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Species 200; chiefly in the northern hemisphere. 
Receptacle glabrous. 
Leaves pubescent beneath. 
1. A. vulgaris. 
Leaves glabrous. 
2. A. parviflora. 
Receptacle pilose. 
3. A. absinthium. 
1. A. vulgaris Linn. Sp. Pl. 848, 1753. DC. Prod. 6; 
112, 1837. Bico. Fl Filip. ed. 1; 625, 1837: ed. 2; 435, 1845. 
Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2; 87, 1856. Benth. Fl. Hongk. 187, 
1861. Naves in Fl. Filip. ed. 3; t. 329, 1880. Hook. FI. 
Brit. Ind. 3; 325, 1881. Mart. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 15; 
298, 1883. Forbes and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23; 
446, 1888.  Lautr. u. Schum. Fl. Deutsch. Schuts. Suds. 601, 
1901. Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 27; 56,1905. King and Gamb. 
Mat. Fl. Malay. Penin. 16; 47, 1905.— A bushy perennial herb, 
with striate or fluted stems and branches. Leaves large, num- 
erous on stem and branches, canescent beneath, often strigose 
above, the lower ones broadly lobed, the middle ones 1 or 2 
pinnately dissected, the uppermost entire and linear, the 
ultimate segments terminating in a sharp point. Heads subses- 
sile, ascenging, subtended by bracts; bracts scariously margined 
subglabrous; marginal flowers few, its tube very slender, bear- 
ing a much exerted and deeply cleft style; inner flowers 
more numerous, perfect; its corolla tubular and pinkish, with 
short style branches; achenes glabrous. 
DrrRIBUTION: 
Temperate Europe and Asia, Siam, Java and China. 
Luzon: 
Laguimanoc, Province of Tayabas, March 1905, Merrill 
4013. 
2. A. parviflora Roxb. Hort. Beng. 61, 1814. DC. Prod. 
6; 100, 1837. F. Vil. Nov. App. 119, 1880. Hook. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. 3; 322, 1881. Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23; 213, 1885. Vid. 
Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 163, 1886. Ceron Cat. Pl. Herb. 103, 
1892.—A much branched perennial, with erect or ascending 
glabrous branches. Leaves sessile, linear ones with acute lobes 
