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ARTEMISIA MARir IMA.— (British.) 



SEA WORMWOOD — GARDEN CYPRESS. 



Compostta. — Erect. — Leaves downy, bipinnatifid, with 

 linear segments. — Flowers in drooping racemes. — Sea-shore, 

 \\ii. Perenn. — Sept. — Yellowish. 



ARTEMISIA ABSINTHUM.— (BnVisA). 



ABSINTH— COMMON WORMWOOD— OLD WOMAN. 



Comfiosiia. — Leaves bipinnatifid with lanceolate seg- 

 ments, downy. — Waste places ; ift. ; perenn ; Aug. ; dingy 

 yellow. 



Toxic />•;•««>>/?.— ABSINTHIC ACID. 



