Plants of the Punjab. 



449 



Herbs, Unbeanchep, with Opposite Exstipulate Lobep Leaves, 



Petals united, 



FliOWERS, MINUTE, IN HEADS. 



Gerbera lanuginosa, 



Kapasi, sung. 



COMPOSITiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 390. 



Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (CoUett). 

 Murree. 

 Kashmir. 



Gerbera Kunzeana, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 390. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-12,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett), 

 Kashmir, 



Crepis sibirica5 



Crepis tenuifolia, 



Crepis Stoliczkai, 



Pterotheca 

 Falconeri, 



Taraxacum, 



officinale, 



Dandelion, 



Dudal, kanphul, 

 shamuhei. 



CoMPOSITiB. 



F.B.I, iii. 401. 



Himalaya, 

 1-18,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Mashobra, Mahasu. 



Inner tubular, outer ligulate. 



small, perennial, silky woolly ; leaves radical 2|-6 by 

 f-3 in., ovate or lanceolate with a broad tip, lobulate to- 

 wards the base, or pinnately divided with a large end lobe, 

 smooth, shining above, densely cottony below ; flowers 

 white, in solitary heads on long leafless stalks, 4-12 in. long, 

 bracts of heads many, erect, inner slightly longer than the 

 pappus, outer shorter, floor of head flat, naked, pappus 

 abundant, white, barbed, corolla tube slender, 2-lipped, 

 inner 3-4-toothed, outer 3-toothed, anther bases divided, 

 long-tailed, style-arms blunt ; achenes rough, flattened, 

 ribbed, narrowed at the tip. The white felt on the back 

 of the leaves is used for tinder, to stop bleeding, also for 

 weaving into a coarse cloth. 



Hke the last species, but with thread-like bracts on 

 the flower stalks, pappus chestnut-broM^n. 



All ligulate. 

 Bee Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 

 see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 



small, perennial, juice milky, root woody, upright ; 

 leaves all radical, 2-8 in., narrowly oblong, pinnately divid- 

 ed, lobes linear or triangular, pointing back, sessile ; 

 flowers yellow, in smooth soHtary heads on a leafless hollow 

 stalk, 2-8 in. long, bracts of the head, inner linear, erect, 

 almost equal, margins often white, tips usually thickened 

 or hooked, outer short, ovate, erect or recurved, floor of 

 head flat, naked, pappus abundant, white, soft, not 

 feathery, ligules long, spreading, 3-5-toothed, often brown 

 on the 'back, style-arms long; achenes smooth, flattened, 

 ribbed, narrowed to the base, minutely spiny above the 



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