10 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 

 ARTEMISIA ABSINTHUM {British). i7a. 



ABSmTH — COMMON WORMWOOD — OLD WOMAN. 



CompositcB.—Le3ives bipinnatifid ^dth lanceolate segments, 

 downy.— Waste places; 1ft.; perennial; August ; dingy yellow. 

 Toxic Principle.— ABSINTHIC ACID. 



. . . These for frenzy he 

 A speedy and a sovereign remedy ; 



The hitter wormwood, sage and marigold. ^^ 



Beaumont and Fletcher: " Clorin s Song. 



