The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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C. Bauhine calls it Jbfmthium fotilicum teuuifo- 
hum incamm. 
All the kinds of -wormweod are (lomacliick, 
and good againft obftruaions of the vifcera. The 
common kind is the ftrongeft, but infufterably 
naufcous. The fea-nlonnwood is the kind moll 
ufed , but the Roraan wormwood is vaftly preferable 
to them all. This fea-wormwood is fold in the 
markets under the name of Roman zvormwoodi 
and is almoft univerfally ufed as fuch by the apo- 
thecaries : but the error is very great ; and the 
other is fo common in gardens, and lives and en' 
creafes fo freely in them, that a fupply is eafy. 
GENUS xn. 
.SOUTHERNWOOD. 
J B R 0 t .-1 N U M. 
ibular flofcules, arranged in a dilk, with a few flat ones a£ 
broad 
thz fyngeliifi a, with the reft of the corymbiferous and other campofite^ 
THE flower is compofed of numerous tub-.-. . ^ . , . „ , j 
the edge, but has no rays ; and it is placed in a roundift cup, compoled of fhort, broad 
fcalcs. 
Linns:us places this among 
flowered kinds. 
DIVISION 1/ BRITISH SPECIES. 
Wild Southernwood. 
Abrotanum campcjlre. 
T"he root is long, thick, and hung with many 
fibres. 
The fl:alks are flirubby, upright, and very 
much branched : they are of a whitifli colour to- 
ward the bottom, and rcdifli toward the top. 
The leaves are oblong, and divided into nu- 
merous very narrow fegments ; and their colour 
is a greyifh green. 
The flowers ftand in thick fpikes at the tops 
of the branches i and they are linall and brown. 
It is frequent by road-fides in our fouchern 
counties, flowering in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Abrotanum catnpejlrc. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Garden Southernwood. 
Abrotanum hortcnfe. 
The root is compofed of many thick fibres, 
conncdcd to a fmall head. 
The [talks are numerous, woody, and a yard 
hi^h, brown at the bottom, greyilh at the top, 
and thick fet with finely divided leaves, of a 
tvhitifli green. 
The flowers Hand in brown heads at the tops 
of the ftalks. 
It is common in Spain and Italy wild, and 
with us every where in gardens. 
C. Bauhine calls it Abrotanum mas angujlifc'.lmn 
nmjus. 
It is a powerful diuretick, and is good in hy- 
fl:erick cafes. 
The befl; way of ufing it is in conferve made 
of the frcflr tops, beaten up with twice their 
weight of fugar. 
GENUS XIIL 
M U G W O R T. 
ARTEMISIA. 
THE flower is compofed of numerous Rofcules, ranged in a common cup. Thefe are tubular in 
the centre ; and there are a few flat ones at the verge ; but the whole flower is naked, not ra-' 
diated. The cup is of an oval form, fmall, oblong, and narrow at the top 5 and it is compofed of 
fhort, pointed fcales. 
Linnxus places this with the refl: among the fyngcnsfia> 
Common Mugwort. 
Artemifia vulgaris. 
The root is compofed of numerous, tluck 
fibres, conne(51:ed to a fmall head. 
The flialk is a yard high, firm, upright, and 
branched, purpHQi toward the bottom, and pale 
upwards. 
The leaves are very large ; and they are deeply 
divided into fegments, which are narrow and 
fharp-pointed : they are of a dufl^y green on the 
upper-fide, and white underneath. 
The flowers fland along the tops of the 
branches in Imall brown heads, with a tinge u[ 
purplifh. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers in 
Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Artemifia vulgaris major. 
It is an excellent medicine in hyflerick com- 
plaints, and in all obftrudlions of the vifcera. Ic 
is beft taken in infufion. 
GENUS 
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