468 SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



narrowefl, the interior ones oval : the receptacle 

 has white downy hairs, and contains fifty florets 

 or more, of which thofe in the rim are female. 

 It has a flrong aromatic fmell and very bitter tafle, 

 and is highly commended for its medicinal vir- 

 tues. It ilrengthens the ftomach, removes ob- 

 flrudlions of the liver and fpleen, creates an ap- 

 petite and deftroys worms. Haller affirms, from 

 his own experience, that from a long ufe of it he 

 has kept off the gout. The forms in which it 

 is nfed are either in a fpirit, in juice, an oil, an ex- 

 tract, or a fait. The fixed fait is purely alcaline, 

 and vv^ell-known as a famous febrifuge and fto- 

 machic. 

 In fome parts of Efigland the plant is ufed inftead 



of hops to brew ale with. 

 The fait of it, or indeed any other alkali put into 



four beer, inftantly cures its acidity 

 Sheep by eating it have their flefli rendered bitter, 

 and cows their milk, but horfes are fiiid to have 

 been killed by it. 



Scopcli affirms, that the fmell of it will drive away 

 ants. 



vuhciris 3. ARTEMISIA foliis pinnatifidis, planis, incifis, 

 fubtus tomentofis ; racemis fimplicibus recurva- 

 tis -, fioribus ovatis ; radio quinquefloro. Sp, pL 

 II 88. (Ger. em. 1103./. i. Moris, hijl. f. 6. t. 1, 

 /. 1. medii ordinis ad de>:tram^ Blackwell /. 431) 

 Mugwort. AngUs, 



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