Plants of the Punjab. 



325 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Epilobiiim 

 parviflorum, 

 Hoary Epilobe, 



OnAGKACEjE. 



F. B. I. ii. 584. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-7,000"'ft. 

 Simla, Sutlej 

 Valley (Collett). 



Epilobium 

 roseum, 



Vernonia cinerea, 



Sahadevi. 

 Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 233. 

 The Plains to 

 8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Dharampur. 

 Baluchistan 

 ( Hughes- Buller). 



Vernonia 

 anthelmintica, 



Bakchi, kaliziri. 

 Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 236. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Dharampur. 



Synj. 



Petals ununited. 



like the last species, but smaller, flowers a little 

 smaller, leaves not stem-clasping, stigmas ultimately 

 Spreathng, not recurved. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Petals united. 



* 



Flowers, minute, in heads, all tubular. 



small to medium size, annual, grey velvety, 

 grooved ; leaves |-3 in., ovate or lanceolate, hairy, blunt 

 cr short-pointed, tliin, nearly sessile, teeth few, coarse ; 

 flowers minute, pinkish-purple in many heads, ^ in. diam., 

 forming rounded or open and flat-topped clusters, main 

 stalks slender, bracteate, bracts round heads linear-lance- 

 olate, silky outside, inner longer than outer, calyx hairs 

 (pappus) long, white ; corolla tubes slender, equal, 5-lobed, 

 anther-bases blunt, style-arms long, hairy ; achenes | in., 

 smooth, tipped with the white or dirty white pappus hairs, 

 I in. long. 



large, annual, stout, glandular, velvety near the top, 

 leafy and much branched, leaves 3-5 in., ovate-lanceolate, 

 coarse-toothed, long-pointed, narrowed into a short stalk, 

 rough, heads |-f in. diam., barely clustered, stalks long, 

 dilated above, bracts of heads with broad purplish tips, 

 hairy, inner shorter than outer, pappus hairs tawny, 

 corollas unequal, achenes ^ in., ribbed ; for other characters 

 see the last species. This plant is found near villages, 

 planted or as an escape ; the seeds are used in sldn diseases, 

 and to drive away fleas and as a vermifuge. 



Vernonia 

 cinerascens, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 

 Solidago virga-aurea, see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple . 



