Plants of the Punjab. 



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Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaveb. 



Leap Margins Toothed. 



Petals united. 



Flowers, minute, in heads, inner tubular, outer ligulate. 



Doronicum Roylei, 



Daru7iaj-akral)i. 

 Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 332. 

 Himalaya, 

 10,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



medium size to large, perennial, somewhat hairy or 

 woolly ; leaves 4-5 in. long, broadly ovate, toothed vdih. 

 rounded notches, radical, long-stalked, upper half stem- 

 clasping, leaf-stalks 4-6 in. ; flowers yellow, in long slender 

 stalked heads 1-2 in. diam., with a top-shaped swelling on 

 the stalk just below the head, floor or head naked, bracts of 

 head in 2 series, green, i-f in. long, with fine long points, 

 pappus of inner flowers short, reddish, pappus of outer 

 flowers none, corollas, outer in one series, liguleslong, entire, 

 or 2-3 -toothed, inner tubular, 5-toothed, anther-bases 

 entire or nearly iorked, style-arms linear ; achenes top- 

 shaped and oblong, deeply grooved, all smooth or outer 

 slightly hairy. This plant is used in Indian medicine as 

 an aromatic tonic. 



Senecio 

 amplexicaulis, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 348. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-13,000 ft. 

 The Chor (Collett). 



large, perennial, stem hollow, thick as the thumb below, 

 nearly smooth ; leaves 12 in. diam. or less, circular- kidney- 

 shaped, base forked or not, lower leaf stalks simple or 

 partly -winged, upper with a broad stem-sheathing wing ; 

 flowers yellow, in many-flowered heads, 1-2 in. diam., nod 

 ding in large flat-topped clusters, becoming racemose in 

 fruit, branches of clusters velvety, bracts of heads |-^ in., 

 about 8, united below, smooth, oblong, short-pointed, floor 

 of head flat, naked, pappus hairs many, reddish, corollas, 

 inner 5-toothed, slender, outer 5-6, very long, anther-bases 

 blunt, style-arms recurved ; achenes 1-5 in., 5-10 ribbed, 

 smooth. 



Senecio Thomsoni, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 348. 

 Kashmir, 

 7-10,000 ft. 



Senecio Ligularia, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 349. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



like the last species, but more slender, smooth below, 

 smooth or cottony above, leaves not more than 10 in. diam., 

 leaf stalk of floral leaves slender, not winged, axils of clus- 

 ters with long linear bracts, heads 5-6 -flowered, bracteoles 

 linear or thread-Hke, hgules 1-2, very long, achenes I in. 

 long. 



very like Senecio amplexicauhs above, but the flower- 

 heads form an unbranched drooping terminal raceme, 

 bracteoles none, bracts at the base of the main stalks small, 

 large and leafy, bracts of heads ununited, hgules 8-10, 

 ^-| in., achenes ^ in., narrow, longer than the reddish 

 pappus. 



