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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbb, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Lobbd Leaves. 



Petals united. 

 Flowers, minute, in heads, all ligulate. 



Launsea nudicaulis, 



Batthal, dudhlak. 



Composite. 



F. B. I.iii. 416. 



The Plains to 



6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Baluchistan 



(Duke). 



like the last described species, but lobes of leaves 

 point backwards, teeth of leaf margins white, cartilagin- 

 ous, achenes distinctly ribbed, not winged, much shorter 

 than the pappus. The plant is used in Indian medicine. 



Launaea glomerata, 



Composite. 

 F.B. I.iii. 417. 

 The Plains. 



Solanum nigrum, 

 Black night-shade, 



Kamhei, makoi, 

 haehmach. 

 Solanace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 229. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Simla in woods. 

 (Collett). 



like the last species, but heads broader, bracts of 

 heads more blunt, more flowers in the heads, achenes 

 shorter than the pappus, corky, thickly ribbed, outer 

 achenes 2-winged. 



Flowers not in heads. 



medium size, perennial, shrubby, smooth or slightly 

 velvety, not prickly ; leaves 3| by 2 in., lobed or coarsely 

 toothed, ovate or oblong, narrowed at both ends, stalk 

 f in. ; flowers | in. diam., white, on nearly umbelled, short 

 stalks, 5-8, I in., united on to main stalks, which are extra- 

 axillary, J-| in. long, calyx saucer-shaped, 5- rarely 4- or 6- 

 toothed, teeth blunt, -^\ in., corolla 5- rarely 4- or 6- lobed, 

 wheel-shaped, tube short, stamens 5, rarely 4 or 6, in the 

 corolla throat, anthers nearly uniting together to form a 

 cone, style short, thick, stigma small ; berry | in. diam., 

 red or black, rarely yellow, round, seeds -^ in., discoid, 

 very many, almost smooth. This plant has diuretic, tonic, 

 alterative, and laxative properties. 



Solanum coagulans, 



Bari mauhari. 



SOLANACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 236. 

 The Plains. 



medium size to large, perennial, bushy, leaves 3-6 by 

 2-4 in., ovate, lobed or coarsely toothed, woolly beneath 

 with star-shaped hairs, prickly, flowers 1-1| in. diam., 

 blue, in lateral few-flowered clusters on main stalks, often 

 paired, one bearing a perfect the other a cluster of male 

 flowers, calyx-lobes triangular, tube bell-shaped, calyx 

 at flowering time often spinous, corolla shortly lobed. 

 hairy on the plaits without, berry 1 in. diam., yellow, 

 much larger than the calyx, edible ; for other characters 

 see the last species. 



