ThA BRITISH HERBAL 
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C. Bauhine calls it Ab/inthium pontictn tenuifo- 
lium incanum. 
All the kinds of wormwood are ftomachick, 
and good againft obf{truétions of the vifcera. The 
common kind is the ftrongeft, but infufferably 
naufeous. The /ea-wormwood is the kind moft 
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ufed , but the Roman wormwood is valtly preferable - 
to them all. This fea-wormwood is fold in the 
markets under the name of Roman wormwood, 
and is almoft univerfally ufed as fuch by the apo- 
thecaries: but the error is very great; and the 
other is fo common in gardens, and lives and en: 
creafes fo freely in them, thata fupply is eafy, 
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SOUTHERNWOOD.,. 
ABROTANUM 
"THE flower is compofed of numerous tubular flofcules, arranged in a difk, with a few fat ones at 
cales. 
the edge, ‘but has no rays; and it is placed in a roundifh cup, compofed of fhort, broad 
Linneus places this among the /genefic, with the reft of the corymbiferous and other campofite- 
flowered kinds. 
DIVISION f 
Wild Southernwood. 
Abrotanum campeftre. 
The root is long, thick, and hung with many 
fibres. 
The ftalks are fhrubby, upright, and very 
much branched: they are of a whitifh colour to- 
ward the bottom, and redith toward the top. 
DIVISION fT 
Garden Southernwood. 
Abvotanum bortenfe. 
The root is compofed of many thick fibres, 
connected to 2 {mall head. 
The ftalks are numerous, woody, and a yard 
high, brown at the bottom, greyith at the top, 
and thick fet with finely divided leaves, of a 
whitifh green. 
The flowers ftand in brown heads at the tops 
of the ftalks, 
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BRITISH 
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The leaves are oblong, and divided into nu- 
merous very narrow fegments; and their colour 
is a greyifh green. ; 
The flowers ftand in thick fpikes at the tops 
of the branches; and they are fmall and brown. 
It is frequent by road-fides in our fouthern 
counties, flowering in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Abrotanum campefires 
FOREIGN SPECIES, 
It is common in Spain and Italy wild, and 
with us every where in gardens, 
C. Bauhine calls it Mrotanum mas anguftifolium 
majus. 
It is a powerful diuretick, and is good in hy- 
fterick cafes. 
The beft way of ufing it is in conferve made 
of the frefh tops, beaten up with twice their 
weight of fugar, 
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MUGWORT. 
AR, DB Me So Lf 
apts flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, ranged in a common cup. Thefe are tubular in 
the centre ; and there are a few flat ones at the verge ; but the whole flower is naked, not ra- 
diated. The cup is of an oval form, {mall,: oblong, 
fhort, pointed fcales. 
and narrow at the top; and it is compofed of 
. Linnzus places this with the reft among the Syngencfia. 
Common Mugwort. 
Artemifia vulgaris. 
The root is compofed of numerous, thick 
fibres, connected toa {mall head. 
The ftalk is a yard high, firm, upright, and 
branched, purplith toward the bottom, and pale 
upwards. 
The leaves are very large ; and they are deeply 
divided into fegments, which are narrow and 
fharp-pointed : they are of a dufky green on the 
upper-fide, and white underneath. 
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The flowers ftand along the tops of the 
branches in fmall brown heads, with a tinge of 
purplifh. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers in 
Augut. 
C. Bauhine calls it Avtemifia vulgaris major. 
It is an excellent medicine in hyfterick com- 
plaints, and in all obftruétions of the vifcera. Ig 
is beft taken in infufion. 
GENUS 
