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on which are many thick and tufted leaves ; it 
** bears a flower like that of parthenium, fmall and 
white ; in its middle it has a part yellow ;its head 
is fmall, in which is a fmall feed ; its tafte is bit- 
“ ter and ftyptic. Some forts of it have a leaf like 
“ the daucus, and a yellow flower. The inhabitants 
“ of Egypt call this kind of it Demflfah. It grows 
<c plentifully in the Eaft, and in Syria, Chorafan, and 
“ Irak. The two laft forts of it are lefs efteemed, 
“ and of lefs value.” 
Abfinthium <c fome phyficians call this Alfhich 
“ Alroumi” ( i. e. Abfinthium Ponticum, or Ro- 
manum). 
Look into the Canon of Avicenna, under the ar- 
ticle Abfinthium, you will And there feveral things 
concerning Mamithfa. Confider that article, thcre-t 
fore, very attentively.. 
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