ArU'inisia viili«aris L. Spt^c. PI. vd. 11 (ITC.;'.) [>. 1188: Lcdcl). M. All. IV. p. 82; Tiii-- 

 czaii. Cat. Baical. no. 631: Karcl. I'l Kiiil. Emim. PI. Fl. All. no. 'lOo: Ledcb. 1-"1. Ross. U, 

 p. 585; Turczan. I'i. l!aii al.-Daliur. (181ii) p. l'J7, no. 615; Herder, PI. Uadd. (1807) p. 

 222.no. 112: Ki.i.i.i. 'I'.i. A.n. Ill (1904) p. 050. 



This species is very conunon everywhere in Ihe Minusinsk disiricl and on the islets 

 in Uie rivers Yenisei and .Abakan, where oecurring in Ihiekels, in di\' meadows, etc. Speci- 

 mens taken in June have only leaves. The species is here much varying. The following 

 2 forms seemed to be the most frequent ones: /'. communis Li;ni:iJ. 1. c, and /. latilobu 

 Ledeb. 1. c. On islels in liie Yenisei, between Minusinsk and I 'si Abakansk. I have 

 collected as yet flowerless specimens of a form which is especially characteristic in hav- 

 ing tlie leaves long-petioled, the petioles always destitute of the auricles at the base. The 

 stem and under sides of the leaves are white-canescent, the upper sides green and sparing- 

 ly i)ubescent. The segments of the leaves are narrow, of equal breadth, — 7, rarely to 8 

 mm. ])road, far apart, rounded or veiy shortly acuminate towards the apex. Number of 

 the pinnae generally 2 on either side, each pinna being generally 3-lobed. As all of the 

 specimens collected are young and completely destitute of flowers, I have not been able 

 to identify this form with certainty. The species is, besides, rather frequent in the I'rjan- 

 kai country, where collected by me at Ust Algiac, Ust Sisti-kem, and Ust Kamsara, in diy 

 thickets, on slopes, and the like. 



Distribution: Europe, except the most southern parts, Caucasia, south-western Asia 

 to Turkestan, the Himalayas, India, the East Indies, Sibeila, northwards to past 74° north 

 lat., eastwards to the Tshuktsher Peninsula, Kamtchatka and the Amoor Province, north- 

 ern Mongolia, ]\Ianchooria. Corea. China, Japan, Sakhalin, North America. 



Artemisia sericea Weber in Stechm. Art. p. 10; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 618; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Ross. II, p. 595; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1846) p. 203, no. 623; Herder, PI. Radd. 

 (1867) p. 236, no. 127; KpBM. <I>.=i. A.it. Ill (1904) p. 653. A. holosericea Ledeb. Fl. Alt. 

 IV, p. 63. 



On mountain slopes on tlie Abakan Steppe, near Ust Kamuishto, and in dry, sandy 

 meadows on islets in the river Abakan, where I have collected young, defective and 

 flowerless specimens in the second half of June. 



Distribution: Middle Russia, south-western Asia to Russian Turkestan, Siberia, east- 

 wards roughly to Trans Baikal, Sakhalin. 



Artemisia frigida Willd. Spec. PI. III. p. 1838: Ledeb. Fl. .\lt. IV, p. 65: Turczan. Cat. 

 Baical. no. 621: Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 469; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II. p. 597; Tur- 

 czan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1840) p. 200. no. 625: Herder. PI. Radd. (1867) p. 238, no. 129; 

 KpLi.i. (D.I. Ajt. Ill (1904) p. 654. 



On diy, open declivities at Ust Kamsara, in full flower about the middle of August. 



Distribution: Eastern Russia, southern Siberia, northern Mongolia, Manchooria, 

 North Amei'ica. 



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