350 WILD FLOWERS. 



WORMWOOD, MUG-WORT, AVEROYNE. 



Artemisia. 



Welsh, Chwerwlys (A.marttima), Cherwlys ar fdr, Sythflodenog 

 (A. absinthium), C. llwyd. Irish, Bofullan. Gaelic, Liath 

 lus. French, Absynthe, Armoise, Herbe St. Jean, Garde- 

 robe. German, Wernmth. Italian, Assenzio. Spanish, 

 Axenjo. Illyric, Pellin, Akscenoz. Arabic, Bytheran (A. 

 Judaicd), Sheeh (A. inculta), Shaybeh, "grey hairs" or 

 "old man" (A. arborescens), Andther (A. monosperma). 



NATURAL. 



Syngenesia. Composites. 



Polygamia superflua. Corymbiferce. 



(Sub-tribe) Tubiftorce. 

 Artemisia. 



IN the days of King Edward III., when men met 

 in strife to clear their honour through "trial by 

 battle/' they pledged their knightly word that they 

 had "nothing to do with witchcraft, nor magic, nor 

 carried any herb or other kind of charm." And so 

 universal, even at a far later date, was the belief in 

 the efficacy of some " herb of power " as a charm, 

 that it is amusing to find the simple and credulous 

 old Gerarde turning philosopher, and sneering at 

 Pliny for saying "that the wayfaring man that hath 

 the herbe (wormwood) tied about him feeleth no 

 wearisomenesse at all, and that he who hath it 

 about him can be hurt by no poysonsome medi- 



