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1. Artemisia parviflora, Bach.-IIam. ex Uoxh. ITort. Beng. (1814) 

 p. 01. Shrubby, inodorous; stem obliquely ascending, paniculately 

 branched ; branches numerous, slender. Leaves 1-2 by ^-| in., sessile ; 

 the lower usually simple, cuneate, with a variously toothed or lobed 

 apes and with some linear stipuliform segments at the base, deep green 

 on both sides, glabrous or slightly pubescent, not hoary-tomentose ; the 

 uppermost floral leaves minute, entire. Heads pedicelled, very 

 numerous, j^g-g in. in diam., globose, in panicled racemes, drooping, 

 greenish ; outer flowers 5 , fertile ; inner flowers g , sterile. Invol.- 

 bracts glabrous or nearly so, ovate, acute, with scarious margins, the 

 outer much smaller than the inner. Achenes minute, ellipsoid, smooth, 

 brown. 1^1. B. I. v. 3, p. 322 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 314 ; AVight, Contrib. 

 p. 20; C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 159 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. 

 V. 11 (1898) p. 650; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 326. Artemisia 

 ijlahrata, DC. in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 20; Wight, Icon. 1. 1111.— 

 i'lowei's: Oct.-Dec. Vern. Tel-Davand. 



Deocan : common on the eastern side of the Mahableshwar hills and on the road 

 to Sattara, JDalsdl S( Gibson ; Panchgani Ghat, abundant, Cooke !, Woodroiv. — 

 DisTRiB. Throughout the greater part of India at altitudes from 3000 to 10,000 feet. 



2. Artemisia scoparia, Waldst. 4' ^^f- Descr. et Icon. PI. liar. 

 ITunr/. v. 1 (1802) p. 06, t. 05. Annual or biennial, 1-3 ft. high, faintly 

 odorous ; stem very slender, scarcely as thick as a quill, erect, grooved, 

 purplish, glabrous or more or less pubescent, simple at the base, panicu- 

 lately branched above ; branches sometimes almost capillary, purplish. 

 Leaves deep green ; the radical ones petioled, ovate in outline, 1-3- 

 pinnatisect, the segments linear ; cauline leaves filiform. Heads 

 -j-^-^ij in. in diam., sessile or on short capillary pedicels, secund, in 

 slender panided racemes ; 5 flowers in each head fertile, with very 

 minute corollas ; ^ flowers sterile, with much larger corollas. Invol.- 

 bracts glistening, ovate-oblong, obtuse, with broad scarious margins, the 

 inner bracts about twice as large as the outer. Achenes very minute, 

 ellipsoid, about J^ in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 323 ; C. B. Clarke, Comp. 

 Ind. p. 158 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. ]1 (1898) p. 650 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 326. — Flowers : Mar. Yeun. Gdjard. 



Rare. Sind: Dahell\; Mulir, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Upper Gangetio plain, 

 Panjab, W. Himalaya) ; Japan, Afghanistan, Central Europe. 



3, Artemisia vulgaris, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 848. Perennial, 

 shrubby, aromatic, 2-8 ft. high, pubescent or villous ; stems leafy, 

 paniculately branched. Lower leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., petioled, ovate 

 in outline, with stipule-like lobes at the base, deeply pinnatisect, 

 the lobes entire, toothed or again pinnatisect, all finely pubescent 

 above, white-tomentose beneath. IJpper leaves smaller, 3-fid or 

 entire, lanceolate. Heads g-i in. long, ovoid or subglobose, solitary 

 or 2 or 3 together, sessile or very shortly pedicelled, subsecund, in 

 spicate suberect or horizontal panicled racemes ; outer flowers $ , very 

 slender ; inner ^ , fertile. Invol.-bracts villous and with scarious 

 margins ; the outer ovate, acute ; the inner oblong, obtuse, much larger 

 than the outer, sometimes almost wholly membranous. Achenes oblong- 

 ellipsoid, minute. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 325 (esclud. svn. A. iKiniculata , 

 Boxb.); C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 161 ; Trim. Fl.'Ceyl. v. 3, p. 43; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1898) p. 050 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 



