190 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
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Stems 2-4 fe Leaves 20r.3 
erica A — — interruptedly pseudo-pinna’ nate—the at. A poste unequally 
il ard ne essed-hemispherical ; involucre smoothish,—the outer scales 
neta Po nate—the inner ones oblong, obtuse ; Kate. deep yellow, early fat. and 
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Obs. This was originally in introduced ne a ee and generally 
cultivated for its aromatic bitter properties—which have rendered it a 
prominent article in the popular ea Medica. It he now escaped 
from the gardens, and is becoming naturalized—and something of a 
weed—in many places. 
19. ARTEMI’SIA, DL. Wormwoopn. 
[Said to be so called from Artemis,—one of the names of Diana.] 
Heads discoid, few- or many-flowered, the marginal florets erent ina 
single series, and 3-lobed—or sometimes the heads are with the florets 
all pak aan Scales of the involucre imbricated, mostly dry, with scari- 
ous margins. Receptacle flattish or convex, n naked or villous. — 
obovoid, with a small epigynous disk, destitute of pappus. 
or fruticose—mostly perennial plants. Leaves alternate, usually iarer? 
ifid. Heads small, racemose, or paniculately spicate 
branching ical lea: pex, 
piisdentate or entire ; head esac obose, racemose-pani niculate. 
Lirtte Dragon Artemisia. Tarragon. 
Fr. Estragon. Germ. Esdragon. Span. Estragon. 
Root perennial. Stem 2-3 feet high. Leaves 1-2 or 3 a mostly entire sessile, 
narrowed at each end, those on the branches smaller. 9 Florets yellowish. 
* Gardens : cultivated. Native of Russia and Siberia. a ines Fr. September. 
Obs. This species is sometimes cultivated in the kitchen gardens 
the curious, for the sake of its aromatic herbage. It is said to impart 
a to vinegar by steeping a bunch of the green herb in that. 
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*%* Receptacle hairy ; ; the florets all fertile. 
ABSIN’THIUM, -canescent ; stem suffruticose, angular- 
suleate, paniculate ly bran above ; leaves biphinatifid, d,_-the i 
ments la neeolate, often incised ; heads hemispherical, racemose-panicu- 
late, n ig. 
¥ orm-wood. 
Fr. Li Absinthe. Germ. Der Wermuth. Span. ‘Axenjo. 
Plant hoary with a short and rather d iky pubescence Qe 
oe ciostoret oF num aie ajtide feted chet G00 LT raed ri dor inches iio : 
marty biphanetiadiesthe: brliios! eats nts often trifid and cuneate at s 
