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-ARTEMISIA BIENNIS. BIENNIAL Wormwoop. 
Class and Order. 
SynGENESIA PoLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. 
Recept. subvillosum vel nudiusculum. Pappus o. Calyx 
imbricatus, squamis rotundatis conniventibus. Cor. 
radii o, | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Artemisia biennis; foliis glabris, radicalibus triplicato- 
pinnatis; caulinis inferioribus pinnatifidis, superio- 
ribus indivisis linearibus, caule stricto, floribus subro- 
tundis subsessilibus erectis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1842. 
Pursh. 2. p. 522. oS 
Artemasta hispanica ; foliis pinnatis utrinque glabris, pinnis 
pinnatifidis, pinnulis incisis, floribus subgemellis ax- 
illaribus erectis. Jacq. Ic. rar. 1. t. 172. Collect. 1. 
p. 98. - 
Artemisia annua var. 8, Zelandica, biennis, racemis foliis 
brevioribus. Lam. Encyel. 1. p. 266. n. 25? 
Though a plant of no beauty, this species of Wormwood 
cannot fail to excite some curiosity, the seeds of it, as we 
are informed by Mr. Saginz, secretary to the Horticultural 
Society, having been collected by Dr. Ricnarpson, on his 
journey to the Coppermine river, during the fatal expe- 
ition under Captain Franxuin, and presented by him to 
the society. As no botanist had ever before explored 
those inhospitable regions, we had naturally supposed 
it would turn out to be an undescribed species, and in- 
tended giving it the specific name of Richardsoni; but 
by the assistance of Mr. Davin Don, we have had the 
°pportunity of comparing it with a specimen of pas 
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