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Plants of the Punjab. 
Heres, Ernot, with ALTERNATE ExstTIPULATE LOBED LEAVES. 
PETALS UNITED. 
FLOWERS, MINUTE, IN HEADS, ALL LIGULATE. 
Launza nudicaulis, 
Batthal, dudhlak. 
CoMPoSsITzA. 
BB. T. . 416: 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Baluchistan 
(Duke). 
Launza glomerata, 
Composit zm. 
Bee: tein, 417. 
The Plains. 
Solanum nigrum, 
Black night-shade, 
Kambei, makoi, 
kachmach. 
SoLANACE. 
F, B. I. iv. 229. 
The Plains to 
7,000 ft. 
Simla in woods. 
(Collett). 
Solanum coagulans, 
Bari mauhari. 
SoLANACES. 
BO Be A, rv; 286. 
The Plains. 
like the last described species, but lobes of leaves 
point backwards, teeth of leaf margins white, cartilagin- 
ous, achenes distinctly ribbed, not winged, much shorter 
than the pappus. The plant is used in Indian medicine. 
like the last species, but heads broader, bracts of 
heads more blunt, more flowers in the heads, achenes 
Shorter than the pappus, corky, thickly ribbed, outer 
achenes 2-winged. 
FLOWERS NOT IN HEADS. 
medium size, perennial, shrubby, smooth or slightly 
velvety, not prickly ; leaves 84 by 2 in., lobed or coarsely 
toothed, ovate or oblong, narrowed at both ends, stalk 
3 in.; flowers $ in. diam., white, on nearly umbelled, short 
stalks, 5-8, 4 in., united on to main stalks, which are extra- 
axillary, }-? in. long, calyx saucer-shaped, 5- rarely 4- or 6- 
toothed, teeth blunt, .4,in., corolla 5- rarely 4- or 6- lobed, 
wheel-shaped, tube short, stamens 5, rarely 4 or 6, in the 
corolla throat, anthers nearly uniting together to form a 
cone, style short, thick, stigma small; berry } in. diam., 
red or black, rarely yellow, round, seeds 4, in., discoid, 
very many, almost smooth. This plant has diuretic, tonic, 
alterative, and laxative properties. 
medium size to large, perennial, bushy, leaves 3-6 by 
2-4 in., ovate, lobed or coarsely toothed, woolly beneath 
with star-shaped hairs, prickly, flowers 1-1} in. diam., 
blue, in lateral few-flowered clusters on main stalks, often 
paired, one bearing a perfect the other a cluster of male 
flowers, calyx-lobes triangular, tube bell-shaped, calyx 
at flowering time often spinous, corolla shortly lobed, 
hairy on the plaits without, berry 1 in. diam., yellow, 
much larger than the calyx, edible ; for other characters 
see the last species, 
