326 Lxxvin. composite. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Artemisia, 



Synonym of parvifolia, Wight, is probably due to a misplaced ticket. Wight (loonee, 

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

 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 ©hats, and the heads- 

 are sold in the Bombay Bazaar. 



16. A. Boxburg'liiana, Besser Ahrot. Si^l. 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 veiy small flat. DC. Prodr. vi. 114. A. WaUichiana, 

 Besser Ahrot. 69. 



Westeen HiMAtATA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 5-10,000 ft. 



Very similar in some states, in foliage and inflorescence, to A. vulgaris, 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 vaiy much in size and in form, from hemispheric to ovoid. A form with 

 large racemose heads appears to pass into A. MoorcroftioMa. 



Vau. 1. grata ; leaf segments broad white tomentose beneath, m/wgins flat or 

 recurved. A. grata. Wall. Cat. 3294, A. A. hjpoleuca, Edgew. in Trans. Lima. Soa, 

 XX. 71 ; Clarice Comp. Ind. 164. The stem is often purple. 



Vae. 2. purpwrascens ; leaves more finely cut, segments very narrow acute, 

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

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



16. A. vestita, Wdl. in DC. Prodr. vi. 106; Cat. 3801 ; shrubby below, 

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

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

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

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

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



Westeen Himalaya, and the Sait Eange, alt. 7-10,000 ft., from Peshawur and 

 Kashmir to Kumaon. — Disteib. N. China. 



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

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

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

 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. Ledeh. Fl. Ross. ii. 681 ; Clarke 

 Comp. Ind. 161. 



Western Tibet and Kumaon, alt, 8-12,000 ft., Soyle,&c. Kashmir, alt. 9600 ft., 

 Clarke. — Disteib. Siberia and Dahuria. 



This is probably only a more compoimd leaved state of A. sacrorum ; the heads 

 are identical. 



18. A. sacrorum, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. 72 ; Fl. Ross. ii. 678 ; erect, hoary, 

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

 J»innatifid 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 scanous margins. Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 310 ; Clarke Comp. 



