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others exude a milkj^ narcotic juice when they are 

 bruised. Ah there are 109 species in Great Britain, it 

 is remarkable that there should T>e no poisonous plants 

 of any consequence among them. In some form or other, 



Fig. 83.— Muj^wort {Aytemi^-ia 



vulyuiiii) 



Fig. 84.— Wonuvvooa (Artewi.^ia 



JbgiiUhimn) 



over 40 of these have come at one time or other within 

 the province of medieal practitioners, qualified and other- 



wise. 



Wormwood {Artemisia 8p.>— Of tliis group Mugwort 

 {Artemisia vulgari^^) is the commonent. The root is a 



