154 COMPOSITE. [Artemisia, 



ARTEMISIA (Linn.) 

 1. X -A-- Absinthum (Linn.) — Worm-wood. 

 Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 l4at. 51°-56°. From South to North of Ireland. A doubt- 

 ful native. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Waste places and way-sides, usually near cottages and 

 ruins, and certainly introduced in most of its localities ; not 

 unfrequent. Fl. July, 'August. 



Possibly native on the south and west coasts ; but even 

 when found in apparently wild situations it has probably 

 sprung from seeds carried from gardens ; it soon becomes 

 naturalized on a calcareous soil, and on the coast, 



2. A. vulgaris (Linn.) — Mugwort. 

 Districts 12345 6789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°- Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Hedges and borders of fields, &c. ; frequent. Fl. July, 

 September. 



Perhaps introduced in some of its localities. 



3. A. maritima (Linn.) — Sea Worm-v>ood. 

 District ____5------- 



Lat. 53°-54:°- East coasts of Ireland ; county of Dublin only. 

 Type in Great Britain, English.. 



Rocky sea shores ; very rare. 



5. On Killiney Hill, south side ; D. M. Rocks beyond 

 the Martello tower, on the south-west side of Howth ; Ir. 

 Flor. On the Sutton side of Howth, and sea-shore opposite 

 Portrane, abundant ; Flor. Hib. 



Some mistake was probably made by Dr. Smith in describing 

 A. maritima as abundant on the coast of Cork ; no other 

 botanist has found it. 



[A. campestris (Linn.) is recorded by Mr. W. Millen as 

 having been found at the railway terminus in York street, 

 Belfast,, where the plant was no doubt introduced. — " Ph/- 

 tologist." (0. S.) V. p. 187.] 



