Sneezewort
Name. Called also bastard pellitory.
Description. This has a perennial, long, slender, and fibrous root. The stems are a little angular, upright, woolly, branched, and two feet high, having long narrow leaves, finely serrated about the edges, growing on them without any order; the flowers grow umbel-fashion on the tops of the stalks, consisting of a border of white petala, set about a fistular thrum: they are larger than the flowers of yarrow.
Place. It grows in moist meadows, and in watery places. Time. It flowers in July.
Virtues. It is of a hot biting taste, and therefore it is sometimes put into salads to correct the coldness of other herbs. The root held in the mouth helps the tooth ach, by evacuating the rheum, like pellitory of Spain; the powder of the herb snuffed up the nose, causes sneezing, and cleanses the head of tough slimy humours.