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" The plant has an aromatic odour, strong and very lasting, which resembles that of slippery elm, and while one cannot call the succulent stems " tasty, " the Nantucket boys say they used to chew them to quench their thirst. From the plant is obtained a drug, valuable in the treat- ment of sciatica. COMPOSITE COMPOSITE FAMILY Ambrosia artemisiifolia, L. Green ' Ragweed, Black-weed, Hayweed, Butter-weed, July-October Hay] ever-weed, Tassel-weed, t Hog-weed, Roman-wormwood. Carrot-weed, Ambrosia:... the Greek and Latin name of several plants as well as the food of the gods, signifying to die immortal. Artemisiifolia: Latin, meaning "the leaves of the Arte- misia, " in allusion to the fact that these leaves resemble those of the Artemisia. THE PREFERRED HABITAT: roadsides and neglected fields. THE PLANT: erect, paniculately branched, one foot to five feet high; the stem with short, soft hairs or more or less stiff ones. THE LEAVES: upper, alternate; lower, mostly opposite; all very variable; one to two pinnatifid or the leaves of the flowering branches often undivided; two to four inches long; above, smoothish; beneath, paler and with ashy-grey hairs; petioled; the divisions, lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the apex.
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