. Flowers of the field. Botany. 268 coiip6sit.'e glabrous, succulent, and creeping, with shining leaves and erect peduncles i — 2 in. high. It is naturalised near Birkenhead. 21. Tanacktuji (Tansy).—Strong-scented herbs or under- shrubs ; leaves scattered, much divided ; heads solitary or corymb- ose, sub-globose, yellow; bracts membranous at their edges ; receptacle convex, naked; florets all tubular ; jruii angu- lar, crowned with a lobed membranous disk. (Name said to be from the Greek atJidnatoii, immortal.) I. (Com- mon Tansy). — The only British species, 2—3 feet high; stem ang
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 268 coiip6sit.'e glabrous, succulent, and creeping, with shining leaves and erect peduncles i — 2 in. high. It is naturalised near Birkenhead. 21. Tanacktuji (Tansy).—Strong-scented herbs or under- shrubs ; leaves scattered, much divided ; heads solitary or corymb- ose, sub-globose, yellow; bracts membranous at their edges ; receptacle convex, naked; florets all tubular ; jruii angu- lar, crowned with a lobed membranous disk. (Name said to be from the Greek atJidnatoii, immortal.) I. (Com- mon Tansy). — The only British species, 2—3 feet high; stem angular, leafy ; leaves deeply bipinnatifid, serrate ; heads many, bright yellow, button- like, in a terminal corymb. — Hedges and waste ground ; common. The whole plant is bitter and aromatic, and is not only used in medi- cine, but Avas the principal ingredient in a nauseous dish called Tausv Pudding.—Fl, August, September, rcrcnnial. 22. A R T E M 1 S I A (\^'orm wood).—Herbs and undershrubs with a bitter or aromatic taste ; leaves scattered ; heads small, in racemes or panicles ; hrdets with membranous margins ; recejitdcle naked, narrow ; llorcts all tubular ; no pappus. (Name from Artemis, the Diana of the (h-eeks.) I. A. Absinth!uiii ((.'oiiimon \Vormwood).—A bushy plant, i — 3 feet high, with silky stems ; leaves twice pinnatifid, with bluntish segments, silky on both sides ; heads hiany, small, nanicled,. .'IKTKMlSl.^. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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