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MTNONTMJ, Abfinthium vulgra-e. Phann, Lond. l^ Edinh, 



. Abfinthlum ponticum feu Romanum officinarum, feu Diofcoridis. 



Bauh, Pin. p. 138. Abfinthium latifolium five Ponticum. Gerard, 



Emac, p, 1096. Abfnithlum vulgare majus. y,Bauh, Hlft.'iit, 



168. 



Abfmthium vulgare. 



Park, ^heat, p. ^^, Rati Hift, p, 



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Synop, p, 188. ^^/. 6'//V/. Helv, n, 124. Artemifia Abfin- 



366. 



thium. Hudf, Ang, p, 358. Withering. Bot, Arrang, p, 891.. 



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CA?/} Syngenefia. Or^, Polygamia Superflua. Z/;/. G^;/. P/^;//. 945.- 



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EJf, Gen, Cb, Recept, fubvillofum vel nudiufculum. Pappus nuUus. 



CaL imbricatus fquamis rotundatis conniventlbus. Cor, radii* 



nullae. 



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A. foliis compofitis multifidis, floribus fubglobofis pendulis ; 

 receptaculo villofo. 



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THE root is perennial, long, and fibrous: the flalks are round, 

 channelled, fomewhat downy, ligneous, rifing two or three feet in 

 height, and fending off feveral round branches : the leaves are com- 

 pound, divided into many bluntifh fegments in a pinnated order, on 

 the under fide downy, of a whitifh or pale green colour, and filky 

 foftnefs : the flowers are of a browniih yellow colour, pendent, and 

 placed in numerous fpikes, which ftand alternately upon the branches; 

 the calyx is compofed of many oval fcales: the florets are hermaph- 

 rodite and male, placed upon a villous receptacle, and in the fl:rudure 

 of their different parts nearly refembling thofc defcribed of the pre- 

 ceding fpecies of Artemifia. This plant is a native of Britain, and 

 grows about rubbifli, rocks, and fides of roads. 



The leaves of Wormwood have a fl:rong difagreeatle fmell ; 



their taile is 



naufeous, arid 



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iutenlely bitter as to be proverbial 



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