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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Bxstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Euphorbia 

 hypericifolia, 



Petals none. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple, Entire. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Valeriana Stracheyi, see HerbS; Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, 



Lobed. 



Flowers small, in heads. 



Dipsacus inermis, 

 Teasel, 



DlPSACE^. 



F. B. Liii. 217. 



Himalaya, 



6-12,000 ft. ■ 



Simla, Masliobra 



(Collett). 



Changlagalli 



(Douie). 



large, stout, rough with stiff hairs, roughest under 

 the flower heads ; leaves 3-12 in., lower leaves deeply 

 divided, end lobe largest, upper ovate or lanceolate or 

 some divided into 3 lobes, shortly hairy on both sur- 

 faces, stalks dilated, united at the base ; flowers small, 

 white, many, in nearly round terminal long-stalked, soh- 

 tary or several heads, 1 in. diam., surrounded by 6-8 

 spreading, leaf-like bracts, bracteoles or scales on the 

 base of the head (receptacle) concave, abruptly narrowed 

 in long, fringed, spine-like points, projecting above the 

 flowers when in bud, calyx double owing to an epicalyx 

 (involucel), calyx proper cup-shaped, hairy, 4-angled, 

 4-lobed on the achene, epicalyx 8-ribbed, surrounding the 

 achene, corolla velvety, unequally 4-lobed, stamens 4, 

 anthers protruding, stigma linear ; achene with the 8- 

 ribbed epicalyx, crowned with the calyx, which falls off 

 later. This plant is allied to D. pilosus of Britain. 



Dipsacus strictus, 



Dipsace^. 

 F. B. L iii. 217. 

 Himalaya, 

 7,000 ft. 

 Ghamba. 



very like the last species, but larger, more of the 

 leaves undivided, flowers cream coloured, and fewer 

 heads. 



