3 g 2 The Ufeftil Family Herhah , 



whitlfh Green, and ftand irregiilarly on the Stalks; 

 many larger, but of the fame Kind, rife from the 

 Koot. The Flowers ftand in a Kind of loofe Spikes, 

 at the Tops qf the Stalks \ they are fmall and brown. 



The whole Plant is of a very bitter Taile. 



The Tops of the Plant are to be yfed frelh' 

 gathered, a very flight Infufion of them is exceU 

 fent for all Diforders of the Stomach, and will pre- 

 vent Sicknefs after Meals, and. create an Appe- 

 tite v but if it be made ftrong, it v/ill not only be 



difagreeable 

 Stomach. 



to the Tafle, but will 



difguft" tha 



- The Tops with the Flowers on them dried and 



pov/dered, arc good^ againft Agues, and have the 



feme Virtue with Wormfeed in killing Worms, 

 jndeed they are much better than the Wormfeed 

 that is commonly 'to be met with," which is gene- 

 rally too much decayed. The Juice of tjie large 

 Leaves of Wormwood, which grow from the 

 Root, before the Stalk appears, is good againll the 

 IDropfy and Jaundice, tor it opens Obftru^ions, 

 and work^ by Urine powerfully. 



Sea W o r m w o o j), 



^BSYNTHIUM SERIPHIUM. 



Plant Gprn^non in our Salt-marfhes, and about 



Ditches,, inhere Salt, Water comes. It has 



fomewhat the Afped of Wormwood,, but the 



Leaves are much narrower in the Divifions, and 



the whole Plant is fmaller. The Stalks are woody, 



firm, upright, very much branched, and a Foot 



and half Tiigh. The Leaves are whitilh and fma]]. 



The Flowers flrand in Toofe Spikes at the Tops of 



tKe StalkSj they »re little and brown -, and they 



very much reiemble thofe of the common Worm- 



."wcodj except for the-Size. The whoFe Plant has at 



, ' ' " titter 



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