243 



Distrib. Extreme northeastern Asia: Ocliot.sk region, Kamtschatka, the Kurilea and 

 Tschuktches-land ; also in arctic Alaska. 



146. Artemisia norvegica, Fries; Besser, Abrot. p. 70; Max. Mel. Biol, vin, p. 533; A. 



Gray, Synop. PI. i, p. 371. — Var. pacifica, A. Gray, /. c. A. longepedunculata, 

 Rudolphi ex Bess. Abrot. p. 77; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, n, p. 591. A. arctica, Less, 

 in Linnaea, vi, p. 213; Ledeb. I. e. p. 591. A. Chamissoniana, Bess, in Hook. 

 Fl. Bor.-Am. i, p. 324. A. arctica, var. sachalinensis, F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 150. 

 Hah. Kurile Islands (ex Turcz.). 



Distrib. Eastern Siberia, northern Manchuria, Sakhalin, Kamtschatka, and the Aleu- 

 tian Islands to arctic Alaska. The typical form is found in the alpine regionol Norway, 

 in the northern Ural, and in the alpine and suhalpinc regions of western North America, 

 as far south as California and southern Colorado. 



147. Artemisia Stelleriana, Bess. Abrot. p. 70, t. 5; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, rr, p. 592; Max. 



Mel. Biol, vin, }). 531; F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 150; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. i, p. 

 371; Franehet, in Bull. Soe. Philom. Paris, avril, 1888. A. Stelleriana, var. ves- 

 iculosa, Fi-. & Sav. Enum. n, p. 402. A. chinensis, Pnrsh, Fl. Bor.-Am. n, p. 

 521. 



Hah. Etorofu, at Rausu. 



Distrib. Along the coast ot Kamtschatka, Sakhalin and northern Japan; and also about 

 the mouth of the Amoor in Manchuria. Found wild at Lynn Beach, Mass., North Amer- 

 ica, and also in Sweden {fide Areschoug, Fl. Dan., Case. 51, t. 3045). According to 

 Pursh, also on the northwestern coast of North America. 



148. Artemisia vulgaris, L. Sp. p. 848; Bess. Abrot; p. 51; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 585; 



Herd. PI. Radd. m, 2, p. 74; Max. Mel. Biol, vm, p. 535; A. Gray, Synop. Fl. 

 i, p. 372; Fr. & Sav. Enum. i, p. 239. 

 Hdb. SMkotan. Etorofa, common along the roadside thickets. Shimushu (Akakabe). 

 Distrib. Widely distributed in temperate Europe, Asia and western North America. 

 Also found in the mountainous districts of India, Siain and Java. Naturalized in Canada 

 and the Atlantic States of North America. 



149. Artemisia sericea, "Weber, in Stechm. Art. p. 16; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, n, p. 595; F. 



Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 150; Max. Mel. Biol, vm, p. 537. 

 Hab. SMkotan, on rocky cliffs along the harbor. 



All the specimens I have collected were in a sterile condition. The plant is suffruti- 

 cose at the base and ascending, and is densely appressed-silky. The leaves are all peti- 

 oled and coincide exactly with the sterile specimen of A. sericea from Dahuria (Fischer) 

 in the Gray Herbarium! 



Distrib. "From the R. Volga through Siberia to the R. Aldan in E. Siberia, Dahu- 

 ria, Saghalin," and in the southern Kuriles. 



150. Petasites japonicus, Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 380 (1867) ; Fr. & Sav. Enum. I, p. 220. 



P. japonicus, F. Schm. Fl. Sach. p. 145 (ls68). Tnssilago Petasites, Thunb. 

 Fl. Jap. p. 314. JSFardosmia japonica, Sieb. & Zucc. Fam. Nat. n, p. 57, n. 615. 



Petasites sjmrius, Miq. Prol. p. 100. P. albus, Gray, PI. Jap. p. 314. Pallas, 



N. nord. Beitr. iv, p. 124. 



