550 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Herb.: Sheldon 360, Madison Lake; Sheldon 1187, 

 Lake Benton; Ta?/ /or 5^4. Minnesota lake; Ballard 178, Jordan, 

 Scott Co.; Ballard 735, Waconia; Taylor 868, Glenwood; Taylor 

 56Jf, Minnesota lake; Roberts 66, Grand Marais; Kassuhe HO, 

 Minneapolis; Roberts 67, Poplar river; Leonard 26, Duluth; 

 Leonard 27, Spring Valley; Bailey 159, Vermilion lake; Roberts 

 68, Grand Marais; Sandberg 335, Cannon Falls; Herb. Wicker - 

 shieni 80, Idlewild; Herb. Moyer lJt-6, Montevideo. 



ARTEMISIA. Linn. Gen. 644 (1737). 

 Oligo.sporus Cas.s. Bull. Philom. ( 1817). 

 Absinthium Gaekt. Fruct. II, 393(1791). 

 Picrotliaiimus Nutt. Trans. Phil. Soc. 2, VII, 417 (1841). 

 Bailion, Hist. PL VIII, 285; Benth. and Hook.. Gen. PL II, 435: Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Phan. 220; Engl. Hoflfmann, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 28L 



Living species: 200 ± described; 150 — reduced (Du- 

 rand); N. hemisphere; S. America; Sandwich Islands. Europe, 

 50; Russia, 85; Russian Europe, 30; North America, 40; Canada, 

 22-25; E. Sts., 11; Rocky mts., 23; S. Sts., 3; California, 14; 

 PL King, 13; PL WheeL, 10; W. Tex., 8. 



Artemisia frigida Willd. Spec. Ill, 1838 (1803). 

 A. sericea Nutt. Gen. II, 143 (1818). 

 A. virgata Rica. Frankl. Journ. (1823^. 



A. frigida var. gmeliniami Bess. Hook. Fl. Bor.-Ain. 1,321 (1833). 



Wats, and Coult , Gray's Man. 6 ed. 291; Webb., Fl. Neb. 144; Mac, 



FL Can. I, 259; Upham, Fl. Minn. 86; Coult., Fl. Colo. 201; Wats., Kinp: 



Exp. 184; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 176, 217; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 369: Gmel., FL 



Sib. 63; Coult., Fl. Tex. 240. 



N. Asia. 



North America: Man. and Saskatchewan to Rocky 

 mts. and N. to 58° on Mackenzie; S. to Minn, and Tex.; W. to 

 Idaho, Nev. and N. Mex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; banks and hillsides or on 

 rocky ledges and high ridges. 



Herb.: Sheldon 1J^80, Pipestone; Holzinqer 131, Wi- 

 nona Co.; Herrick 170, Minneapolis; Leiberg UK Pipestone Co.; 

 Sandberg 31^0, Red Wing; MacM. and Sheld. Ji7, Brainerd. 



Artemisia hieimiH Willd. Phytogr. 11 (1794). 



A. hispanica jACCi. Ic. Rar. 172(1781) not Leon. 

 . Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6ed. 291; Britt.,F]. N. .1. 149; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. J44: Upham, Fl. Minn. 85; Mac, F^l. Can. I, 259: Coult., Fl. Colo. 

 201; Wats., King Exp. 183; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 370. 

 Kamstk. and N. India, fide Gray. 

 North America: Hudson Bay to Mackenzie and Pac. 



