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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Vernonia 

 cinerascens, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 237. 

 The Plains. 

 The Salt Kange. 

 Waziristan. 

 JBaluchistan. 



Pluchea ovalis, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 272. 

 The Salt Eange 

 (Aitchison). 



Pluchea Wallichiana, 



CoMPOSITiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 272. 

 The Plains 

 (Falconer and 

 Stewart). 



Pluchea lanceolata, 



Sarmei, reshami. 



COMPOSIT-E. 



F. B. I. iii. 272. 

 The Plains. 



Pluchea arguta, 



Composite. 

 r. B. I. iii. 273. 

 The Plains 

 (Aitchison). 



FlowerSy minute, in heads. 



medium size, much branched, grey velvety, branches 

 grooved, white ; leaves |-1|- in., oblong, rounded, tapering 

 to a narrovv^ base, often with an abrupt tip, sometimes 

 toothed, gland-dotted, velvety on both surfaces ; flowers 

 I in. diam., purple, in solitary heads, on the ends of the 

 branches of fiat-topped clusters, bracts round the heads, 

 ^ in,, in many series, linear, inner longest, calyx of hairs 

 (pappus) ^ in., white, persistent, corollas smooth, slender, 

 all tubular, teeth 5, narrow, anther bases blunt, style- 

 arms long, hairy all round, short-pointed ; achenes (seeds) 

 — in., 5-ribbed, tapering to the base, covered with rather 

 stiff hairs. 



large, branches with broad green toothed wings ; 

 leaves 2-2| by |-1 in., sessile, oblong, coarsely toothed, 

 tips rounded ; flowers white, yellow or lilac in heads in 

 compound hairy terminal leafless flat clusters, heads I in. 

 diam., discoid, flowers all tubular, outer bracts of heads 

 short-pointed ; seeds small, 4-5-angled, smooth, tuft of 

 hairs on top, slender. 



large, velvety with glands and hairy, branches not 

 winged ; leaves 1-2 in. long, sessile, oblong and ovate 

 with broad tip, slightly toothed, rigid, nerves promi- 

 nent above and below ; flowers white, yellow or lilac in 

 heads in compound terminal flat leafless clusters, heads 

 I in. diam., flowers all tubular, outer bracts of heads 

 woolly, somewhat pointed, seeds small, 4:-5-angled, tuft 

 of hairs reddish. 



small, greyish, hairy, velvety, branches slender ; 

 leaves 1-2, oblong, sessile, narrowed to the base, margin 

 smooth or toothed at the tip, nerves oblique, prominent 

 on both surfaces ; flowers white, yellow or lilac in heads 

 in compound flat leafless clusters, heads I in. diam., 

 longer than broad, bracts of heads short-rounded, blunt, 

 outer ones with grey hairs. A weed of cultivation. 

 The leaves are aperient and are used to adulterate senna. 



medium sixe, branches stout, velvety with glands ; 

 leaves 1-1| by |-f m., lanceolate or ovate with broad 

 tips, coarsely toothed, base with ear-shaped projections 

 or not ; flowers white, yellow or lilac in heads, stalked 

 sohtary or few, almost in clusters, heads ^-^ in. diam., 

 bracts of heads narrow, sharp-pointed, rigid. 



