446 71. composite : anthemide^. 



21. Artemisia vulgaris, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 848 ; Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch. p. 491 ; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 112 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. 

 p. 585; Benth. FL Hongk. p. 187; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. viii. 

 p. 535 ; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 325 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tients. 

 p. 25, et Fl. Tchef. p. 82 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 169, et in 

 Mem. Soc. Sc. If at. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 227 (varietates numerosae); 

 Kanitz, Bot. Bes. Szech. Centr. As. Exped. p. 8 ; Henriq. in 

 Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148. 



Artemisia integrifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 848. 



Artemisia indica, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. p. 1846; DC. Prodr. vi. p. 114. 



Artemisia igniaria, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 161, in adnot. 



Artemisia lavandulaefolia, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 119. 



Chihli and Coeea to Kwangtuno, Foemosa, and Luchu 

 Abchipelago : common, and exhibiting nearly as much varia- 

 tion as in the whole area of the species. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Western Europe to Kamtschatka, Japan, and the Malay 

 archipelago. 



Very extreme forms of the varieties lavandulcefolia and integri- 

 folia were collected in Hupeh by Dr. A. Henry. 



22. Artemisia, sp. nov. ? ex affinitate A. lactiflorce, differt 

 foliorum segmentis ultimis longe acuteque acuminatis, floribus 

 luteis, etc. 



Hupeh : Patung district {A. Henry, 4677 !). Herb. Kew. 



There are specimens in the Kew Herbarium of three or four 

 apparently different species of Artemisia ; but the material is 

 hardly sufficient in so difficult a genus. 



71. COMPOSITE: SENECiONiDEiE, 



1. Petasites japonicus, Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 380, ex Franch. el 

 Savat. Fnum. PI. Jap. i. p. 220. 



Petasites spurius, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 168, non 

 Reichb. 



Tussilago Petasites, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 314, non Linn. 



Hupeh : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry !) ; 

 Coeea : mountains south of Soul {Carles !). Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



The Hupeh specimens differ in having fewer and smaller bracts 

 on the scape. 



