550 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Hers.: Sheldon 360, Madison Lake; Sheldon 1187, 
Lake Benton; Taylor 564, Minnesota lake; Ballard 178, Jordan, 
Scott Co.; Ballard 735, Waconia; Taylor 868, Glenwood; Taylor 
564, Minnesota lake; Roberts 66, Grand Marais; Kassube 140, 
Minneapolis; Roberts 67, Poplar river; Leonard 26, Duluth; 
Leonard 27, Spring Valley; Bailey 159, Vermilion lake; Hoberts 
68, Grand Marais; Sandberg 335, Cannon Falls; Herb. Wicker- 
shiem 80, Idlewild; Herb. Moyer 146, Montevideo. 
ARTEMISIA Linn. Gen. 644 (1737). 
Oligosporus Cass. Bull. Philom. (1817). 
Absinthium GaErT. Fruct. II, 393 (1791). 
Picrothamnus Nutt. Trans. Phil. Soc. 2, VII, 417 (1841). 
Bailion, Hist. Pl. VIII, 285; Benth.and Hook.. Gen. Pl. II, 435; Durand, 
Ind, Gen. Phan. 220; Engl. Hoffmann, Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 281. 
“Living species: 200+ described; 150— reduced (Du- 
rand); N. hemisphere; 8. America; Sandwich Islands. Europe, 
50; Russia, 85; Russian Europe, 30; North America, 40; Canada, 
22-25; E. Sts., 11; Rocky mts., 23; S. Sts., 3; California, 14; 
Pl. King, 18; Pl. Wheel., 10; W. Tex., 8. 
Artemisia frigida WILLD. Spec. III, 1838 (1803). 
A. sericea NuTT. Gen. II, 143 (1818). 
A. virgata Rica. Frankl. Journ. (1823). 
A. frigida var. gmeliniana Bess. Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 321 (1833). 
Wats. and Coult, Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 291; Webb., Fl. Neb. 144; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 259; Upham, Fl. Minn. 86; Coult., Fl. Colo. 201; Wats., King 
Exp. 184; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 176, 217; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 369; Gmel., Fl. 
Sib. 63; Coult., Fl. Tex. 240. 
N. Asia. 
North America: Man. and Saskatchewan to Rocky 
mts. and N. to 58° on Mackenzie; S. to Minn. and Tex.; W. to 
Idaho, Nev. and N. Mex. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; banks and hillsides or on 
rocky ledges and high ridges. 
Hers.: Sheldon 1480, Pipestone; Holzinger 131, Wi- 
nona Co.; Herrick 170, Minneapolis; Leiberg 40, Pipestone Co.; 
Sandberg 340, Red Wing; MacM. and Sheld. 47, Brainerd. 
Artemisia biennis WiLLD. Phytogr. 11 (1794). 
A. hispanica Jacq. Ic. Rar. 172 (1781) not Lam. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 291; Britt., Fl, N. J. 149; Webb., 
F). Neb. 144: Upham, Fl. Minn. 85; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 259; Coult., Fl. Colo. 
201; Wats., King Exp. 183; Gray, Syn. FI. I, 2, 370. 
Kamstk. and N. India, jide Gray. 
North America: Hudson Bay to Mackenzie and Pac. 
