. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1021. S. Chamsecjpa-. Genus V. aj _^l_ AUTEMl'SIA Cass. The Aetemisia. Lin. St/st. Svngenesia Superflua. Identification. Cassini, according to Leasing in his Synop. Gen. Compos., p. 264.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., V. 5. p. 2. Derivation. From Artemis, one of the names of Diana; or, as som
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1021. S. Chamsecjpa-. Genus V. aj _^l_ AUTEMl'SIA Cass. The Aetemisia. Lin. St/st. Svngenesia Superflua. Identification. Cassini, according to Leasing in his Synop. Gen. Compos., p. 264.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., V. 5. p. 2. Derivation. From Artemis, one of the names of Diana; or, as some suppose, from Artemisia, the wife of Mausolus ; there is a cypress-lil^e and drooping character in some of the species, that may be associated-with the latter etymology. Gen. Char., Sfc. Heads discoid, homogamous or heterogamous. Flowers of the ray in one series, usually female, 3-lobed. Style bifid, exserted. Flowers of the disk 5-toothed, hermaphrodite, or sterile or male from the abor- tion of the ovarium. Involucrum imbricate; scales dry, with scabrous margins. Receptacle chaffless, flattish or convex, naked or hairy. Achenia obovate, naked, with a minute epigynous disk.—Herbs or undershrubs. The spe- cies are nearly all dispersed through the northern hemisphere. Leaves alternate, variously lobed. Heads disposed in spikes or racemes, and the spikes or racemes usually disposed in panicles. Corollas yellow or purple. Plants more or less bitter or aromatic, (tr. Don.) Leaves simple (apparently compound), alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; deeply cut and divided. Flowers terminal. — Woody or suffiaitescent ever- green plants, natives of Europe and Asia ; all of them highly fragrant and aromatic, and of the easiest culture in any dry Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, J. C. (
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