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Madras peninsula ; North-central China, Japan, and northwards Siberia 

 and North- America. 



Artemisia (Sect. Absinthium) niitakayamense Hayata sp. nov. 

 Herbas perennes basi suffruticosas hirsuta3 odoratte multicaules, caulibus 

 simplicibus, 10-16 cm. altis. Folia alterna, sessilia semi-amplixicaulia, 

 bipinnatim dissecta, 1-2 cm. longa, 7-10 mm. lata, segmentis cuneatis 

 obtusis linearibus 3-fidis, superioria '-stipulate. Capitula majuscula 1 cm. in 

 diametro asquantia, erecta, interdum pendula, racemosa, longe pedicellata, 

 pedicellis 2 cm. longis, heterogarna, disciformia, floribus in ambitu ^ 1- 

 seriatis fertilibus, disci j£ fertilibus. Involucrum late campanulatum, bracteis 

 3-seriatis, imbricatis margine scariosis, intimis 5 mm. longis spathulatis 

 interioribus oblongis margine denticulatis, exterioribus gradatim minoribus 

 ovato-acutis. Receptaculum semi-sphericum sparce pilosum. Corollas ^ 

 tenuiter tubulospe apice breviter 4-fida3 ; j£ regulares teretes, limbo parum 

 ampliato basi limbi constricto apice 5-fid.o. Antheras apice appendicular 

 basi obtusaB. Styli fl. ^_ rami apice truncati dilatati penicillati. Achaenia 

 obovoidea compressa 2. mm. longa 1. mm. in sectione pequantia, leviter 

 incurva, apice truncata, facie dorso ecostata, ventrali prominente 4-costata. 



Hah. in Monte Morrison ad 13094 ped., leg. S. Nagasawa (No. 621.) 

 T. KAWAKAMr et Gr. Nakakara, Nov. 3, 1905. 



This interesting Artemisia comes very near to A. norvegiea Fries; 

 but differs from it by the smaller stature, sessile leaves and obtuse lobes. 

 More closely comes this species to A. macrocephala Jacquem. (Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. III. p. 329) found in the Western Tibet at the altitude of 12- 

 16000 ft. ; but differs from it by the spathulate bracts. The present species 

 is the more remarkable on account of its 4-fid corolla of the female flower, 

 and rather constricted limbs of the perfect flower. 



It is clear that this species must be referred to the Sect. Absinthium 

 on account of its pilose receptacle. The species belonging to Absinthium 

 are generally distributed in the north temperate regions of the both hemis- 

 pheres, but not found in Central China. 



Scabiosa (Sect. Sclerostemma) lacerifolia Hayata sp. nov. Herbas 

 perennes pubescentes vel glabriuscute ; caulis validiusculus 10-20 em, altus-, 



