CE 
326 LXXVIII. Composit”. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Artemisia. 
synonym of parvifolia, Wight, is probably due to a misplaced ticket. Wight (Icones, 
under t. 1112) states that he cannot recollect having seen this plant (in the Nilgherry 
Mts.) except about habitations; and the only habitat Thwaites gives for it in Ceylon 
is “in or near native gardens.” It is, however, abundant in the Ghats, and the heads 
are sold in the Bombay Bazaar, 
15. A. Roxburghiana, Besser Abrot. Suppl. 57; rootstock creeping, 
stem 1-2 ft. simple below ascending leafy, leaves ovate or oblong 2-3-pinnatifid, 
rachis winged, segments linear or oblong acute entire or cut tomentose or gla- 
brate beneath margins flat or recurved, heads 4-1 in. ovoid or hemispheric 
6-10-fld. in compound pannicled racemes or spikes, invol. bracts pubescent or 
tomentose, receptacle very small flat. DC. a vi 114. A. Wallichiana, 
Besser Abrot. 69, 
Western HIMALAYA ` from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 5—10,000 ft. 
Very similar in some states, in foliage and inflorescence, to A. vulgaris, but at 
once distinguished by its rootstock, small size, and herbaceous habit; the leaves, too, 
are much smaller and more finely cut, the flowers are usually, if not always, purple. 
The heads vary much in size and in form, from hemispheric to ovoid. A form with 
large racemose heads appears to pass into A. Moorcroftiana. 
Var. 1. grata; leaf segments broad white tomentose beneath, margins flat or 
recurved. A. grata, Wall. Cat. 3294, A. A. hypoleuca, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc, 
xx. 71; Clarke Comp. Ind. 164. The stem is often purple. 
Var. 2. purpurascens; leaves more finely eut, segments very narrow acute, 
margins recurved glabrate on both surfaces. A. purpurascens, Jacguem. mss. Besser 
lc. 60. A. revoluta, Edgew. Le, 72. 
16. A. vestita, Wall. in DC. Prodr. vi. 106; Cat. 3301 ; shrubby below, 
erect, hoary, panieulately branched, leaves ovate pinnatisect segments pectinately 
pinnatifid green above white-tomentose ad? rachis simple or pectinately 
winged, heads 6-10-fld. hemispheric 1-4 in. subsecund long-pedicelled nodding 
in short or long compound hoary racemes, invol. bracts obovate-oblong scarious, 
outer with a green disk. Clarke Comp. Ind. 160. 
Western HrwArAYA, and the Sarr Ranar, alt. 7-10,000 ft., from Peshawur and 
Kashmir to Kumaon.—Disrrie. N. China. 
Stem 1—4 ft., hoary, grooved. Leaves 1-3 in., petiole slender or 0, with or without 
simple or pinnatifid basal auricles. Achenes ellipsoid, smooth, shining, brown.— The 
very finely divided leaves, like those of a fern, distinguish this from A. Roxburghiana, 
to which it is most closely allied. 
17. A. laciniata, Willd.; DC. Prodr. vi. 110; erect, hoary, herbaceous, 
leaves broadly ovate decompoundly pinnatisect, segments pectinately pinnatifid 
puberulous on both surfaces, rachis simple, heads 15-20-fld. broadly hemispheric 
nodding subsecund distant in slender panicled racemes, invol. bracts hoary 
with a green disk and broad scarious margins. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 581; Clarke 
Comp. Ind. 161. 
Western Ter and Kumaon, alt, 8-12,000 ft., Royle, &c. Kasumrr, alt. 9500 ft., 
Clarke.—DrıstRiB. Siberia and Dahuria. 
This is probably only a more compound leaved state of A. sacrorum ; the heads 
are identical. 
18. A. sacrorum, Ledeb, Fl. Alt. iv. 72; Fl. Ross. ii. 578; erect, hoary, 
shrubby below, leaves long-petioled ovate pinnatisect, segments pectinately 
pinnatifid hoary or green or white-pubescent on both surfaces, rachis simple or 
pectinately winged, heads 15-20-fld. broadly hemispheric nodding subsecund 
distant in slender panicled racemes, invol. bracts hoary, outer with a green 
disk and broad scarious margins. Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 310; Clarke Comp, 
