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3. C. RENIFORMIS. Muhl. 



St. sulcate-angled ; Ivs. palmately veined, nearly smooth, green both sides, 

 petiolate, lower ones reniform, upper flabelliibrm ; corymb compound, fastigiate ; 

 ids, 5-flowered. Woods la. ! 111., Penn., S. to Car. Stem 3 6f high, nearl) 

 simple, glabrous. Leaves 3 12' by 5 18', repand-dentate, lower petioles verj 

 long. Scales of involucre 5, obtuse, whitish. July. 



4. C. TUBEROSA. Nutt. 



St. angular-sulcate ; Ivs. oval or ovate, strongly 5 7-veined, obtuse or 

 subacute, entire or repand-denticulate, not glaucous, lower ones tapering into 

 lor? petioles, upper ones on short petioles ; Ms. in compound corymbs. Marsh- 

 es, Western States! Stem 2 5f high, branched above. Leaves rather thick, 

 3 7' long, | as wide, veined like those of the plantain. Hea*!s oblong, 5-leaved 

 and 5-flowered, white. May Jl. 



5. C. COCCINEA, Curt. (Emilia sagittata. DC.} Scarlet Cacalia. Tassel 

 Flower. Radical Ivs. ovate-spatulate, cauline amplexicaul, crenate; invol. 

 ovate-cylindric, scales linear, at length reflexed ; ach. ciliate ; pappus in several 

 rows. A pretty garden flower, native of the E. Indies, &c. Stem If 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 ; ache- 

 nia with a small disk ; pappus 0. Bitter herbs. Lvs. alternate. Car. 

 yellow. 



1. Receptacle naked. Disk flowers .sterile. 



1. A. DRACUNCULUS. Taragon. Lvs. smooth, lanceolate, acuminate at each 

 end; hds. subglobose, pedunculate, erect. A culinary herb, native of S. Eu- 

 rope. Stem herbaceous, 2 3f high. Jl. Aug. It is of the easiest culture, and 

 is used for pickles, salad, and for seasoning soup. 



2. A. DRACUNCULolDEs. Ph. (A. cernua. Nutt.} 



Erect, much branched, whitish pubescent when young ; lower Ivs. 3-cleft, 

 upper entire, narrowly linear, attenuated at both ends ; hds. globose, small, nod- 

 ling, 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. spithamaea. Ph.} 



Ceespitose, silky- villose or smoothish; st. simple (6 10' high); lower Ivs. 

 petiolate, linear-lanceolate, entire towards the base, ternately, pinnately or bi- 

 ninnately parted above, with linear lobes, upper Ivs. linear, 3 5-cleft or entire ; 

 hds. hemispherical, spicate or racemose-paniculate. Keweena Point. Lake Su- 

 perior. Dr. Houghton in T. & G. Fl. ii. 417. 



4. A. CANADENSIS. Michx. Sea Wormwood. 



St. erect or decumbent ; Ivs. pinnatifid with linear segments ; fls. subglo- 

 bose, sessile, in crowded panicles resembling spikes. Tj. Shores of the great 

 lakes. Plum Island, Rigelow. 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. CAUDATA. Michx. 



St. herbaceous, simple, densely and pyramidally paniculate ; radical and 

 lower cauline Ivs. subbipinnate, pubescent, upper ones subpinnate, segments sub- 

 setaceous, alternate; hds. ovoid-globose, pedicellate, erect. On the sea coast, 

 N. H. to R. I. Stem 3 5f high, strict. Leaves in many attenuated and some- 



