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POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 

 TANACETUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 848. 

 Tanacetum foliis bipinnatis serratis. Syst. Nat. 

 TANSEY. Blossoms yellow. Pastures. August. 

 The leaves are frequently used to give a colour and flavour to 

 pudding. Fresh meat may be preserved from the attacks of the 

 flesh-fly, by rubbing it with this plant. It is considered as a 

 warm deobstruent bitter. The Finlanders are said to obtain a 

 green dye from it. 



ARTEMISIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 849. 



Artemisia foliis compositis multifidis, floribus subglobosis pendu- 

 lis : receptaculo villoso. Syst. Nat. 



WORMWOOD. Blossoms brownish white. Road sides, and 

 amongst rubbish. July — August. 



The leaves and flowers are well known to be bitter, and to 

 resist putrefaction. They are made a principle ingredient in an- 

 tisceptic fomentations. The roots are warm and aromatic. The 

 plant affords a considerable quantity of essential oil, by distilla- 

 tion, which is used both internally and externally to destroy 

 worms. Fomentations, or cataplasms of the leaves are some- 

 times applied to the bellies of children in obstinate worm cases. 

 An infusion of the leaves is said to be a good stomachic, and 

 with the addition of fixed alkaline salt, a powerful diuretic in 

 dropsical cases. Linnisus has mentioned two cases, wherein 

 an essence, prepared from this plant, and taken for a considera- 

 ble time, prevented the formation of stones in the kidneys 

 and bladder — the patients forbearing the use of wine and acids. 

 If women, that suckle, take an infusion of this plant, it makes 

 their milk bitter. The leaves put into sour beer, soon destroy 

 the acescency. 



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