70 I. VEGETABLES.— CoRYMBiFERiE. 



*MuG WORT, Artemisia, A. vtilqaris. Tops active uterines 

 in decoction as a bath ; mixed with rice and sugar, are, by the 

 Chinese women, used as a pessary. 



Artemisia Sinensis ; — A. lanuginosa ; — Madras icorm-woody 

 A. Maderaspatana. Down of the leaves, moxa, formed into small 

 cones, is burned on the place affected in gout, rheumatism, dis- 

 eases of the joints, &c. 



*SouTHERN WOOD, Ahrotanum mas, Artemisia abrotanum. Tops 

 discussive, antiseptic, vermifuge, and tonic. 



Santonicum, Artemisia santonica ? — A* contra ? — A. Judaica ? 

 The seeds, worm seed, semen contra, s. cincB, used as a vermifuge, 

 in doses of gr. x. to 3ss. three or four times a day ; they are also 

 stomachic; tansey seeds are substituted for them. 



*WoRM-wooD, Absinthium vulgare^ Artemisia absinthium ; — 

 True Roman worm-icood, Abs. Romanum, Art. Pontica ; — Alpine 

 worm-wood, Art. rupestris ; — *Sea worm-wood. Common Roman 

 loorm-wood, Abs. maritimutn, Art. maritima. Stomachic, excites 

 the appetite, promotes digestion, antiseptic, and vermifuge ; made 

 into conserve, used to prevent dropsy. 



Tarragon, Dracuncidus hortensis, Artemisia dracunculus. 

 Excites the appetite and the menses, heating, carminative ; eaten 

 as a pot herb, and communicates a peculiar fine flavour to vinegar 

 and to mustard. 



*FiNE-LEAVED MUG-WORT, Artemisia, A. campestris. Herb 

 astringent, antiseptic, discutient. 



Santolina tinctoria. Affords a yellow dye. 



*CoTTON WEED, Gnaphalium, Athanasia maritima, Santonica 

 maritima ; — Lavander cotton, Abrotanum fosmina, ChamcBcy- 

 parissus, Santolina chamcecyparissus. Vermifuge, used to drive 

 away insects from wardrobes. 



*0x Eye camomile, Anthemis tinctoria. Flowers dye a good 

 yellow. 



*WiLD camomile, Anthemis arvensis ; — *Camomile, Cha- 

 mcemelum, A. nobilis. Flowers of the latter, anthemidis Jlores, 

 used in flatulent colic, and spasmodic affections, diuretic, laxative, 

 and diaphoretic ; they are equal to bark in curing intermittent 

 fevers, giving 5ss to 3j, in powder, several times during the inter- 

 mission, and avoiding their laxative effect, by joining an opiate 

 or an astringent ; used also externally in resolvent fomentations 

 and poultices. 



*Stinking camomile. Mayweed, Cotula, C. foetida, Anthemis 

 cotula. Used in hysteric fits ; and the juice in the king's evil. 



Pellitory of ^pm^, Pyrethrum, Anthemis pyrethlrum. Root, 

 pyrethri radix ^ imported from Turkey and Barbary, in bales ; 



