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below into a ring or hollow, which girds the top of the ovarium. Achenia 
oblong, subtetragonal, quite glabrous. (G. Don, : 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; small, linear, toothed, in 
Tows. Flowers capitate, bractless; yellow, rarely white. — Diminutive 
evergreen undershrubs, natives of the South of ‘Europe, and aromatic in 
all their parts; of easy culture, and propagation by cuttings, in any poor 
sandy soil, but of short duration. 
# I. S. Cuammoyparr’ssus L. The Dwarf Cypress Santolina, or common 
Lavender Cotton, 
Taint ealian, Lin. Sp., 1179.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 3. p.1797.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 
Syasnunes: Peie ets, Fr. ; Abrotano femmina, Ital. ; Cypressenkraut, Ger. 
Engravings. Lam. Ill., 671. t. 3.; and our jig. 1021. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches tomentose. 
Leaves hoary, toothed; the teeth ob- 
tuse, and in four rows. Each peduncle 
bearing a ‘single head of flowers, which 
has a downy involucre. (Willd.) A 
low evergreen bush. South of France, 
in poor dry soils. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 
Introduced in 1573. Flowers yellow; 
July. 
The lavender cotton was common in gar- 
dens in Gerard’s time, who says it is acrid, bitter, and aro- 
matic, and has much the same qualities as southernwood. It 
was formerly employed as a vermifuge, but is now disused. 
1021. S. Chamecypa- 
rissuse 
Other Species. — 8S. squarrdsa W., S. viridis W., and S. 
rosmarinifolia L. (our fig. 1022.), are in gardens, but they 
are better adapted for being treated as herbaceous plants 
than as shrubs. 
1022. S. rosmarinifdlia- 
Genus V. 
rN 
ARTEMI’SI/A Cass. Tue Artenrisia. Lin. Syst. Syngenésia Supérflua. 
Identification. Cassini, according to Lessing in his Synop. Gen. Compos., p. 264.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 
2, 
ed. 2., v. 5. p. 2. 7 : Jno 
Derpatig, Bion earl a cx giewrlive ana denopite suarectocinacn cet inoaveder thar ney 
be associated-with the latter etymology. 
Gen. Char., §c. Heads discoid, homogamous or heterogamous. Flowers of the 
ray in one series, usually female, 3-lobed. Style bifid, exserted. Flowers 
of the disk 5-toothed, hermaphrodite, or sterile or male from the abor- 
tion of the ovarium. Involucrum imbricate ; scales dry, with scabrous margins. 
Receptacle chafiless, flattish or convex, naked or hairy. Achenia obovate, 
naked, with a minute epigynous disk.—Herbs or undershrubs. The spe- 
cies are nearly all dispersed through the northern hemisphere. Leaves 
alternate, variously lobed. Heads disposed in spikes or racemes, and the 
spikes or racemes usually disposed in panicles. Corollas yellow or purple. 
Plants more or less bitter or aromatic. (G. Don.) . . 
Leaves simple (apparently compound), alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; 
deeply cut and divided. Flowers terminal. — Woody or suffrutescent ever- 
green plants, natives of Europe and Asia ; all of them highly fragrant and 
aromatic, and of the easiest culture in any dry soil, 
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