Plants of the Punjab. 



377 



Herbs, Ereot, with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Flowers, minute, in heads, all ligulate. 



Crepis tenuifolia, 



.COMPOSITJB. 



F. B. Liii.39o. 

 Northern Kashmir, 

 12-15,000 ft. 



Crepis japonica, 



CoMPOSITiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 395. 

 The Plains to 

 10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Crepis aeaulis, 



Pterotheca 

 Falconeri, 



Lactuca Scariola, 

 The Prickly Lettuce, 



Kahu, khas, salad. 



Composite. 



F.B.I, iii. 404. 



Himalaya, 



G-1 1,000 ft. 



Mashobra, Sutlej 



Valley (Collett). 



Murree, 



Baluchistan 



(Lace). 



Lactuca undulata, 



Composit.T';. 

 F. B. I. iii. 404. 

 The Salt Eange 

 (Fleming), 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



small to medium size, perennial, root woody, stems 

 many, stout, much branched, smooth ; leaves 4-S in., 

 narrow, radical, long-stalked, pinnately divided, lobes dis- 

 tant, slender, long-pointed, toothed or entire, stem leaves 

 linear, entire ; flowers yellow, in many heads, | in. long, 

 forming Mat-topped clusters, stalks bracteate, slightly 

 velvety, bracts of heads, inner linear, outer very small, 

 grey; achenes -^ in,, red-brown, flattened, shortly beaked, 

 ribbed, rough, pappus silvery, soon falling off. 



small, annual, smooth, stems slender, branching, tuft- 

 ed, leaves 2-6 in., radical, long-stalked, deeply lobed, lobes 

 irregular, terminal largest, stem leaves few, small, flowers 

 pale yellow, in many long-stalked heads ^-| in., forming 

 branching flat-topped racemes, stalks bracteolate, bracts 

 of heads 0-8, narrowly oblong, smooth, erect, green, re- 

 curved in fruit with a strong midrib, achenes -^ in., hardly 

 beaked ; for other characters see the last species. 



see Herbs, Unbrached, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



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medium size to lai'ge,. annual or biennial, somewhat 

 prickly towards the base, leafy, branched ; leaves 5-7 in., 

 pinnately divided, segments toothed, pointing backwards, 

 midribs and nerves pricklj-, stem leaves lobed at the base, 

 half stem-clasping ; flowers yellow, in erect, cyhndric, few- 

 flowered, smooth, branching racemed heads ^ in. long, 

 stalks bracteate, white, bracts of heads, outer triangular, 

 inner linear, pappus silvery ; achenes ^ in., many-ribbed, 

 ribs rough, brown, beak very slender, as long as the body. 

 (Var. sativa, the garden lettuce, is smoother, mor^ succu- 

 lent, achenes black). This plant acts as a weak sedative. 



small, annual, succiflent, smooth, stem short, branched 

 from the base, leafy, leaves 2-3 in., dark-green, radical, 

 sessile, pinnately divided, lobes entire or but httle toothed, 

 stem leaves half stem-clasping, base dilated or lobed, 

 flowers bluish or pinkish white in terminal or clustered 

 erect, narrow, cylindric few-flowered heads 1 in. long, 

 achonoB |-| in. long, beak very long, tip cleft, embracing 

 the base of the beak ; for other characters see the last species. 



