ARTEMISIA. 
IIfed in medicine, in the eafiern countries ; and are repu¬ 
ted to be tonic, fiomachic, and anthelmintic. 
4. A ft cm ilia ./Etbiopica : leaves palmate, linear, very 
minute; flowers racemed, pednncied. This is a (hrnbby 
plant, a foot high, branching, white, and very oblcurely 
tomentofe. Native of the Cape of Good Hope and of Spain. 
5„ Arternifiacontra: leaves palmate, linear, minute, pani- 
cled racemed, flowers feflile. Found by Lerche, in Perfia. 
6. Arternifia abrotanum, or fouthernwood: leaves feta- 
Ceous, very branching. There are two varieties, namely, 
the common fouthernwood, and the dwarf fouthernwood. 
The common fouthernwood is ait under-fhmb, feldom ri- 
fing more than three or four feet high. Columna how¬ 
ever mentions, that it fometimes grows in gardens, with a 
fiodt fir ait deni, almofl to the height of a man. In moun¬ 
tainous fit'uations, on the contrary, it is low and (lender, 
tvith the Items lying on the ground, and only from a foot 
to two feet in length. It is a native of Italy, Spain, the 
Couth of France, Silefia, and Carniola, in Europe ; of Si¬ 
beria, Syria, Galatia, Cappadochia, China, and Cochin- 
china, in Alia. It was cultivated by Gerard, in 1596, and 
probably much earlier. Southernwood is bitter and aro¬ 
matic, with a very firong fmell. It is not much in life, 
but promifes confiderable effects, outwardly in difculfing 
contnfions and tumours, inwardly for dellroying -worms, 
and in diforders peculiar to the female fex. In catarrhal 
malignant fevers, it may have great efficacy, by its qua¬ 
lity of promoting perfpi’ration, which it poffelTes in.a high 
degree. A table-fpoonful of the expreffed juice may be 
given, half an ounce of the decoCtion, or a whole ounce 
of the infufion of the herb. In the prefent practice it is 
Ccarcely otherwife made ufe of than as an ingredient in dif- 
rutient and antjfeptic fomentations ; and for this purpofe 
only it is ordered by the medical college of London. The. 
branches dye wool a deep yellow. 
7. Arternifia arborefeens, or common narrow-leaved tree 
wormwood : leaves tripinnatifid, filky, cinereous, leaflets 
Jinear, flowers globofe ; flower-bearing branchlets fimple. 
Tills rifes with a woody (talk fix or (even feet high, fend- 
j n o- 0 ut many woody branches, with leaves fomewhat like 
thofe of commoa worm-wood, but more finely divided, and 
much whiter. The branches are terminated by fpikes of 
globular flowers in the autumn, but are feldom followed 
by feeds here. It is a native of the Levant, and was cul¬ 
tivated here in 1640. Mr. Miller fays that it grows na¬ 
turally near the fea in Italy ; and Allioni gives it as a na¬ 
tive of Piedmont. 
8. Arternifia argentea, or broad-leaved tree wormwood: 
leaves bipinnatifid, filky, white; leaflets lanceolate-linear; 
flowers globofe, flower-bearing branchlets wand-like. The 
whole plant is of a filvery colour. Native of Madeira, 
where it was found by Malfon. Flowers in June and July. 
9. Arternifia aragoniae: leaves linear, bipinnate, hoary ; 
flowers racemed. Scarcely a foot high. 
10. Arternifia MefFerfchmidii: leaves linear, multifid ; 
racemes ereCl, (lender, loofe. 11. Arternifia tatarica : 
lower leaves bipinnate, pinnas equal; upper leaves pin¬ 
nate, linear ; racemes ereCt, loofe, many-flowered. Both 
thefe were found in Tartary, by. MefFerfcbmidt. 
12. Arternifia nitrofa : lower leaves finely multifid; up¬ 
per entire, obtufe ; corymbs erect, hoary, oblong, fpiked, 
FelFile. Native of Siberia. 
!3. Arternifia Lerchiana: lower leaves pinnate, fhort, 
finely divided, pinnas palmate; upper leaves linear, un¬ 
divided ; corymbs feflile, very copious, fpiked, oblong. 
Obferved in Aftracan, and on the banks of the Volga. 
14. Arternifia tenella: leaves fhort, very finely multifid ; 
panicles llender, loofe, leafy ; peduncles one or two flow¬ 
ered. Native of Spain. 
j; . Arternifia pauciflora: branches virgate; filiform; 
corymbs one-ranked, fpiked,' fubfelfile. Native of the 
banks of the Volga. * , fl . 
