yellow, their stalks woolly, repeatedly compound and
corymbose. It is a desirable plant for rock-work in gardens.