BED METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Minn. valley: Reported from Coteau des Prairies; 
moist depressions and near sloughs. 
Artemisia dracunculoides Pursu, Fl. Am, 742 (1814). 
A. dracunculus PursH, Fl. Am. 521 (1814). 
A. cernua Nutr. Gen. II, 143 (1818). 
A. nuttalliana Bess. Hook. FI. Bor.-Am, I, 326 (1833). 
A. inodora Hoox. and ARN. Bot. Beech. 150 (1841). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 290; Webb., Fl. Neb. 144; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 255, 653; Upham, Fl. Minn. 85; Coult., Fl. Colo. 200; Brew. and 
Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 404; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 176; Wats., King Exp. 181; 
Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 369; Coult., Fl. Tex. 240. & 
North America: Man. to Rockies, Brit. Col. and Peace 
river reg.; S. to Minn., Colo., Tex., Arizona and Calif. in 
Sierras; E. to Ill. and Neb 
Minn. valley: Throughout; banks of streams, waste 
places, edges of sandy thickets. 
, HeERB.: Taylor 817, Glenwood; Taylor 614, Minnesota 
lake; Holzinger 129, Winona; Sandberg 336, Cannon Falls; Her- 
rick 167, Minneapolis. 
Artemisia canadensis Micux. Fl. N. Am. II, 129 (1803). 
A. peucedanifolia Juss. in herb. 
A. campestris PursH, FI. Am. 521 (1814). 
A. desertorum Bress. Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. I, 325 (1833) in part. 
A. commutata Bess. Dracun. 68 (1835). 
2A. pacifica NuTT. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. VII, 399 (1841). 
? A. lewisti T. and G. Fl. IL. 417 (1841) in part. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 290; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 256; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 85; Webb., Fl. Neb. 144; Coult., Fl. Colo. 200; Roth., Wheel. 
Exp. 176; Cov., Fl. Ark. 197?; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 2, 368 and 369; Engl. 
Hoffm., Nat. Pflanz. IV, 5, 282; Coult., Fl. Tex. 240. 
N. W. Asia; jide Gray. 
North America: Can. throughout to 64° N. lat.; 5. to 
Utah, Arizona and N. Mex. in Rockies; to Washington and to 
Minn., Colo., Neb. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Reported from N. E. and N. edges; 
sandy shores of lakes and streams. 
Artemisia caudata Micux. Fl. N. Am, II, 129 (1803). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 290; Britt., Fl. N. J. 148; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 85; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 256; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 242; Gray, Syn. Fl. I, 
2,368; Coult., Fl. Tex. 239. 
North America: Ont. and N. H. to N. J. and N. Car.; 
W. to Minn., Man. and Mich.; S. to Kan. and Mo. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; waste or sandy places; 
edges of thickets and along streams. 
HERB.: Sheldon 1392, Lake Benton; Sheldon 1046, 