16. Arternifia Italica: leaves tomentofe, loofely pinnate ; 
pinnas long, linear; root-leaves dotted, fpikes denfe; flow¬ 
ers erect. Native of ltaly- 
17. Arternifia Hifpanica : leaves loofely pinnate ; pinnas 
long, linear, fpikes very denfe; calyxes oblong. Native 
of Spain. 
18. Arternifia Gmelini: leaves doubly pinnate, obtufe, 
linear ; corymbs green, roundifh, nodding. Leaves afh- 
coloured underneath. Found by Gntelin, near the rivers 
Lena and Angara. 
19. Arternifia Lobelii: leaves petiolate, palmate-nnil- 
tifid, linear; the upper ones fimple, angular. This fpecies 
is of lower growth than common fouthernwood, and has a 
firong, balfamic, camphorated, fmell. The leaves are lefs 
hoary, and thofe about the flowers broader, longer, and 
not fo much cut. The flowers are of a fine yellow. Native 
of Piedmont, the Genoefe Alps, and D-auphine. 
II. Procumbent before flowering. 20. Arternifia fan- 
tonica, or Tartarian fouthernwood or worm-feed: fiem- 
leaves pinnate, multifid; branches undivided, fpikes, one- 
ranked, reflex; flowers with five florets. Native of Perfia 
and Tartary. Cultivated in 1768, by Mr. Miller. It 
flowers from September to November. The feeds both of 
this and of the third fort are brought over for femtn fan- 
tonicum, or w orm-feed, and are uied in worm cafes : they 
are reckoned a good balfamic, tonic,'ftomachic, medicine- 
21. Arternifia campeftris, or field fouthernwood: leaves 
multifid, linear; Items procumbent, wand-like. The root 
of field fouthernwood is- perennial, hard,, woody, and 
branching. It grows on open dry heaths, and by road 
fides, in moft parts of Europe. With us, at Elvedon or 
Elden in Suffolk; between Newmarket and Lynn; alfo 
near Barton-mills and Thetford ; flowering in Augufi. 
Our old authors call it wild fouthernwood; and Ray fine¬ 
leaved may-wort. It has the fame qualities with garden 
fouthernwood, but is much weaker. Linnaeus recommends 
an infufion of it in the pieurify. 
22. Arternifia paluftris, or marfh fouthernwood : leaves 
linear, pinnate, quite entire; flowers glomerate, ftibfeflile. 
Native of Siberia. 
23. Arternifia erithmifolia, or famphtre-leaved fouthern- 
vvood : leaves compound, divaricate, linear, flefiiy, fmooth ; 
ftem rifing, panicled. This has the habit of field fouth¬ 
ernwood, but is fmooth. Steins from half a foot to a foot 
in height. Native of Portugal, and found by Loefling on^ 
the fandy fliores there. Flowers from Augufi to October, 
24. Arternifia valleliaca, or downy fouthernwood: leaves 
pinnate, many-parted, filiform, tomentofe ; flowers feflile, 
ere£t, fubcolumnar, having few florets. This is an ere£i 
fimib, a foot high. Native of Spain, Piedmont, and the 
Valais. Introduced in 1775, by the doctors Pitcairn and 
Fothergill. It flowers in July and Augufi. 
25. Arternifia maritima, or fea wormwood: leaves many- 
parted, tomentofe; racemes drooping, female florets three. 
Sea wormwood is a low underflmib, creeping at the root.. 
The whole plant is white, with a thick down, and has a 
very firong fmell of marum or camphor in its native foil; 
but becomes much lei's grateful when cultivated. The- 
leaves vary much in their divifion; the upper ones aro 
generally fimple, linear, and blunt; receptacle naked. 
Native of Britain, Sweden, Germany, Holland, France, 
Egypt, &c. on the fea coaft ; flovvering in Augufi. It ir 
ufed as an ingredient in diftilled waters. A conferve of 
the tops, made by beating them with thrice their weight 
of fine fugar, is directed by the London college; and they 
are an ingredient in the decoCtion for fomentations. This 
is lefs unpleafant, but weaker, than common wormwood; 
it is lefs effectual, therefore, as an antifeptic and anthel¬ 
mintic, but more eligible as a ftomachic. 
26. Arternifia glacmlis, cr filky worm-wood: leaves pal¬ 
mate, multifid, filky; Items afeending; flowers glomerate, 
level-topped. Native of Switzerland, the Valais, Austria, 
Dauphine, and Piedmont; flowers in July and Augufi. 
27. Arternifia rupeftris, or creeping wormwood: leaver 
pinnate, Items afeending; flowers globofe, nodding, recep¬ 
tacle pappofe. Native of Oeland, Siberia, Switzerland s 
and many other parts of Europe, in alpine fituations. It 
flowers in Auguit, 
38. Arternifia. 
