326 LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Artemisia. 



synonym of parvifolia, Wight, is probably due to a misplaced ticket. Wight (Icones, 

 under t. 1112) states that he cannot recollect having seen this plant (in the Nilgherry 

 Mts.) except about habitations; and the only habitat Thwaites gives for it in Ceylon 

 is " in or near native gardens." It is, however, abundant in the Ghats, and the heads 

 are sold in the Bombay Bazaar. 



15. A. Roxburg-hiana, Besser Abrot. Suppl. 57; rootstock creeping, 

 stem 1-2 ft. simple below ascending leafy, leaves ovate or oblong 2-3-pinnatifid, 

 rachis winged, segments linear or oblong acute entire or cut tomentose or gla- 

 brate beneath margins flat or recurved, heads | in. ovoid or hemispheric 

 6-10-fld. in compound pannicled racemes or spikes, invol. bracts pubescent or 

 tomentose, receptacle very small flat. DC. Prodr. vi. 114. A. AVallichiana, 

 Besser Abrot. 69. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 5-10,000 ft. 



Very similar in some states, in foliage and inflorescence, to A. mdgaris, but at 

 once distinguished by its rootstock, small size, and herbaceous habit ; the leaves, too, 

 are much smaller and more finely cut, the flowers are usually, if not always, purple. 

 The heads vary much in size and in form, from hemispheric to ovoid. A form with 

 large racemose heads appears to pass into A. Moorcroftiana. 



VAR. 1. grata; leaf segments broad white tomentose beneath, margins flat or 

 recurved. A. grata, Wall. Cat. 3294, A. A. hypoleuca, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xx. 71 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 164. The stem is often purple. 



VAR. 2. purpurascens ; leaves more finely cut, segments very narrow acute, 

 margins recurved glabrate on both surfaces. A. purpurascens, Jacquem. mss. Besser 

 I. c. 60. A. revoluta, Edgew. I. c. 72. 



16. A. vestita, Wall, in DC. Prodr. vi. 106; Cat. 3301 ; shrubby below, 

 erect, hoary, paniculately branched, leaves ovate pinnatisect segments pectinately 

 pinnatifid green above white-tomentose beneath, rachis simple or pectinately 

 winged, heads 6-10-fld. hemispheric - in. subsecund long-pedicelled nodding* 

 in short or long compound hoary racemes, invol. bracts obovate-oblong scarious, 

 outer with a green disk. Clarke Comp. Ind. 160. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, and the SALT EANGE, alt. 7-10,000 ft., from Peshawur and 

 Kashmir to Kumaon. DISTRIB. N. China. 



Stem 1-4 ft., hoary, grooved. Leaves 1-3 in., petiole slender or 0, with or without 

 simple or pinnatifid basal auricles. Achenes ellipsoid, smooth, shining, brown. The 

 very finely divided leaves, like those of a fern, distinguish this from A. Roxburghiana, 

 to which it is most closely allied. 



17. A. laciniata, Willd. : DC. Prodr. vi. 110; erect, hoary, herbaceous, 

 leaves broadly ovate decompoundly pinnatisect, segments pectinately pinnatifid 

 puberulous on both surfaces, rachis simple, heads 15-20-fld. broadly hemispheric 

 nodding .subsecund distant in slender panicled racemes, invol. bracts hoary 

 with a green disk and broad scarious margins. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 581 ; Clarke 

 Comp. Ind. 161. 



WESTERN TIBET and KUMAON, alt, 8-12,000 ft., Royle, &c. KASHMIR, alt. 9500 ft., 

 Clarke. DISTRIB. Siberia and Dahuria. 



This is probably only a more compound leaved sta^te of A. sacrorum ; the heads 

 are identical. 



18. A. sacrorum, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. 72 ; Fl. Ross. ii. 578 ; erect, hoary, 

 shrubby below, leaves long-petioled ovate pinnatisect, segments pectinately 

 pinnatifid hoary or green or white-pubescent on both surfaces, rachis simple or 

 pectinately winged, heads 15-20-fld. broadly hemispheric nodding subsecund 

 distant in slender panicled racemes, invol. bracts hoary, outer with a green 

 disk and broad scarious margins. Ileichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 310 ; Clarke Comp. 



