480 



Planfs of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Crepis sibirica, 



COMPO-IT^. 



F. B. I. iii. 394. 

 Himalava, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Flowers, minute, in heads, all ligulate. 



small to medium size, perennial, more or less rough, 

 root spindle-shaped, very stout, stem 6-18 in., sometimes 

 branched ; leaves 6-12 in., lowest stalked, lanceolate with a 

 broad long-pointed tip, toothed or pinnately divided, end 

 lobe largest, minutely toothed, stem leaves heart-shaped, 

 half stem-clasping ; flowers yellow, all strap-shaped, in 

 few stalked heads 1 in. diam., in terminal clusters, bracts 

 of receptacle blunt, bristly, velvety, outer broadly ovate, 

 inner linear, pappus ^ in,, scanty, soft ; achenes | in., slen- 

 der, ribbed, smooth, pale brown, gradually narrowed into 

 a slender beak. 



Crepis blattaroides, 

 Hawk's Beard, 



C0MP0SIT.S;. 

 F. B. I. iii. 394. 

 Kashmir. 

 Sonemarg, 

 11,500 ft. 



like the last species, but larger, leaves 2-4 by ?-2 in., 

 oblong-ovate with a broad s'.ort tip, entire or toothed, 

 stem leaves few, large, sessile, bracts of receptacle 

 lanceolate, sharp-pointed, achenes | in., red-brown, outer 

 curved. 



Crepis acaulis, 



CoMPOSlTiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 396. 



Himalaya, 



east of the Chenab, 



1-3.000 ft. 



small, perennial, stemless, smooth, root woody, 

 straight, cylindric ; leaves chiefly radical, 2-12 in. long, 

 lanceolate, linear, blunt or short-pointed, entire, toothed 

 or pinnately divi ed ; flowers yellow, in few heads, 1 in. 

 long. 10-12-flowered on bract^olate stalks, 3-10 in., 

 shorter than the leaves, outer bracts of receptacle very 

 small, inner linear : achenes | in., oblong with rounded 

 ends, flattened, ribs 10-20, smooth, pappus soft, silvery, 

 longer than the achenes. 



Crepis Stoliczkai, 



CoMPOSITjE. 



F. B. I. iii. 396. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-13,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Tilail, 

 Labul. 



like the last species but hairy, leaves long -stalked 

 heads | in. long, achenes |- in., red-brown, pappus shorter 

 than the achenes. 



