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sides j heads hemispherical, drooping. Waste ground ; 

 common. A bushy plant, with silky stems and leaves, 

 and panicles of numerous small heads of dull yellow 

 flowers. The whole plant is bitter and aromatic, and is 

 much used, in the rural districts where it abounds, as a 

 tonic. FL July September. Perennial. 



2. A. vulgdris (Mug wort}. Leaves pinnatifid, with 

 acute segments ; white with down beneath ; heads ob- 

 long. Hedges, and waste places ; common. Taller, 

 and more slender than the last ; well distinguished by 

 the leaves being green above and white below, and by 

 the absence of aromatic odour. FL July September. 

 Perennial. 



3. A. maritima (Sea Wormwood). Leaves twice 

 pinnatifid, downy on both sides ; heads in racemes, 

 oblong. Salt marshes ; frequent. Somewhat resem- 

 bling A. Absinthium, but smaller and well distinguished 

 by the above characters. The clusters of flowers are 

 sometimes drooping, sometimes erect. FL July Sep- 

 tember. Perennial. 



* A. campestris (Field- Wormwood) is a rare species, 

 growing on sandy heaths in Norfolk and Suffolk. In 

 this species the segments of the leaves terminate in 

 points, and the stems, until flowering, are prostrate. 



28. ANTENNAKIA (Everlasting). 



1. A. dioica (Mountain Cud-weed). The only British 

 species. Mountain heaths, frequent. A pretty little 

 plant, 3 6 inches high, with oblong leaves, which 

 are broadest towards the end, green above, cottony 

 below ; the heads of flowers grow 4 6 together, and 

 are rendered conspicuous by the white or rose-coloured 

 involucre, which is of the texture commonly termed 

 everlasting. FL July, August. Perennial. 



* The White Everlasting of gardens is A. margaritd- 

 cea, a much larger plant. It is occasionally found in 

 situations where it is apparently wild, but is not con- 

 sidered to be indigenous. 



