ARTEMISTA. LXXV. COMPOSIT. — 
3. C. RENIFORMIS. Muhl. 
St. sulcate-angled ; dvs. palmately veined, nearly smooth, green both sides, 
petiolate, lower ones reniform, upper flabelliform ; corymb compound, fastigiate ; 
Ads. 5-flowered.— Woods Ia.! Ill., Penn., S. to Car. Stem 3—6f high, nearly 
simple, glabrous. Leaves 3—12’ by 5—18’, repand-dentate, lower petioles very 
long. Scales of involucre 5, obtuse, whitish. — July. 
4. C. TuBEROsa. Nutt. 
* St. angular-sulcate; /vs. oval or ovate, strongly 5—7-veined, obtuse or 
subacute, entire or repand-denticulate, not glaucous, lower ones tapering into 
long petioles, upper ones on short petioles ; Ads. in compound corymbs.—Marsh- 
es, Western States! Stem 2—5f high, branched above. Leaves rather thick, 
3—7’ long, 3 as wide, veined like those of the plantain. Heads oblong, 5-leaved 
and 5-flowered, white. May—Jl. 
5. C. coccinea. Curt. (Emilia sagittata. DC.) Scarlet Cacalia. Tassel 
Fllower.—Radicat ivs. ovate-spatulate, cauline amplexicaul, crenate; invol. 
ovate-cylindric, scales linear, at length reflexed; ach. ciliate; pappus in several 
rows.—A pretty garden fiower, native of the E. Indies, &c. Stem 1f or more 
high. Flowers bright scarlet. Jn.—Sept. A bed or patch sown thickly makes 
a fine appearance. 
52. ARTEMISIA. 
Probably from Artemis, one of the names of the goddess Diana. 
Involucre ovoid, imbricate, with dry, connivent scales; receptacle 
naked or subvillous; disk flowers numerous, %, tubular, ray flowers 
few, often without stamens, and with a subulate corolla or 0; ache- 
nia with a small disk; pappus 0.—Bitter herbs. Lws. alternate. Cor. 
yellow. 
§ 1. Receptacle naked. Disk flowers sterile. 
1. A. Dracunctius. Taragon.—Lvs. smooth, lanceolate, acuminate at each 
end; Ads. subglobose, pedunculate, erect—A culinary herb, native of S. Eu- 
rope. Stem herbaceous, 2—3fhigh. Jl. Aug.—lIt is of the easiest culture, and 
is used for pickles, salad, and for seasoning soup. + 
2. A. DRACUNCULOIDES. Ph. (A. cernua. Nutt.) 
Erect, much branched, whitish pubescent when young; lower lvs. 3-cleft, 
wpper entire, narrowly linear, attenuated at both ends; Ads. globose, small, nod- 
ding, pedicellate, in paniculate racemes; scales with scarious margins.—St. 
Louis, Mo. to the Saskatchawan. Stem shrubby, 6—8f high, with numerous 
slender branches. Leaves 1—4’ by 1—3”, radical trifid or sometimes 2 or 3 
times trifid. 
3. A. BOREALIS. Pallas. (A. spithameza. Ph.) 
Cespilose, silky-villose or smoothish; st. simple (6—10/ high); lower is. 
petiolate, linear-lanceolate, entire towards the base, ternately, pinnately or bi- 
pinnately parted above, with linear lobes, wpper lvs. linear, 3—5-cleft or entire ; 
Ads. hemispherical, spicate or racemose-paniculate.—Keweena Point, Lake Su- 
perior. Dr. Houghtonin T. & G. FI. ii. 417. 
4. A. Canapensis. Michx. Sea Wormwood. 
St. erect or decumbent; vs. pinnatifid with linear segments; fs. subglo- 
bose, sessile, in crowded panicles resembling spikes.—2| Shores of the great 
lakes. Plum Island, Bigelow. Near Amherst College, Hitchcock. Willoughby 
Mt., Vt., Wood. Stem 2—4f high, much branched, sulcate, brownish, mostly 
erect. Leaves all much divided into linear-setaceous segments. Heads nume- 
rous, small, forming a large panicle of racemes. Scales with a membranous 
margin. Aug. 
5. A. caupata. Michx. 
St. herbaceous, simple, densely and pyramidally paniculate; radical and 
lower cauline lvs. subbipinnate, pubescent, wpper ones subpinnate, segments sub- 
setaceous, alternate; Ads. ovoid-globose, pedicellate, erect—On the sea coast, 
N.H.toR.I. Stem 3—5f high, strict. Leaves in many attenuated and some-~ 
