Cajcpaiui i EH \< i 



other plants ol th< Labiatiflora and Sci 

 hairs, and among them die common G 

 clothed with them. .1 



All parta of the world contain > 

 According to the calculations of Humboldt, die) 

 plants of Frani . Germany, ■- ■ : Lapland; in 

 of America '. : upun the authority of Brown, the) 

 imrtli l lolland, and did not in tin 



Smitli upon the western c 

 ■titute rather more than /' •' ) ; the 

 ; but in M< l\ tile [aland i! 

 tinii nearly the same as thai of the tropical p 

 fore, appear that Compoaiti -, as an Or 

 or dec irreaponding with latitude. But much i 



subject. It i- certain that Cichi 

 biferue in hot ones ; and that while in the north) rn i 

 universally herbaceous plants, they b 

 as we approach the equator ; most of tl 

 of St. Helena are chiefl) trees. The Bilabial 

 and from tli<' Bonthern province - beyond th< I 



De Candolle gives the following as the r< suit ol I 

 uf Compositi - : i )nt of 8523 of which he 1 

 biennials, 249 1 perennials, 2264 under-shrubs from I i 

 to !■'> foei high, 72 Bmall trees, l large tn 

 which nothing further was known, 126 twiners or climb 

 nothing certain could be ascertained. Tl 

 Smith Sea Island-, 2224 in Africa, 1827 in Asia, 1042 u l 

 of these the Cape of Good Hop i I 1540, M 



and Canada 678, the Levant 610, the Continent of India G81, north 

 117, Europe at the Mediterranean 595, Australia 

 .'/. X. 



M. Lasegue estimates i.V , Del (,1845) the numl 

 . and remarks "that they have steadily continue I 

 described plants, in proportion as our knowli 

 Linnaeus had 785 Composites oul 



to 27,000; De Candolle described 8523 in tl , which •■■ 



and now that the estimate of sj 

 9500 " 



Tl: which Compositi - hi 



but the species have considerable n -■ mblance in the nan 

 editions the statement made by 1 >e Candolle in hi- celebrate 

 . was talon a- the basis of an enunn r 



improved by others, and especiall) b) Endlicher, «!. 

 here followt ! with some additions and alterations. 



A hitter matter, combined with astringency, an acri 1 i 

 ethereal oil, to which in certain specii - is superadd 



ristics of Tubulinoi of which arc tonic . 



according to the peculiar manner in which th< 



Anion.; tonic, hitter, aromatic medicin 

 of notice, the various species having b en employi 1 in ti 

 antiquity. Of these, wormwoods are the n 

 name from their employment as vermifuges, and 

 thium an 1 pontica : Southernwood, a fragrant pla 

 beer, is the A. Abrotanum ; Tarragon, celebrated 

 medication of vinegar, is the A Dracunculus ; \. Mui 

 diate in quality between Tarragon and W 

 speeies, furnish between them the hitter aromatic liqu 

 aeetiea.a Persian species, i- reported to have thl 

 and other speciee yield the Moxs ■ \ China, a 

 bnnvng it upon parts affected with gout and rheu 

 patana are esteemed by the Indian d< 

 Bometimes used in antiseptic and anod) 

 India a powerful deobstruent and antisp 

 Artemisia constitute the drugs called S mi a 

 activity. Those which term the prince, 

 cheana, Contra and panciflora Tn 



