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below into a ring or hollow, which girds the top of the ovarium. Jckenia 

 oblong, subtetragonal, quite glabrous. (G. Bon.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; small, linear, toothed in 

 rows. Flowers capitate, bractless; yellow, rarely white. Diminutive 

 evergreen undershnibs, natives of the South of Europe, and aromatic in 

 all then- parts ; of easy culture, and propagation by cuttings, in any poor 

 sandy soil, but of short duration. 



tt. 1. S. Cham^cypari'ssus L. The Dwarf Cypress Santolina, or common 



Lavender Cotton. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1179.; Willd. Sp. PI., 3. p. 1797. ; Ait. Hort. Kew 



ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 517. '' 



^ynmiymcs. Petit C}T>res, Fr. fAhrotano femmina. Ital. ; Cypressenkraut Gcr 

 iLngravings. Lam. 111., 671. t. 3. ; and our Jig. 1021. 



Spec. Char., Src Branches tomentose. 

 Leaves hoary, toothed ; the teeth ob- 

 tuse, and in four rows. Each peduncle 

 bearing a single head of flowers, which 

 has a downy involucre. (Willd.) A 

 low evergreen bush. South of France, 

 in poor dry soils. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 



Flowers yellow; |.N^ 



1021. S. Chaitiajcjpa 

 rlsus. 



Introduced in 1573 

 July. 



The lavender cotton was common in gar- 

 dens in Gerard's time, who says it is acrid, bitter, and aro- 

 matic, and has much the same qualities as southernwood. It 

 was formerly employed as a vermifuge, but is now disused. 



Other Species. S. sqiiarrosa W., S. viridis W., and S. 

 rosviarinifoUa L. (our Jig. 1022.), are in gardens, but they 

 are better adapted for being treated as herbaceous plants 

 than as shrubs. 



1022. S. /osmarimfdiia- 



Genus V. 



^RTEMFS/.J Cass. The Artemisia. 



Lin, Si/st. Svngenesia Superflua. 



Ait. Hort. Kew., 



Identification. Cassini, according to Lessingin his Synop. Gen. Compos., p. 2C4. 



ed. 2., V. 5. p. 2. 

 Derivation. From Artemis, one of the names of Diana ; or, as some suppose, from Artemisia, the 



wife of Mausolus ; there is a cypress-like and drooping character in some of the species, that may 



be associated with the latter etymology. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Heads discoid, homogamous or heterogamous. Flowers of the 

 ray in one series, usually female, 3-lobed. Style bifid, exserted. Flowers 

 of the disk 5-toothed, hermaphrodite, or sterile or male from the abor- 

 tion of the ovarium. Livolucrum imbricate ; scales dry, with scabrous margins. 

 Receptacle chafiless, flattish or convex, naked or hairy. Achenia obovate, 

 naked, with a minute epigynous disk. Herbs or unclershrubs. The spe- 

 cies are nearly all dispersed through the northern hemisphere. Leaves 

 alternate, variously lobed. Heads disposed in spikes or racemes, and the 

 spikes or racemes usually disposed in panicles. Corollas yellow or purple. 

 Plants more or less bitter or aromatic. {G. Don.) 



Leaves simple (apparently compound), alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; 

 deeply cut and divided. Flowers terminal. Woody or sufFrutescent ever- 

 green plants, natives of Europe and Asia ; all of them highly fragrant and 

 aromatic, and of the easiest culture in any dry soil. 



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