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The BRA Tf US Hi BIR! BoAt L, 
top'of the ftalks; and they are fmall and yel- 
low. 
It is common in hilly places in our northern 
counties, whence it has been brought into gar- 
dens. It flowers in July. 
Gert 
basis WS need ty 
C. Bauhine calls it. Zanacerum vulgare lu- 
teum. 
It is diuretick, and carminative, but is more 
ufed in food than medicine. 
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WORMWOOD. 
PA Bo ge Ds 
Not YI aM, 
PPHE flowers are compoted of numerous flofcules, of two kinds, arranged in a common cup, 
Thofe in the centre are tubular, and thofe on the verge are flat, but naked. The cup is 
roundith; and is formed of numerous, rounded, convergent fcales, The feeds are fmall and fhort. 
Linnzus places this among the /yngene/ia. 
DIVISION | 
~ 4. Common Wormwood. 
Abfinthium vulgare. 
The root is long, and hung with many fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, whitifh, a yard high, 
very much branched, and full of leaves: thefe 
are alfo of a whitifh green, efpecially on the un- 
“der-fide; and they are large, divided deeply in 
the pinnated manner into broad fegments, and 
thofe again deeply divided. 
The flowers ftand in long feries on the tops of 
the branches, and are of a pale brown. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers in June, 
C. Bauhine calls it A2/finthium ponticum. Others, 
‘Abfinthium vulgare. 4 
2. Sea-Wortnwood. 
Abjinthium maritimum album. 
The root is compofed of many fibres, con- 
nected to a {mall head. 
The ftalks are two feet high, divided into nu- 
merous branches, and of a whitith colour. 
The leaves are divided into many fimall feg- 
ments ; and they are of a white colour, and 
. tough fubftance. ; 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and 
-are {mall and brown. 
It is common in our falt-marfhes, and flowers 
in Augutft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ab/nthium Jeriphium Bel- 
gicum. 
3. Sweet Sea-Wormwood. 
Abjfinthium maritimum odoris grati. 
The root is compofed of long, white fibres, 
joined to a fmall head. 
DIVISION I. 
Roman Wormwood. 
Abjinthium Romanum. 
The root is fibrous and creeping. 
. The ftalks are numerous, woody, brown, and 
two feet high, 
The leaves are fet very thick upon them; and 
they are divided into numerous, flender fegments. 
BRA TIS. SP-C LES. 
The ftalk is a foot thigh, white, irregularly 
upright, and divided into numerous branches. 
The leaves are oblong, and divided into a 
few broad fegments; and they are white and 
woolly. 
The flowers are {mall and brownith ; and they 
ftand upright at the tops of the branches. 
It is found in.our fouthern coafts, and flowers 
in July. f 
Ray calls it Abfnthium maritimum odoris grati. 
The common fea-wormwood has fometimes 
broader fegments in the leaves, and has in this 
ftate of accidental variation been defcribed by 
fome as a diftinét fpecies, under the name of 4J- 
Sinthium maritimum latiore folio, 
4. Spiked Sea- Wormwood. 
Abfinthium maritinun fpicatum. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with a few 
fibres, : 
. The ftalk is two feet high, upright, not much 
branched, and of a whitith colour. 
The leaves are very beautifully divided into 
long, narrow fegments ; and they are of a greyifi 
colour. 
The flowers are difpofed in {mall brown heads, 
which form a kind of {pikes all along the tops of 
the branches. : 
We have it on the coaft of Effex. It flowers 
in July. 
J. Bauhine calls i¢ Abfnthium feriphium tenuifo- 
lium marinum Narbonenfe. Barreliere, Ab/inthium 
cinereum, 
This fometimes has the fegments broader, and 
the leaves whiter; in which fate it is by fome 
defcribed alfo as a diftinét fpecies. 
BO Rok. F Gin 338. PeB Cue: 8, 
Their colour is a greyifh green; and they have 
an agreeable fmell, and aromatick tafte, with 
fome bitternefs. 
The flowers grow toward the tops of the 
branches in little round brown heads. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, — 
and flowers in July. 
C, Bauhine 
