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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Ukbbanchbd, with Altbrnatb Exbtipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Pbtals united. 



Flowers, minute, in heads, innhr tubular, outer LiauLA?E. 



Tussilago Farfara, 

 Colts foot, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 830. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-11,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial, white, woolly, rootstock bearing 

 runners ; leaves all radical coming after the flowers, 8-10 

 in., long-stalked, circular-heart-shaped, toothed, cobwebby 

 above, white felted beneath ; flowers bright yellow, in 

 solitary heads 1-li^ in. diam., on radical felted scaly leaf- 

 less stalks 4-10 in. long, in the centre are about 40 tubular 

 male flowers, surrounded by 800 female ligulate flowers, 

 the female flowers are ripe before the male to prevent 

 self-fertilisation, bracts of receptacle in one row, equal, 

 wath a few small outer ones, receptacle flat, naked, style- 

 arms entire, blunt, pappus soft, very white ; acnenes 

 slender, 5-10-ribbed. 



Cremanthodium 

 Decaisnei, 



Composite. 

 F.B.I, iii. 831. 

 Himalaya, 

 11,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Doronleum 

 Falconeri, 



COMPOSITJE. 



F. B. I. iii. 888. 

 Kashmiu. 

 13,000 ft. 



small, perennial, more or less velvety ; leaves chiefly 

 radical, kidney-shaped, round-toothed, leathery, smooth 

 or white-felted beneath, leaf stalk stout ; flowers yellow, 

 in solitary nodding heads, 1|-2| in. diam. on leafless radical 

 stalks, bracts of receptacle oblong, broad, long-pointed, 

 inner corollas tubular, 5-cleft, ligulate, outer ligules broad, 

 3-toothed, style-arms blunt, entire, linear ; achones -^ in. 

 long, slender, 5-10-ribbed, pappus copious, white, rough. 



Senecio nudicaulis, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 840. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett), 

 Dharmpur, Sakesar, 

 bait Bange. 



medium size, perennial, slightly velvety or smooth, 

 stout, stem 12-18 in. high, nearly naked above ; leaves 5-6 

 In. long, ovate with a broad tip or spoon-shaped, stalked, 

 slightly toothed ; flowers yellow, in 1-2 glandular-hairy 

 heads, 2-8 in. diam., base top-shaped, bracts of the recep- 

 tacle linear-lanceolate, long-p«inted, in 2 rows, green, 

 receptacle naked, corollas inner tubular, 5-fid, outer ligu- 

 late, ligules very many, longer than the bracts, entire or 

 2-3-toothed, style-arms linear, no pappus in ligulate corol- 

 las, pappus of tubular corollas short, reddish ; achenes 

 oblong-top-shaped, 10-to many-ribbed. 



medium size, annual or biennial, stems 12-24 in., 

 smooth, grooved ; leaves 2-3 in. ovate with a broad tip, 

 or spoon-shaped, round- or sharp-pointed, smooth above, 

 white or purple-felted beneath, radical leaves spreading, 

 narrowed into a winged stalk, stem leaves few, sessile, base 

 stem-clasping ; flowers yellow, in many-flowered heads | in, 

 diam,, forming terminal flat-topped clusters, bracts of the 

 receptacle 10-14, in one row, ovate, pointed, 8-nerved, 



