Plants of the Punjab. 



861 



Herbs, ERscr, with Alternate Exbtipulacb Lobed Leaves, 



Petals united. 



Dichrocephala 

 latilolia, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 245. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Flowers, minute, in heads, all tubular. 



medium size, annual, velvety or hairy ; leaves 1^-4 in., 

 stalked, pinnately divided lobes, irregularly coarsel}' 

 toothed, terminal lobe broadly ovate ; flowers minute, 

 inner yellow, outer white, in heads, ^ in. diam., discoid on 

 slender stalks forming branching racemes, pappus of inner 

 flowers none, of outer 2 minute bristles, corollas, outer 

 very slender, 2-3-toothed, inner 4 or 5-lobed ; achehes 

 smooth, flat. 



Dichrocephala 

 chrysanthemifolia, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 246. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Hke the last species, but the leaves are smaller, stem- 

 clasping, heads | in. diam., usually sohtary on thick, 

 diverging stalks, corollas turning dull purple before wither- 

 ing. 



Cyathocline lyrata, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 246. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley 

 (Collett). 



small to medium size, annual, velvety, sweet scented ; 

 leaves 1-5 in., sessile, pinnately divided, lobes narrow, 

 sharply toothed ; flowers very minute, rose purple white in 

 discoid heads ^ in. diam., arranged in small rounded branch- 

 ed flat-topped clusters, floor of heads elevated, concave, 

 naked, bracts of heads in 2 series, lanceolate margins 

 transparent, pappus none, inner flowers 2-toothed, outer 

 6-toothed, anther-bases not tailed : achenes (seeds) minute 

 oblong, smooth. This plant usually grows on the borders 

 of rice fields and the banks of streams and ditches. 



Blumea laciniata, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 264. 

 The Plains. 



large, annual, stout, velvety or woolly ; leaves large, 

 membranous with lobes pointing back or with a large ter- 

 minal lobe or almost pinnately divided, toothed ; flowers 

 minute, yellow, in many heads, ^-| in. diam., on sepals in 

 flat-topped open clusters, floor of head flat, naked, velvety, 

 bracts of head outer few short, inner many, narrow, short- 

 pointed, shghtly longer than the flowers, pappus white, 

 inner flowers 6-toothed, outer 2-8-toothed, anther-bases 

 forked, tails small, slender ; achenes minute, ribbed, 

 . silky. 



