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«1. A. Cilia lierg. Orient. See (ni). 



e. A. J)raeuii('ulus L. Southern Europe and Asia, also widely 

 cult. Tarragon (i. e. Dragon), Biting-dragon; (ier. Dragun- 

 beifuss. Kaisersalat; Fr. Sp. Estragon. Plant anise-scented, 

 used as a condiment. 



1. A. lilifoliaTorr. Nebraska to Texas and Utali. Silvery Worm- 

 wood, Wormwood Sage, locally known as Southernwood. 



g. A. frig-ida Wild. Minnesota to Iddho, south to Texas, Moun- 

 tain Sage, Pasture Sage-brush, Wild Sage, Wormwood S;ige, 

 Sierra Sal viaf. PA wY aromatic, bitter, diaphoretic, febrifuge. 



\\. A. g'hicialis L. Switzerland. Silky Wormwood. This species, 

 also (i) A. iiiiistelliiia Vill. and (j) A. spicaia Wulf., both 

 of the Swiss Alps, is used in the preparation of absinthe. 

 Floirerhiff plant, Herba absinthii alpini, Herba genippi albi; 

 (Jer. Weisser (xenipp; Fr. (ienipi vrai (Codex); stimulant, 

 bitter, tonic. 



k. A. gnaphalodes Xutt (A. Ludoviciana var. gnaphalodes T, & 

 Gr. ). Texas to western Ontario and westward. Western Mug- 

 wort, Prairie or Cudweed Mugwort, Western vSage. Fruit of 

 this also of (1) A. dracniUMiloides Pursh, used as food by 

 Indians. 



m. A. Moxa DC. China. Moxa plant. From the leaves are pre- 

 pared Chinese moxa, used formerly as a cautery. 



n. A. paiiclflora (Ledeb. ) Weber (A. maritima var. pauciflora 

 Ledeb., A. Lercheana. Kar. & Kir. A. maritima var. Stech- 

 manniana Besser ) . Western Asia. This plant rather than ( d ) , 

 as formerly supposed, yields the Levant worm-seed. The iinex- 

 panded floivevs; Levant, Aleppo or Alexandria Wormseed; San 

 tonic-, U. S. P., Flores (v. Authodia) cinae. Semen cinae. 

 Semen contra s. sanctum s. santonici; Ger. Wurmsamen, Zitt- 

 wei-saraen, Cinabliithen; Fr. Semen contra, Semencine, Bar- 

 botuie (Codex); Sp. Yantonica. Anthelmintic. Source of 

 Santonin. 



o. A . Poutica L. Southern Europe to Central Asia. Roman ' 

 Wormwood; Ger. Eomischer oder Pontischer Wermuth: Fr. 

 Absinthe Pontique ou petite (Codex). Properties of (b). 



]». A. tridentata Nutt. Nebraska 1o Colorado and westward. 

 Sage-brush, Common Sage-brush, Sage-^vood, Mountain Sage. 

 This and other species, as (q) A. arbusciila Nutt. and (r) 

 A. triftda Nutt., Dwarf Sage-brush, have properties of (g). 



s. A. viil^dris L. Europe, northern Africa and Asia, nat. in 

 U. S. Mugwort, (Muggert, Mogford), Common Mugwort, 

 Apple-pie, Bulwand, Fat-hen* Felon-herb, Green Ginger, 

 Mugweed, Motherwort, Smotherwood, Sailor's Tobacco, Worm- 

 wood*; Ger. Beifuss, Jungfernkraut, Weiberkraut; Fr. Armoise 

 (Codex), Couronne de Saint-jean; Sp. Artemisa. J/erA, Herba 

 artemisiu'. enunenagogue, antispasmodic. Root tonic, anti- 

 spasmodic. 



