Plants of the Punjab. 



21& 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Lobbd Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Scabiosa Olivieri, 



Dipsace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 219. 

 The Low Hills of 

 Peshawar (Vicary). 

 Eawalpindi. 

 Hazara (Stewart). 

 The Park, 

 Eawalpindi. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



Scabiosa speciosa, 



DlPSACE^. 



P. B. Liii. 219. 



Himalaya, 

 7-9,000 ft. 

 Kashmir 

 Kagan (Douie). 



Bidens tripartita, 

 Three-cleft Bidens, 



Composite. 

 F. B. L iii. 309. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-5,000 ft. 

 Dharmpur. 



Bidens pilosa, 



Composite. 



P. B. I. iii 309. 



Var. pilosa proper. 



The Plains to 



6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(CoUett). 



Kasauli. 



Flowers small, in heads. 



small, annual, branched, hairy, stem leafy ; leaves 

 2 by I in., narrowly oblong, slightly toothed, or 4 by 2 

 in., deeply divided into pointed lobes; flowers small, 

 purple, in few-flowered small terminal heads, bracts | in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, surrounding the heads, calyx of 2 por- 

 tions epicalyx (involucel) ^ in. diam., 16-20-ribbed, 

 calyx proper with short teeth and bristles ^ in., barbed, 

 brown, corolla tubular, 4-5-lobed, all equal, much shorter 

 than the calyx bristles, hairy without, stamens 4, style 

 jSliform ; achenes crowned by the epicalyx and calyx 

 bristles, silky. This plant is closely akin to Scabiosa 

 arvensis of Britain. 



medium size, branched, rootstock perennial, leaves 

 2 by ^ in., oblong, pinnatifid at the base with small lobes, 

 flowers small, mauve, in many-flowered large, terminal, 

 stalked, radiate heads, bracts |-f in., narrowly oblong, 

 involucel, | in., nearly bell-shaped, calyx bristles nearly 

 black, corollas with rays | in., corollas without rays in the 

 centre of the flower | in., achenes J in., silky below, upper 

 8-ribbed, deeply pitted within the ribs ; otherwise like 

 the last species. 



medium size, annual, smooth, velvety above ; leaves 

 3-5 in., digitately 3-5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, toothed, 

 terminal longest ; flowers small, yellow, in discoid heads, 



1 in. diam., on short, erect stalks, bracts longer than the 

 flowers, in 2 or 3 series joined below, outer green, longer 

 than the flowers, inner thin, receptacle with narrow flat 

 scales nearly as long as the flowers, calyx (pappus) of 



2 barbed bristles on the achene, corolla tubes narrow, 

 dilated at the top, 5-toothed, style-arms hairy ; achenes 

 J in., smooth, wedge-shaped, barbed along the sides, 

 bristles very short, 2. 



small, hairy or smooth, leaves 3-5 in., pinnatifid, 

 lobes 3-5, ovate, toothed, flowers tubular in the centre, 

 along the edge supplied with white ligules (rays), pappus 

 of 3 barbed bristles, achenes linear, rough ; otherwise 

 like the last species. 



