s ,„c.o,n, E -B] SYKGENESIA 491 



. y, ribe 7# Artemisiejb. Heads never dioicous, the marginal florets In on# 

 several series, pistillate, bearing tubular or sometimes obsoletely ligulaie co- 

 rollas Pappus 0, or crown-form, or consisting of very short pale®, or hairs. 

 Anthers ecaudate. 



392. ARTEMISIA. L. JVutt. Gen. 653. 

 [Said to be named from Artemis; the Diana of the Greeks.] 



Heads small, numerous, often heterogamous, with the florets of the 

 lisk perfect,— those of the circumference in a single series, pistillate, 

 not ligulate! Involucre subglobose, the leaflets closely imbricated, 

 dry scarious on the margin. Akenes obovoid, bald, with a minute 

 epigynous disk. Receptacle naked, or pilose. 



1 A. Abrotaxux, L. Stem terete, rigid, subsimple ; leaves bipin- 

 natifid segments of the upper ones capillaceous ; heads roundish- 

 [void; receptacle naked. Willd. Sp. 3. p. 1818, 

 Vulgo — Southern-wood. Old Man. 

 Gallic^ Aurone. Gcrmanicc — Die Stabicurtz. Hisp. — Jibrotann. 



Root perennial. Stems 2 to 3 feet high, subsimple, numerous from the root, suf- 

 fruticose, upright, striate-sulcate, minutely puberulent, leafy. Leaves alternate* 

 pe tiolate, puberulent, bipinnately dissected, the segments linear, capillaceous. 

 Heads offiotcers subglobose, small, numerous, in axillary racemes, forming a long 

 slender terminal leafy racemose panicle ; involucre pubescent, the leaflets elliptic- 

 oblon ", obtuse, closely imbricated, connivent, with green keel and scarious margins ; 

 florets inconspicuous. Akenes obovoid, smooth, bald. Receptacle small, naked. 

 Hab. Gardens: frequent. Fl. August. Ft. Sept— October. 



Obs. Generally kept in gardens, as a medicinal plant,~being somewhat bitter 

 and aromatic. 



t. A. Absinthium, L. Stem angular-sulcate, paniculate at sum- 

 mit ; leaves bipinnatifid, silky-pubescent and hoary, the segment* 

 elliptic-oblong * heads hemispherical, nodding; receptacle pilose. 

 Willd. Sp. 3. p. 1844. 

 Vulgo — Worm-wood. 



Gallice — VJlbsinthe. Germanice — Tier Wermuth. Hisp— Axenjo. 

 Plant hoary with a short silky and rather dense pubescence. Root perennial. 

 Stems 2 to 4 feet high, numerous from the root, angular, and striate-sulcate, panie- 

 \dately branching at summit. Leaves alternate* petiolate, multtfid, irregularly 

 bipinnatifid, the principal segments often trifid, cuneate at base, the subdivision* 

 elliptic-oolong, obtuse, entire. Heads of flowers hemispherical, rather larger than 

 the preceding, numerous, in leafy paniculate racemes ; bracts or floral leave* 

 mostly undivided ; involucre pubescent, the outer leaflets linear-oblong, the inner 

 ones roundish or elliptioobovate, scarious on the margin ; florets yellowish. Ak- 

 enes obconic-oblong, smooth, bald. Receptacle very hairy* 



Hab. Gardens: common. Fl. August. Ft. Sept— October. 



Obs. This plant, proverbial for its bitterness, is kept in almost every garden ; 

 end is valuable for its medical properties, as a tonic, vermifuge, $c. The A. vul- 

 garis, or common Mugwort,— with pinnatifid leave*, green above, and whitish. 

 tomentose beneath,— is occasionally to be found about old gardens ; but can hardly, 

 m strictness, be considered either as naturalized, or cultivated for any useful pwr 



