FLORA OF THE KURILE ISLANDS. 243 



Distrib. Extreme nnrtheasterii Asia: Oehotslc region, Kamtschatka, the Kuriles and 

 Tschuktches-lantl ; also in arctic Alaska. 



146. Artemisia norvegica, Fries; Bcsser, Abrot. p. 76; Max. Mel. Biol, viir, p. 533; A. 



Gray, Syiiop. Fl. i, p. 371. — Var. pacifica, A. Gi-ay, I. c. A. longepedunculata, 

 Riulolphi ex Bess. Abi-ot. p. 77; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, ii, p. 591. A. arctica. Less. 

 in Linnsea, vi, p. 213; Ledeb. I. c. p. 51)1. A. Chamissoniana, Bess, in Hook. 

 Fl. Bor.-Am. i, p. 324. A. arctica, var. sachalmensis,^. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 150. 

 ITah. Kun'le Islands {ex Tnn-z.) . 



Distrib. Eastern Siberia, northern Manchuria, Sakhalin, Kanitschatka, and the Aleu- 

 tian Islands to arctic Alaska. The typical form is found in the alpine regitmof IS'orwa}', 

 in the northern Ural, and in the al|)ine and subali)ine regions of western North America, 

 as far south as California and sonthern Colorado. 



147. Artemisia Stelleriana, Bess. Abrot. p. 79, t. 5; Ledel). Fl. Ross, ii, p. 592; Max. 



Mel. Biol. VIII, p. 534; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 150; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. i, p. 

 371; Fraiichet, in Bull. Soc. Philom. Pai'is, avril, 1888. A. SteUeriana, var. ves- 

 iculosa, Fr. & Sav. Enum. ii, p. 402. A. chiaeiisis, Pursh, Fl. Bor.-Am. ir, p. 

 521. 

 ITab. Etorofa, at Rausu. 



Distrib. Along the coast ot Kanitschatka, Saghalin and northern Jaj^an; and also about 

 the mouth of the Amoor in Manchui-ia. Found wild at Lynn Beach, Mass., North Amer- 

 ica, and also in Sweden (fide Areschoug, Fl. Dan., flxsc. 51, t. 3045). According to 

 Pursh, al.so on the northwestern coast of North America. 



148. Artemisia vulgaris, L. Sp. p. 848; Bess. Abrot. p. 51; Ledel). Fl. Ross. Ii, p. 585; 



Herd. PI. Radd. ni, 2, p. 74; Max. Mel. Biol, vm, p. 535; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. 



I, p. 372; Fr. & Sav. Enum. i, p. 239. 



Hub. Shikotan. Etorofu, common along the roadside thickets. ShimusJm (Akakabe) . 



Distrib. Widely distributed in temperate Europe, Asia and western North America. 



Also found in the mountainous districts of India, Siam and Java. Naturalized in Canada 



and the Atlantic States of North America. 



149. Artemisia sericea, Weber, in Steehm. Art. p. 16; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, ii, p. 595; F. 



Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 150; Max. ^lei. Biol, vm, p. 537. 



Ilab. Shikotan, on rocky clifls along the hai'bor. 



All the specimens I have collected were in a sterile condition. The plant is sufiVuti- 

 cose at the base and ascending, and is densely appressed-silky. The leaves are all peti- 

 oled and coincide exactly with the sterile specimen of A. ser-icea from Dahuria (Fischer) 

 in the Gray Herbarium ! 



Distrib. "From the R. Volga thi'ough Siberia to the R. Aldan in E. Siberia, Dahu- 

 ria, Saghalin," and in the southern Kuriles. 



150. Petasites japonicus, Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 380 (1867) ; Fr. & Sav. Eiuun. i, p. 220. 



P. japonicus,'F.'i^c\\m. Fl. Sach. p. 145 (l■^68). Tassilago Petasites, T\n\n\). 

 Fl. Jap. p. 314. Nardosmia japonica, Sieb. & Zuec. Fam. Nat. ii, ]). 57, n. 615. 



Petasites sjyui-ius, Miq. Pi'ol. p. 100. P. albas. Gray, PI. Ja[). p. 314. Pallas, 



N. nord. Beitr. iv, p. 124. 



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