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Plants oj the Punjab. 



PIerbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Flowers, minute, in heads, all tubular. 



Centaurea depressa, very like the last species, but the heads are larger 



Composite. and the leaves are broader. 



F.B.I.iii.385. 



The Hills west of 



the Indus. 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks). 



Centaurea 



Calcitrapa, 



Star-thistle. 



Composite. 

 F.B. Liii.384. 

 The Plains to 

 3,500 ft. 

 Kashmir, 

 Eawalpindi, 

 Choa Saidan Shah 

 (Douie). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



like the last species, but the branches angular, widely 

 spreading, bracts narrow, terminating in a yellow spine, 

 flowers purple, pappus none, achenes small, wMte. 



Centaurea iberica, 



CoMPOSITiE. 



F.B.I.iii.385. 

 Kashmir, 

 5-6,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



very like the last species, but heads smaller, flowers 

 paler, pappus very short. 



Centaurea 

 polycephala, 



Composite. 

 F.B.I.iii.385. 

 The Plains, west of 

 the Jhelum. 

 Peshawar (Stewart). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



like the last species, but the branches with round 

 white stems, outer bracts green, leaflike, pappus scaly. 



