420 SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. Artimisia. 
that soft white down on the under side of its leaves, of which 
the moxa is made in those countries. 
4. A. vulgaris, Willd. iii. 1845. 
Herbaceous, erect. Leaves pinnatifid, flat, gashed, tomen- 
tose underneath. Racemes simple, recurved, Flowers erect ; 
ray five-flowered. 
Naga or Naga dona, or Dona, its Sanscrit names, which are 
also its vulgar Hindoostanee, and Bengalee names, Found 
common in gardens in Bengal, where it flowers and ripens its 
seed during the dry season, 
5. A. parviflora, Buch. 
Herbaceous, with horizontal, slender branches, Tender 
parts hoary. Leaves simple, inferior, cuneate, with a dentate 
apex and some linear stipuliform segments at the- base. 
Flowers ovate, drooping. Hermaphrodite florets about eight 
in the centre. Female ones three-toothed, and more numerous 
in the ray. Receptacle naked, _ 
A native of Nepal, from thence the seeds were sent to this 
garden by Dr, Paaneyy where the plants blossom in 
May. 
foot perennial. Stem ascending in an oblique direction. 
Branches many, spreading or dxoopiny , very slender and 
—_ pubescent. _ Branchlets numerous, short, diverging, 
. Leaves sessile, wedge-shaped, with linear, 
Be rm feos nts from the base, the inferior ones with a 
rounded, lobate-dentate apex ; the superior ones with a three 
or five-cleft apex ; those of the floral branchlets most minute 
and entire. Flowers numerous, pedicelled, very minute, ovate, : 
drooping, green. Calyx of a few, large, (for the size of the 
flowers) oval leaflets, Florets from six to ten; hermaphrodite 
ones five-cleft in the centre, and more minute, obscurely 
three-toothed, _ Female ones in the ray. Racmpanion sca! : 
naked, Thaw helenae eats som 3 | 
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