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COMPOSITAE 



cobwebby toward the top, usually branched; median cauline 

 leaves chartaceous, falsely stipulate at base, elliptic, 6-12 cm. 

 long, 4-8 cm. wide, pinnately parted to cleft, the segments 2 

 to 4 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate to obtuse, toothed or 

 deeply incised, rarely entire, green above, white-tomentose 

 beneath, the upper leaves gradually smaller, pinnately cleft or 

 3-fid, the segments lanceolate, entire or rarely toothed, the 

 bracteate leaves linear, small; inflorescence paniclelike, con- 

 sisting of compound racemes; heads very many, dense, 2.5-3.5 

 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide; involucres oblong-campanu- 

 la te, loosely cobwebby; bracts 4-seriate, oblong or the outer 

 broadly ovate, the inner rounded; achenes about 1.5 mm. 



long. Sept.-Oct. Waste grounds and thickets in lowlands 



and low elevarions in the mountains; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyu- 

 shu; very common. Bonins and Korea. 



28. Artemisia indica Willd. A. dubia sensu auct. 

 Japon., non Wall.; A. dubia var. grata forma asiatica Pampan.; 

 A. vulgaris var. indica Maxim.; A. asiatica Nakai; A. dubia 

 var. orientalis Pampan.; A. dubia var. septentrioncdis Pampan.; 



A. princeps var. orientalis (Pampan.) Hara Nishi-yomogi, 



YoMOGi. Plant stoloniferous and with rhizomes; stems 50- 

 120 cm. long, arachnoid or sometimes glabrous at base, 

 branched above; median cauline leaves chartaceous, falsely 

 stipulate, oblong or elliptic in oudine, 7-12 cm. long, 3.3-10 

 cm. wide, pinnately parted, the segments 2 or 3 pairs, oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, rarely lanceolate, obtuse, toothed or en- 

 tire, pinnatilobed, green, slightly cobwebby to subglabrate 

 above, densely white-woolly beneath, the upper leaves gradu- 

 ally smaller, pinnatiparted or 3-fid, the uppermost lanceolate, 

 entire; panicles narrow; heads very many, dense, globose- 

 campanulate, 3.5-4 mm. long, 2.5-3 mm. wide; involucres 

 3-4 mm. long, slightly cobwebby; bracts 3- or 4-seriate, the 

 outer broadly ovate, obtuse, the inner oblong and rounded; 



achenes about 2 mm. long. Sept.-Dec. Waste ground; 



Honshu (Chugoku Distr.), Kyushu. Ryukyus, Formosa, 



China, and India. 



29. Artemisia schmidtiana Maxim. A. sericea sensu 

 auct. Japon., non Weber; A. sericea var. schmidtiana (Maxim.) 



Kitam., in syn. Asagiri-s6. Rhizomes creeping; stems 



tufted, 16-30 cm. long, white-villous, much branched above; 

 median cauline leaves many, 3-4.5 cm. long, petiolate, bipalm- 

 ately divided, the segments linear, about 1 mm. wide, obmse, 

 densely silvery-villous on both sides, the upper leaves gradually 

 smaller, palmately or pinnately divided, the uppermost linear; 

 heads many, 4-5 mm. wide, in panicles, the pedicels bracteate; 

 involucres globose or depressed-globose, about 4 mm. long, 

 4-5 mm. wide, densely silky-pubescent; bracts 3-seriate, the 

 outer slightly shorter, ovate or elliptic, the inner obovate, 

 rounded at apex; receptacle densely white-hairy, the hairs 



about 1.2 mm. long; achenes about 1.5 mm. long. Aug.- 



Oct. High mountains and near seashores; Hokkaido, Hon- 

 shu (Japan Sea side of centr. and n. distr.) . s. Kuriles and 



Sakhalin. 



30. Artemisia kitadakensis Hara & Kitam. A. borealis 

 var. worms]{joldii sensu auct. Japon., non Bess.; A. sericea var. 



