Order I. 
SYNGENESIA iEQUALIS. 
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11659 Pedunc. corymbose. Leaves oblong blunt crenated densely woolly 
11660 The only species 
11661 Leaves ovate villous, Heads terminal subsessile 
11662 Leaves obov. lane, blunt villous. Umbels terminal. Branches villous 
11663 Corymbs simple contracted. Leaves pinnatifid toothed 
11664 Corymbs compound, Leaves recurved : lower linear toothed j upper ovate serrate 
11665 Leaves cuneiform cut-trifid, Flowers in umbels 
11666 Leaves cuneiform : lower pinnatifid cut : upper 3 or S-toothed, Flowers in utnbels 
11667 Leaves linear tomentose, Panicle compound 
11668 Leaves linear filiform smooth, Flowers panicled 
11669 Leaves trifid with linear smooth segments, Flowers somewhat in umbels 
11670 Leaves pinnated : pinna linear smouth, Panicle decompound 
11671 Leaves pinnated : pinnae linear smooth. Panicle compound 
11672 Stem herbaceous branched at base. Branches 1-fl. Leaves sessile lane, serrated 
11673 Leaves obovate serrated sessile clustered. Flowers subcorymbose 
11674 Leaves ellipt. toothed : lower stalked ; ui)per sessile auricled at base, Flowers corymbose 
11675 Radical leaves bipinnate: cauline many pinnated downy; pinnse linear acute mucronate 
11676 Corymbs simple, Leaves deltoid serrated at end 
SUPERFLUA. 
11677 Leaves lanceolate channelled. Raceme terminal fastigiate 
11678 Leaves pinnated : pinnae linear toothed pubescent, Corymb fastigiate leafy at base 
11679 Leaves pinnated silky with down, Pinnae lane, somewhat toothed at end. Corymb terminal 
11680 Leaves bipinnatifid inciso-serrate 
11681 Leaves pinnatifid : segm. lanceolate serrated, Corymb contracted, Invol. angular 
11682 Leaves obovate blunt lobed small. Flowers panicled stalked 
1 1683 Leaves hoary : lower pinnated with palmate pinnae ; upper palmate sessile. Heads panicled simple 
11684 Cauline leaves pinnated smooth ish : floral undivided linear. Panicle virgate. Heads glob, stalked nodding 
11685 Stem upright. Lower leaves bipinnate : upper pinnated capillary, Invol. downy hemispherical 
11686 Caul. Ivs. pinnat. very smooth : floral undivided setaceous. Involucres downy. Heads glob, stalk, nodding 
11687 Stem upright, Leaves bipinnate capillary : floral simple, Invol. oblong 
11688 Leaves tripinnatifid silky cinereous. Leaflets linear. Heads globose, Flowers branched simple 
11689 Leaves bipinnatifid silky white, Leaflets lane, linear, Heads globose, Flowers branched virgate 
11690 Stem quite simple. Leaves all palmate multifid white. Heads terminal clustered 
11691 Stem quite simple. Leaves all palmate multifid white, Lower heads stalked : upper sessile 
11692 Stem branched spreading. Leaves all bipinnate capillary, Invol. smooth hemispherical 
11693 Stem quite simple, Leaves all palmate multifid silky acute 
11694 Leaves hoary : lower cuneiform obtuse 3-lobed; upper linear blunt, Flowers globose stalked cernuous 
11695 Stem quite simple. Leaves hoary : radical palmate multifid ; caul, pinnatifid ; upper linear entire blunt 
11696 Stem quite simple. Leaves pectinate pinnatifid glabrous. Pinnae linear filiform, Pedunc. 1-fl. axillary 
11697 Stem quite simple, Lvs. bipinnatifid subpub. beneath : segm. lin. lane. acum. entire. Raceme naked term. 
11698 Cauline leaves pinnated linear smooth. Branches undivided. Spikes 1-sided reflexed 
11699 Cauline leaves uinnated setaceous smooth : radic. pinnated multifid silky. Stem erect. Branches divide'! 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
1730. Tanaceium. An alteration of Athanasia, which see. Tanaisie, Fr., Tansy, Eng., Reinfahren, Ger. 
The common Tansy has a strong aromatic smell, and an extremely bitter taste. It is stimulant and carmina- 
tive ; and its seeds are reckoned anthelmintic and sudorific. It is said to drive bugs away from a bed in which 
It is laid. A distilled water and a kind of stomachic bitter are prepared from it. 'l"he young leaves are 
shredded down and employed to give color and flavor to puddings ; they are also used in omelets and cakes, 
and those of the curled variety for garnishing. 
1721. Artemisia. Artemis was one of the names of Diana, the goddess of chastity. The plant is said to have 
been named after this goddess, on account of the purposes to which it was applied in bringing on precocious 
puberty. Pliny, however, informs us, that in his time, there was an opinion that the plant was named after 
Artemisia, the Queen of Mausolus, King of Caria. 
A. Abrotanum, Santonica, maritima, and Absinthium, are included in the Materia Medica, but, according to 
Dr. Thomson, the latter species is the only one deserving to be retained. It is tonic, antispasmodic, and anthel- 
mintic ; and when externally applied, is discutlent and antiseptic. It has been used with advantage in inter- 
