Plants of the Punjab. 377 
Herss, Erect, with ALTERNATE ExstiputatE Lopep Leaves. 
PETALS UNITED. 
FLOWERS, MINUTE, IN HEADS, ALL LIGULATE. 
Crepis tenuifolia, 
CoMPOSIT. 
BeBe i ties 9p: 
Northern Kashmii, 
12-15,000 ft. 
Crepis japonica, 
Composit &. 
BB) an. B95: 
The Plains to 
10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Crepis acaulis, 
Pterotheca 
Falconeri, 
Lactuea Seariola, 
The Prickly Lettuce, 
Kahu, khas, salad. 
CoMPosITé. 
ied oe eter: 207 
Himalaya, 
6-11,000 ft. 
Mashobra, Sutle} 
Valley (Collett). 
Murree, 
Baluchistan 
(Lace). 
Lactuea undulata, 
COMPOSIT &. 
F. B. I. iii. 404. 
The Salt Range 
(Fleming). 
Baluchistan 
(Stocks). 
small to medium size, perennial, root woody, stems 
many, stout, much branched, smooth; leaveg 4-8 in., 
narrow, radical, long-stalked, pinnately divided, lobes dis- 
tant, slender, long-pointed, toothed or entire, stem leaves 
linear, entire ; flowers yellow,in many heads, # in, long, 
forming flat-topped clusters, stalks bracteate, slightly 
velvety, bracts of heads, inner linear, outer very small, 
grey ; achenes + in., red-brown, flattened, shortly beaked, 
ribbed, rough, pappus silvery, soon falling off. 
small, annual, smooth, stems slender, branching, tuft- 
ed, leaves 2-6 in., radical, long-stalked, deeply lobed, lobes 
iregular, terminal largest, stem leaves few, small, flowers 
pale yellow, in many long-stalked heads 3-4 in‘, forming 
branching flat-topped racemes, stalks bracteolate, bracts 
of heads 6-8, narrowly oblong, smooth, erect, green, re- 
curved in fruit with a strong midrib, achenes +, in., hardly 
beaked ; for other characters see the last species. 
see Herbs, Unbrached, Alternate, Kixstipulate, Simple. 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
medium size to large, annual or biennial, somewhat 
prickly towards the base, leafy, branched ; leaves 5-7 in., 
pinnately divided, segments toothed, pointing backwards, 
midribs and nerves prickly, stem leaves lobed at the base, 
half stem-clasping ; flowers yellow, in erect, cylindric, few- 
flowered, smooth, branching racemed heads 4 in, long, 
stalks bracteate, white, bracts of heads, outer triangular, 
inner linear, pappus silvery ; achenes + in., many-ribbed, 
ribs rough, brown, beak very slender, as long as the body. 
(Var. sativa, the garden lettuce, is smoother, more succu- 
lent, achenes black). This plant acts as a weak sedative. 
small, annual, succulent, smooth, stem short, branched 
from the base, leafy, leaves 2-3 in., dark-green, radical, 
sessile, pinnately divided, lobes entire or but little toothed, 
stem leaves half stem-clasping, base dilated or lobed, 
flowers bluish ‘or pinkish white in terminal or clustered 
erect, narrow, cylindric few-flowered heads 1 in.» long, 
achenes 3-8 in. long, beak very long, tip cleft, embracing 
the base of the beak ; for other characters see the last species. 
