1068 ARTEMISIA. | CLASS XIX. ORDER I. 
sometimes on both. Heads ovate, numerous on the top of the stem 
and branches, solitary, rarely two from the axis of the floral leaves, 
drooping, the scales ovate, smooth, green at the base, the margin 
pale, membranous. florets yellow, numerous, tubular. Receptacle 
small, naked. 
Habitat.—Dry sandy heaths; rare. Norfolk and Suffolk, especially 
about Thetford and Bury. 
Perennial; flowering in August. 
2. A. maritima, Linn. (Fig. 1264) Sea Wormwood. Flowering 
stems erect ; leaves white, with close down, bi- or tri-pinnatifid, with 
linear obtuse segments, the floral leaves undivided; involucre oblong, 
downy, of oblong linear membranous margined scales. 
English Botany, t. 1001.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 408.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p 300.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 149. 
B. gallica, Willd. Racemes and flowers erect, not drooping. 
A. gallica, Willd.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 409.—Lindley, Synop- 
sis, p. 149.—A. maritima.—English Botany, t. 1706.—. Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 300. 
Root woody, with many slender branched fibres, the whole plant 
hoary, with a fine coat of cottony down. Stems several, the barren 
ones cespitose, and recumbent, the flowering ones erect, woody, fur- 
rowed, much branched, and very leafy, about two feet high. Leaves 
bi- or tri-pinnatifid, the segments narrow, linear, obtuse, the lower 
ones with a long slender petiole, the upper ones sessile, the floral ones 
simple, linear, undivided. Heads cylindrical, oblong, in drooping or 
erect racemose clusters on the upper part of the stem and branches, 
the scales linear, cblong, downy, with a brown membranous margin. 
Florets tubular, five-cleft, of a tawny colour. Receptacle small, 
naked. 
Habitat.—On the sea shore about the mouths of rivers and salt 
marshes. 
Perennial; flowering in August. 
This is readily distinguished by its oblong downy heads and hoary 
leaves. It has a more agreeable aromatic odour, and less bitter to 
the taste than the common Wormwood. It is very common on the 
coast of the Mediterranean. 
3. A. Absin'thimum, Linn (Fig. 1265.) Common Wormwood. 
Stem erect, paniculated ; leaves bi- or tri-pinnatifid, clothed with silky 
down, the segments lanceolate, obtuse, the floral leaves undivided ; 
heads sub-globese, silky, drooping; involucre scales linear, obtuse, the 
margin membranous; receptacle hairy. 
English Botany, t. 1230.—English Flora, vol. iii. p 409.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 300.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 149. 
Root woody, branched, and fibrous, the whole plant clothed with 
close silky down. Stems several, bushy, about a foot high, leafy, 
