Artimisia, SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA, AI7 
ATHANASIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1279. 
_ Calyx imbricated, Pappuschafly, very short. Receptacle 
chaffy. 
1. A. Indica. Roxb. 
Annual, straight, angular, Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceo- 
lar, serrate, smooth. Corymbs compound, terminal, Slig- | 
mas hid within the stamens. 
Teling. Begati-Kunda. 
Delights in high lands that have been lately in cultivation ; 
in such situation it is not uncommon to see whole fields of it 
as thick as if they were sown by a careful farmer. | 
Stem annual, erect, angled from the insertion of the leaves, 
piped, smooth, from two to four feet high. Leaves sessile, 
lanceolar, serrate, smooth. Corymbs very large, decompound. 
Flowers pretty large, very numerous, of a purplish rose co- 
lour. lorets equal, generally five. Style shorter than the 
stamens. Chaff of the seeds, or pappus lanceolate ; that of the 
receptacle linear lanceolate. 
SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA, 
ARTIMISIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1281. 
Receptacle sub-villous, or nearly naked. Pappus none, 
Calyx imbricated with pouieited, converging scales, florets 
—_— none. 
7 A. Ai Riceleats R. 3 
-Shrubby, erect. Daecet 1 multifd, smooth ; inact fli 
_ form. Flowers globular, pedicelled, deine: Female flo- 
_ rets from six to eight in the circumference, two or three-tooth- 
ed, with about as pmany five-toothed na cee in oe 
‘ centre: = 45% es 
VOL, IT, 3A meted 
