Plants of the Punjab, 



289 



IIerbs, Ereot, with Alternate ExsTipujiATE SimpJjB Leaves, 



Leaf Margins Entire, 



Petals united. 



Flowers minute, in heads, all tubular. 



Jurinea modesta, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 378. 

 N.-W. F. Province. 

 Peshawar (Vicary). 



small, annual, cottony, branched froin the base, 

 branches short, ending in very long leafless sltnder one- 

 headed stalks ; leaves 2-3 in., lanceolate, short-pointed, 

 sessile, running down the stem, sometimes widely toothed ; 

 flowers ^ in., purple, in solitary heads, 1 in. diam ., 

 bracts of the heads in many series, overlapping, inner 

 narrow, erect, sometimes red, outer shorter, ovate, 

 long-pointed, green with thin margins, bristles of the 

 receptacle half as long as the flowers, corollas slender, 5- 

 toothed, anther- bases forked, pappus hairs ^ in., white, 

 shining, inner hairs stiff, 2 much longer than the 

 others, flattened ; achenes i in., flattened, angles thickened, 

 pale, smooth, sliining. 



Volutareila 

 divaricata, 



Centaurea Cyanus, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Ex^tipulate, Lobed. 



Centaurea depressa. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



Centaurea 

 polycephala, 



Carthamus 

 tinetorius, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Dicoma, 

 tomentosa, 



COMPOSITJE. 



F. B. L iii. 387. 

 The Plains. 



small to medium size, annual, much branched, covered 

 with white cottony wool ; leaves 1-8 in., linear, blunt 

 or short-pointed ; flowers I in., white or pale yellow, in 

 many solitary, nearly axillary and terminal heads, §-1 in. 

 diam., bracts of the heads |-| in., linear-lanceolate, spinous, 

 shining, tips yellow, stiff, corollas 5-toothefl, anther-bases 

 forked, bearded, pappus hairs | in., pale brown, outer 

 slender, inner lanceolate-awl-shaped, ribbed, margins 

 wavy ; achenes -| in., short, broad, top-shaped, densely 

 silky. 



