1012 Compositae. 
A. Receptacle naked. 
III. Flowers of the rays female, of the disk 
purect, sterile ti) 2. 6 LS Se ae 1. A. monosperma. 
IL. ’desdsthomogamous'. 2f te ee 2. A. Herba alba. 
III. Flowers of the rays female, of the disk 
periect; fertile); s 4207-6 «es eerie some oun 3. A. judaica. 
Baiseceptacle hairy’ .)-(:\wate (ye te Site ee 4. A. arborescens. 
1401. (1.) Artemisia monosperma Del. [Llustr. Flor. d’Eg. (1813), 
p. 120 tab.43 fig. 1. — Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p. 363. — -Achers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.91 no.576. — Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., - 
p. 799 no. 749. — Aschers. Flor. Sirb., p.812 no. 21. — Artemisia 
Delileana Bess., Supplem. p. 89. — Oligosporus monospermus Deesne. 
Plant. Boy., no. 172. — Artemisia inculta Sieb. in exsice. not of 
Del. — A shrubb, 5—70 cm high or sometimes more, glabrous; 
stems thick, ascending, diffuse or erect, ending in a long, pyramidal, 
many-flowered panicle. Leaves of the sterile shoots pinnatisect, of 
the stem short, frequently clustered, simple, linear, or trisect into 
linear lobes. Heads crowded, short-pedicelled, nodding, ovate, few- 
flowered; involucre glabrous, scales gradually enlarging from without 
inward, the outer ones orbicular, the inner ones oblong; pistillate 
flowers 2, perfect 8—10, seed usually 1. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. M. p. D. 1. D. i. D. a. sept. Offen in deep sandy places. 
Local name: lellel (Ehrenberg); generally: °*adehr; °adirr 
(Ascherson); ’adér (Schweinfurth). 
Also known from Arabia Petraea. 
1402. (2.) Artemisia Herba alba Asso Flor. Arrag. (1781), 
p.117 tab. 8. — Boiss. Flor. Or. III, p. 365. — Aschers.-Schweint. 
Ill. Flor. d@’Eg., p.91 no.577. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., 
Supplem. p. 762. — Aschers. Flor. Rhinocol., p.799 no. 150. — 
Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p. 654 no. 174. — Artemisia 
Herba alba var. densiflora and var. laciflora Boiss. Flor. Or. I, 
p. 365. — Artemisia arragonensis Lam. Encyclop. I, p. 269. —- Arte- 
misia Valentine Willd. Spec. Plant. III, p. 1816. — Artemisia Oliveriana 
J. Gay in DC. Prodrom. VI, p. 101. — A shrubb, 30—50 em high, more 
or less woolly-canescent, branching from the base, stems ending in an 
oblong panicle, with spreading, rigid branches. Leaves of the 
sterile branches petioled, ovate-orbicular in outline, bipinnatipartite 
into oblong to oblong-linear lobes, those of the fertile branches 
much smaller, few-lobed and clustered; bracts very small, ovate. 
Heads sessile, oblong, 2—4-flowered; outer scales very small, orbi- 
cular, concave, inner ones oblong to oblong-linear, larger. — Flow. 
March to April. 