\itada\ensis Kitam. Kitadake-yomogi. Rhizomes densely 



tufted, woody; flowering stems tufted, 20-30 cm. long, simple, 

 those of the sterile shoots 10-20 cm. long; lower cauline leaves 

 scalelike, 4-6 mm. long, sometimes 3-lobed, the median leaves 

 22-26 mm. long, about 2 cm. wide, the petioles about 1 mm. 

 long, twice ternately divided, the segments linear, about 1 

 mm. wide, acute, white-villous on both sides, the upper leaves 

 gradually smaller, petiolate, once or twice ternately divided, 

 the bracteate leaves absent or simple and linear; heads nod- 

 ding, about 8 mm. across, pedicelled, in simple racemes; in- 

 volucres subglobose, densely silky-pubescent, about 5 mm. 

 long, 8 mm. wide; bracts 4-seriate, nearly equal in length, the 

 outer ovate, acute, the inner elliptic, rounded at apex, yellow- 

 green, villous on back. Aug. Alpine regions; Honshu 



( Akaishi and Shirane mt. ranges in Kai and Shinano Prov.) ; 



43. ADENOCAULON Hook. Nobuki Zoku 



Perennial herbs; stems erect, branched, with gland-tipped hairs in upper part; leaves membranous, alternate, petiolate, 

 densely glandular-hairy beneath; heads in panicles, small, the disc florets of 2 kinds; involucres subglobose, the bracts herbaceous, 

 5-7, essentially 1-seriate, equal, reflexed after anthesis; receptacles convex, glabrous; marginal florets 7-11, pistillate, fertile, 

 the corollas broadly campanulate, 4- or 5-lobed; central florets 7-18, sterile, the corollas tubular, 5-lobed, the anthers sagittate, 

 with small acute appendage at apex; style obsoletely bifid in bisexual florets, short-bifid in the marginal pistillate florets; 

 achenes clavate-obovate, with stipitate glands; pappus absent. Few species, in America and Asia. 



1. Adenocaulon himalaicum Edgew. A. adhaerescens 



Maxim.; A. bicolor var. adhaerescens (Maxim.) Makino 



NoBUKi. Rhizomes creeping; stems 60-100 cm. long, cob- 

 webby, with stipitate glands on upper portion; lower leaves 

 thin, reniform to cordate, 7-13 cm. long, 11-22 cm. wide, 

 undulately lobulate or toothed, green, nearly glabrous on the 

 upper side, densely white-woolly beneath, the petioles winged. 



10-20 cm. long, the median and upper leaves gradually 

 smaller, the uppermost broadly lanceolate, becoming bracteate; 

 heads white, pedicelled, with stipitate glands; involucres about 

 2.5 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, subglobose, the bracts 5-7, broadly 



ovate, obtuse; achenes spreading, 6-7 mm. long. Aug.-Oct. 



Woods in mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 

 s. Kuriles, Korea, Manchuria, China to the Himalayas. 



44. SIEGESBECKIA L. Me-namomi Zoku 



Erect branched annuals, more or less glandular-pilose; leaves ovate, toothed; heads small, in loose panicles, yellow, the florets 

 of 2 kinds; involucral bracts herbaceous, 5, spreading, linear-spathulate, with stipitate glands on upper half; receptacles chaffy, 

 the scales dilated and enveloping the florets, outer ring of scales coriaceous, densely glandular-hairy on the back, the inner- 

 most ones membranous; ligulate florets all pistillate, 1-seriate, fertile, the corollas 3-lobulate, spreading; tubular florets bisexual, 

 fertile, tiie corollas 5-toothed; anthers sagittate; style-branches in bisexual florets short, slighdy flattened, acute; achenes 4-angIed, 



truncate, incurved at tip, narrowed at the base, glabrous, blackish; pappus absent. About 10 species, widely distributed in 



warmer regions of the world. 



