CXXX1V. 



ARTEMISIA VULGARIS. 



Mnqwort. 



Class XIX. Syngenesia.— Order II. Poltgamia 



SUPERFLUA. 



Nat. Ord. Composite. 



Gen. Char. Involucre ovate or rounded, imbricate. 



Receptacle naked or hairy. Florets of the ray subulate. 



Pappus none. 

 Spec. Char. Leaves pinnatifid ; segments white and 



downy beneath. Flowers racemose, ovate. Receptacle 



naked. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek .... Kgnfuffiu ? 



f Artemisia vulgaris major. Bauh. Pin. 137. 



I Artemisia mater herbarum. Ger. Em. 1 103. 

 Latin < Artemisia vulgaris. Raii Syn. 190. Park. Theatr. 90. Lin. 



\ Sp. PL 1188. Eng. Fl. iii. p. 409. Eng. Bot. t. 978. 

 French. . . Armoise ; A rmoise commune ; Herbe de la SainteJean. 

 Italian. .. Artemisia. 

 Spanish . . Artemisia ; Artemisa. 

 Portuguese Artemisia. 



German . . Beifusz ; Beyfuss ; Sant Johannis guertel. 

 Dutch.... Byvoet ; Sint Jans kruid ; Si nt Jans gordel. 

 Bohemian. Czernobyl. 



Description. — The root is about the thickness of the finger, 

 perennial, creeping, ligneous, and furnished with numerous 

 strong fibres. The stem is nearly herbaceous, erect, cylindrical, 

 channelled, branched, reddish, sometimes covered with whitish 

 pubescence, and rises to the height of three feet or more. The 

 leaves are alternate, pinnatifid, incised ; deep green above, 

 white and cottony beneath ; the upper much less divided, and 

 with nearly linear segments. The flowers are disposed in axil- 



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