Arthnisia. svngenesia sdi'erflua. 410 



3. A. Indka. WUld. iii. 1846. 



Herbaceous, erect. Leaves pinnatifid, villous underneatb. 

 Panicles terminal, flowers drooping-, female florets ten, ob- 

 liquely truncated, tlie hermapbrodite ones ten, witb gibbous 

 tubes; receptacle naked. 



Sans. Dona, or Dana. 



Hind. Gund-mar. 



Benfj. Dona. 



Pers. Arlemasaya. 



Is common in tbe gardens of the Hindoos tbrougbout 

 India. Flowering time the cold season. 



Root ramous, perennial. 5'fems several, erect, sub-ligneous, 

 sometimes biennial ; base ramous, striated ; tender parts vil- 

 lous ; from four to eight feet high. Leaves alternate, pinnati- 

 fid, pretty smooth above, a little downy underneath, but not 

 Avoolly and white as in A. vulgaris; lobes lanceolate, some- 

 what gashed, though generally entire. Floral leaves entire, 

 and linear-lanceolate. Panicles terminal, with the ramifica- 

 tions and flowers all drooping-, /^/oioers small, globular, nu- 

 merous. Hermaphrodite florets about ten in the centre, five- 

 cleft, with stamens hid in (he gibbous tube. Female ones 

 about the same number in the circumference, obliquely trun- 

 cated, and so small as to be w ith difiiculty distinguished from 

 the style. Receptacle naked, convex. 



The leaves possess a slightly aromatic smell and bitterish 

 taste, similar to those of the common Miigrcort which it re- 

 sembles in habit, though not in the white woolly coverino- of 

 the under side of the leaves nor in the inflorescence. The 

 Hindoos employ it medicinally, and also in their religious ce- 

 remonies. 



A. vulgaris is also a native of India, and common in ffar- 

 dens about Calcutta, where it is known to the Hindoos by 

 the name J^agadanu, which is also its Sanscrit appellation. 

 It must also, I imagine, be a native of Japan, and China, as 

 the one 1 ha\ e now described, (A. indica,) has not any of 



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