. Flowers of the field. Botany. 176. Achillea Ptaemica (Sneeze-wort) COROLLIFLOR^ 2. A. Ptarmica (Sneeze-wort).—Leaves un- divided, very narrow, and tapering to a sharp point, serrated. Somewhat taller and slenderer than 'the last, from which it may be at once distinguished by its midivided leaves and larger heads of flowers, of which both the disc and ray are white. The pounded leaves have been used as snuff, hence its name. Meadows and waste ground ; not uncommon.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. Natural Order XLV CAMPANULACE^.—The Bell-flower Tribe Calyx growing from the ovary, 5-lobed, re- mai
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 176. Achillea Ptaemica (Sneeze-wort) COROLLIFLOR^ 2. A. Ptarmica (Sneeze-wort).—Leaves un- divided, very narrow, and tapering to a sharp point, serrated. Somewhat taller and slenderer than 'the last, from which it may be at once distinguished by its midivided leaves and larger heads of flowers, of which both the disc and ray are white. The pounded leaves have been used as snuff, hence its name. Meadows and waste ground ; not uncommon.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. Natural Order XLV CAMPANULACE^.—The Bell-flower Tribe Calyx growing from the ovary, 5-lobed, re- maining till the fruit ripens; corolla rising from the mouth of the calyx, 5-lobed, regular or irregular, withering on the fruit ; stuuiens equalling in number the lobes of the corolla, and alternate with them ; anthers distinct, except in Jasione and Phytemna, when they are united; ovary inferior, of two, or more, many-seeded cells ; style i, covered with hairs ; stigma simple or lobed ; fr^nt dry, crowned by the withered calyx and corolla, splitting, or opening by valves at the side or top ; seeds numerous, fixed to a central column. Herbaceous or slightly shrubby plants, with a milky, bitter juice, mostly alternate leaves without stipules, and showy blue or white flowers, inhabiting principally the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Many species are highly ornamental, but very few are valuable either as food or medicine. The roots of Campanula Rapitncidus, under the name of Rampion or Ramps, were formerly cultivated in this country for the table, but are now scarcely known. Lobelia inflata (Indian Tobacco) of North America is used in small doses for Asthma, but in over doses is dangerously emetic and narcotic. L. cardinalis (Scarlet Cardinal), one of our most brilliantly coloured garden flowers, is also very acrid ; and the rare British species, L. urens (Acrid Lobelia), derives its name from the blistering pro- perties of its juice. Some species contain a cons
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