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branched, 3-6 ft. Lower leaves 1-3-pinnately lobed or 1-3- 
pinnatifid, 1-3 in. long ; ultimate segments narrow or rather broad, 
entire or nearly so, acute or obtuse ; upper surface pubescent or 
hairy, lower tomentose or densely hairy, white-grey or brown ; 
leaf-rachis winged, wings entire or nearly so. Floral leaves 3-lobed 
nearly to the base or lanceolate. 
Simla, common ; August-October. — Throughout India, ascending to 
12,000 ft. — Temperate Asia, Europe (Britain, Mug wort). 
4. Artemisia vestita, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 326. Hoary- 
pubescent ; stems 1-4 ft. ; branches usually few and short. 
Leaves fern-like, 2-pinnate, 1-3 in. long ; ultimate segments 
narrowly oblong, closely pinnatifid, lobes acute ; upper surface 
dark green, pubescent, lower white-tomentose ; leaf-rachis winged, 
wings closely pinnatifid, segments uniform, acute, comb -like. 
Floral leaves similar, smaller. (Fig. 79.) 
Simla, common on the Downs ; September, October. — Temperate Himalaya, 
4000-10,000 ft. — Afghanistan, N. China. 
