L- i B. z. 
Of the Hiftroy of Plants. 
Chap. 450. Of Sea JVormewmd, 
TheDcfcription. 
1 t-pHe white or common Sea Wormwood hath many leaues cut and diuided into infinite 
A fine iags, like thofe of SothernwoodjOfa white hoaric colour and llrong fmell, but not 
vnpleafant : among which rife vp tough hoarie ftalksfet with the like leaues, on the topwherofdo 
grow final yellowiih floures : the root is tough, and creepeth far abroad, by means whereof it great- 
ly increafeth. 
I Abfmthiummarimim album . 
VVhite Sea Wormwood. 
j* a mutendi m ti 
Cm 
2 The broad leafed Sea Wormwood hath very many foft leaues,growing clofe by the ground, 
of a darke fwart colour, nothing fo finely cut or iagged as the other of his kinde : the floures grow 
vpon the tops of the ftalks,ofa yellowifh colour : the root is tough and creeping, t This hath ma- 
ny weake {lender branches commonly two fooflongat their fill growth, red of colour, and creeping 
vpon the ground : the leaues are fmall, narrow, long and iagged, or parted towards their ends into 
fundry parcels : th y are greene aboue,and grayifh vnderneath : the toppes of the branches are fee 
with many little ftalkes, feme inch long : which vpon fhort foot-ftalkes commingoutof.the bo- 
fomes of little Iongiih narrow leaues carry fmall round knops,like as in other plants ofthis kind : 
thetafteis alittlebitterifh,andthefmellnotvnpIeafant : thisgrowes with M 1 . Parbin/imand o- 
thers,and(as I remember) it was firftfentouer from the Ifleof Rees by M‘. lohn Tradejcant. Libel 
in his Ob feruatioris mentions it by the name of Abfintb.Ponticum fipinum Berbarionm • and Tabcrn- 
fets it forth by ihe title of Abfmhiumrepens.% 
«J -The Place. 
Thfe V Votmwoods do grow vpon the raifed grounds in the fait marfhes neerevnto the fea, in 
moftplaces of England-vvhich being brought into gardens doth there flourifhas in his naturall 
place, and retained) his fmell, tafle, and naturall qualitie, as hathbeene often proued. $ Ihauenot 
7 z 1 1 2 heard 
