COMPOSITE 103 



[Artemisia Absinthium, L. From published records 

 the species seems to be native in England, Germany, and 

 Transylvania. Its range as a plant of waste ground 

 extends nearly round the North Temperate Zone. 

 Mr. Murray declares it to be native on the moors and 

 sea-beaches of Somerset, but in the rest of the British 

 Isles it is only found in obvious connection with human 

 operations, where it is pretty generally distributed.] 



Artemisia ccerulescens, L. Native of the Mediterranean 

 region. Recorded by Gerarde as occurring on the coast 

 of Southern England, but whether it was an introduction 

 there, or whether this was a wrong determination, cannot 

 now be ascertained. 



Artemisia pontica, L. A native of dry hills from 

 Southern Germany to the Caucasus. It has been grown 

 in English gardens, under the name of Roman Worm- 

 wood, from early times, and has been found as a relic 

 of cultivation in one or two localities. 



Artemisia scoparia, Waldst. and Kit. A native of 

 sandy river banks in South-East Europe and Asia, now 

 common in waste ground in many parts of the world. 

 Recorded by Trimen and Dyer in their Flora of 

 Middlesex as plentiful on the site of the 1862 Exhibition 

 for some years, and mentioned by Davey as a casual in 

 Cornwall. 



Artemisia stelleriana, Bess. A native of Kamschatka. 

 Quite naturalised in County Dublin and Cornwall, as 

 well as in Southern Sweden. The status of the species 

 in Europe was the subject of some interesting notes 

 in the Journal of Botany in 1894. 



