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Tbeatrum Botanicum, 
Chap. 33. 
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Lillies into a cake, and apply it warme to the belly, is an approved remedy for women in childbed, thatfeeleany 
painesofthe mother, after their delivery. The fumes ofthe decoftion thereof alfo taken underneath, by fitting o- 
verit helperh to bring downe the courfes, and to expell the dead child. Itis much ufed to be laid into Wardrobes 
or Prefles.notonely to kill or drive away the mothes.butfor the fweet feent to perlume the garments. 
Chap. XXXIII. 
Artemifia. Mugwort. 
KSJSOS Here ate three or foure forts of Mug wort to be here declared, befides allranger lately come from^Ir- 
e ,although PU«j and others doe reckon but two forts, one with broader, and another with fmal- 
^ ler leaves. 
1 . Artcm fa vulgaris . 
Common Mu^woic. 
1. Artemifia vulgaris. Common Mugwort. 
The common Mugwort hath divers leaves lying upon the 
ground, very much divided or cut in deepely about the brims, 
fomewhat like unto wormewood, but much larger, of a fad or 
darke greenc colour on the upperfide, and very hoary white 
underneath: the (talkcs (doe grow in fometobe purplifh.and 
then the flowers are deeper coloured) rife to bee foure or five 
high, whereon grow fuch like leaves as thofe below, but 
fomewhat fmaller, branching forth very much towards the 
toppe, whereon a>-e fet, very (mall pale yellowifh flowers like 
which fall away, and after them come fmallfeed, in- 
clofed in fmall round heads ; the roote is long and hard, with 
many fmallfibres growing from it, whereby it taketh ftrong 
hold in the ground,but both flalke and leafe doe die quite down 
every yeare, and the roote fhooteth anew in the Spring: the 
whole plant is of a refonable good feent, and is more eafily pro¬ 
pagated by the flips, then by the feed. 
2. Artemifia minor. Small Mugwort. 
This fmall Mugwort is fomewhat like unto the former, ha¬ 
ving fuch like leaves, divided or cut in on both fidcs, greene a- 
, and whitifh underneath, but much fmaller than they: 
the flalke likewife (for oftentimes it hath but one) rifeth not 
fo high, nor is fo great, but bearing the like flowers, yet paler : 
the feent whereof is alfo a like. 
3 Artemifia tenuifolia morn ana. Fine Vountaine Mugwort. 
The Mountaine Mugwort, is alfo not much unlike the for¬ 
mer, having divers fquare brownifh branches, not above a foot 
andahalfehigh, whereon doe grow luch like leaves almoft, 
but longer, narrower, and much more crumpled, or finely jag¬ 
ged on the edges • the flowers are pale and fmall like the 
former : the roote is long and blacke , fpreading in the 
ground. 
4.' Artemifia ToljJpermos. Fruitfull Mugwort. 
This kinde of Mugwort rifeth up ufuall but with one ftalke, dividing it felfe from the bottome thereof into ma¬ 
ny branches, whereon are fet fomewhat fparfcdly, fomewhat longer and larger leaves than the fmall Mugwort, but 
more finely cut in on the edges,unto the middle ribbe,and ending in a longer point; the toppes of the branches, arc 
more plentifully ftored with flowers than the other forts, which turne into fmall feed, bearing abundantly. 
5. Artemifia Virginiana, Virginian Mugwort. 
This Virginian being fo lately come to our knowledge, that we can fcarce give a perfeft defeription thereof un¬ 
to you rifeth up, fomewhat higher and larger fpread, with much divided leaves like the firft but greater, the flow¬ 
ers hath not beene yet thorowly obferve?', 
The T/ace. 
The firflgroweth plentifully in many places of this Land, as well as in others, by the way fides, as alfo by fmall 
water courles, and in divers other places. The fecond likewife is found in fome of thofe places, but farre leffe fre¬ 
quent. The other three are ftrangers,and nurfed up with us onely in gardens. 
The Time . 
They all flower and feed in the end of Summer. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke < 2 ctsv.iV/*, and Artemifia in Latine alfo, and recorded by Pl'mj, thatittooke the name of 
'Artemifia, from Artemifia the wife of Maufolw, King of Carla ; when as formerly it was called Part hems, ejuafi 
Virginals Maidenwort, and as Apuleitu faith, was alfo called Parthemum : but others thinke ittookethe name 
from annuls, who is called Diana, becaufc it is chiefly applyed to womens difeafes. The firft is generally called of 
all W riters Artemifia & vulgaris , becaufc it is the moll common in all Countries. Some call it alio Mater herba - 
rum. 
