Plants of the Punjah. 



293 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternaie Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Leaf Margins Entire. 

 . Petals uniteo* 

 J'lowers, minute, in heads, inner tubular, outer ligulate. 



Vicoa auriculata, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 297. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 DbarmiDur. 

 Thanesar, Lahore. 



medium size, annual, stiff, stems often red, mucti 

 branched, velvety and sticky, or almost smooth, leafy ; 

 leaves 2-7 by -^-11 in., narrowly, lanceolate, sessile, some- 

 times toothed, long-pointed base stem-clasping, pro- 

 longed into 2 processes ; flowers yellow, in long- 

 stalked terminal or leaf-opposed heads, |-| in. diam., 

 bracts of the heads many, narrow, edges thin, corollas 

 inner tubular, 5-toothed, outer ligulate, 1- or 2-toothed, 

 short, broad, recurved, anther-bases forked, tails slender, 

 pappus hairs scanty ; achenes small, cylindric, silky. 



Pulicaria vulgaris, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 298. 

 N.-W. F. Province. 

 Peshawar 

 (Stewart). 

 Kashmir. 

 6-6,000 ft. 

 (Falconer). 



medium size, annual, velvety or softly felted, much 

 branched towards the top ; leaves |-1 in., oblong-lanceo- 

 late, sessile, base half-stem clasping, lower leaves stalked ; 

 flowers yellow, inner tubular, outer ligulate, in short stoutly 

 stalked heads, ^-| in. diam., bracts of the heads woolly, 

 narrow, awl-shaped, erect, or nearly turned back, corollas 

 inner 5-toothed, outer erect, narrow, very short, anther- 

 bases forked, tails very slender, pappus hairs dirty white, 

 y'p- in., outer of jagged scales ; achenes very minute. 



iPulicaria 

 dysenterica, 

 Flea bane, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 298. 

 Kashmir, 

 5-6,000 ft. 

 (Falconer). 



like the last species, but perennial, more robust, 

 woolly, leaves oblong-heart-shaped, ligules much longer, 

 pappus more copious and much longer. 



iPuliearia 

 angustifolia, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 299. 

 The Plains. 

 Delhi. 

 Baluchistan. 



like Pulicaria vulgaris, but leaves linear-oblong, 

 tips blunt or abruptly pointed and recurved, bracts of 

 the heads green, lanceolate, long-pointed, achenes nearly 

 smooth. 



