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LIL COMPOSITE 
Heads several, | in. diam., corymbs crowded. Involucral bracts 
hairy ; flowers bright yellow. 
Huttoo, the Chor; September, October. — W. Himalaya, 10,000-13,000 ft. 
35. ARTEMISIA. The classical name of some species of the 
genus ; Artemis was the Greek Diana. — N. temperate regions. 
Erect, more or less aromatic, shrub-like herbs ; stems grooved, 
usually much-branched. Leaves stalked or sessile, alternate, 
wedge-shaped or pinnately lobed or divided, bearing at the base 
close to the stem a pair of small, leaf -like lobes. Heads numerous, 
discoid, very small, globose, J in. diam. or less, in simple or com- 
pound racemes forming long, terminal, leafy panicles. Involu- 
cral bracts few, hairy or pubescent, scarious or with scarious 
margins, shining, outer ones shorter than the inner ; receptacle 
naked or , hairy ; flowers few, tinged with green, yellow or 
purple ; pappus none ; corolla of the outer flowers very slender, 
2- or 3 -toothed, of the inner larger, 5-toothed. Achenes minute. 
A. maritima, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 323 (a British species), is common on 
the arid, inner ranges and in Afghanistan, but does not occur near Simla. It is 
distinguished by its short, white-tomentose, 2-pinnatisect leaves with linear 
segments. 
The ‘ Wormwood ’ of Britain, A. Absinthium , extends to N. Asia but not to 
the east of Kashmir. 
Leaves wedge-shaped ; tip toothed or lobed . . .1. A. parviflora. 
Leaves pinnately lobed or divided. 
Leaf-segments thread-like . . . . . . 2. A. scoparia. 
Leaf- segments broad or narrow, never thread-like. 
Ultimate leaf-segments and wing of rachis entire or 
nearly so . . . . . . . 3. A. vulgaris. 
Ultimate leaf-segments and wing of rachis closely 
pinnatifid . . . . . . . . 4. A. vestita. 
1. Artemisia parviflora, Roxb. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 322. Hairy 
or nearly glabrous ; stems 1-3 ft. Lower leaves sessile, wedge- 
shaped or obovate-oblong, 1-3 in., lateral margins usually entire, 
tip broad, toothed or lobed. Floral leaves similar, smaller, often 
lobed nearly to the base, sometimes lanceolate. 
Simla, common ; September, October. — Hilly districts throughout India, 
3000-10,000 ft. 
2. Artemisia scoparia, Waldst. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 323. Glabrous 
or nearly so ; stems slender, 1-2 ft., much branched. Leaves 
stalked or nearly sessile, 2-3-pinnatisect, 1-3 in. long ; segments 
thread-like. Floral leaves simple, linear, short. Heads very 
numerous, minute, nodding. 
Valleys below Simla ; September, October. — N. India, ascending to 5000 ft. 
3. Artemisia vulgaris, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 325, including 
A. glauca, Pall., and A. Roxburglniana, Besser ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 
322 and 326. Hairy or tomentose ; stems shrub-like, much 
