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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
cop of the ftalks ; and they arc fmall and yel- 
low. 
It is common in hilly places in our northern 
couniies» whence it has been brought into gar- 
dens. Ic flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tanncemm "vu/^are lu ■ 
team. 
It is diuretick and carmindtive.- but is more 
ufed in food than medicine. 
GENUS XI. 
WORMWOOD. 
ABSINTHIUM. 
'npHE flowers are compofed of numerous flofcules, of two kinds, arranged in a common cup. 
Thofe in the centre are tubular, and thofe on the verge arc flat, but naked. The cup is 
roundifli ; and is formed of numerous, rounded, convergent Icales. The feeds arc Tmall and fliort. 
Linnaeus places this among the [yngenefm. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
I, Common Wormwood. 
Ahfinthmm 'vnlgare. 
The root is long, and hung with many fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, whitifli, a yard high, 
very much branched, and full of leaves : thefd 
are alfo of a whitifli green, efpecially on the un- 
derTide; and they are large, divided deeply in 
the pinnated manner into broad iegments, and 
thofe again deeply divided. 
The fiowers ftand in long feries on the tops of 
the branches, and are of a pale brown. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ahfintbium ponlkum. Others, 
Ahjmthium vulgare. 
2, Sea-Wormwood. 
AbfiiJthiiim maritimum atbum. 
The root is compofed of many fibres, con- 
nected to a fiiiall head. 
The ftalks are two feet high, divided into nu- 
merous branches, and of a whitifii colour. 
The leaves are divided into many fmall feg- 
ments ; and they are of a white colour, and 
lough fubftance. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and 
are fmall and brown. 
It is common in our falt-marflies, and flowers 
in Augull. 
C. Biiuhine [calls it Ahfinthium Jeriphium Bel- 
gkitm. 
3. Sweet Sea- Wormwood, 
Abfinthium maritimum cdcris grati. 
The root is compofed of long, white fibres, 
joined to a fmaU head. 
The ftalk is a foot high, white, irregularly 
uprighr, and divided into numerous branches, 
The leaves are oblong, and divided into a 
few broad fegments ; and they are white and 
woolly. 
The flowers are fmall and browniOi ; and they 
ftand upright at the tops of the branches. 
It is found in our fouthern coafts, and fiowers 
in July. 
Ray calls it Abfinthium marUimum odoris grati. 
The common fea-wormwood has Sometimes 
broader fegments in the leaves, and has in this 
ftate of accidental variation been dclcribed by 
fome as a diftindt fljecies, under the name oiAb- 
ftnthium maritimum htiore folio. 
4. Spiked Sea-Wormwood. 
Ahfjithium maritimum fpicatum. 
Tlie root is long, fl^nder, and hiing with a few 
fibres. 
The fialk is two feet high, upright, not much 
branched, and of a whitifli colour. 
The leaves are very beautifully divided into 
long, narrow fegments ; and they are of a greyifli 
colour. 
The flowers are difpofed in fmall brown heads, 
which form a kind of fpikes all along the tops of 
the branches. 
We have it on the coaft of Eflcx. It fiowers 
in July. 
J. Bauhine calls \l Abfinthium ferlfhium tenuifo- 
lium marinum Narbonenfe. Barreliere, Abfinthium 
cinereum. 
This fometimes has the fegments broader, and 
the leaves whiter ; in which ftate it is by feme 
defcribed alfo as a diftind fpecies. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Roman Wormwood. 
Abfinthiimi Romanitm. 
The root is fibrous and creeping. 
The ftalks are numerous, woody, brown, and 
tv^o feet high. . 
The leaves are fet very thick upon them 5 and 
they are divided into numerousj fiender fegments. 
Their colour is a greyifh green-, and they have 
an agreeable fmell, and aromatick taftc, with 
fome bitternefs. 
The fiowers grow toward the tops of the 
branches in little round brown heads. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers in July. , 
C. Bauhbe 
