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Plants of the Pwnjdbt 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves, 



Petals united. 



Tanacetum 

 Falconeri, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 320. 

 Kashmir. 

 10,000 ft. 



Tanacetum 

 longifolium, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii, 320. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-13,500 ft. 

 Hattu, 

 The Chor 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Flowers, minute in heads, all tubular. 



like the last species, but much larger, 12-24 in., leaves 

 more oblong, lobes slender, sharp-pointed. 



like the last species in head of flowers, but differing 

 in foliage, leaves radical, 5-10 in., linear, slender, segments 

 thread-like, bracts of the head with purple margins in- 

 stead of brown, heads with 50-60 flowers instead of 20 as 

 in the last species. 



Emilia sonchifolia, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 336. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 



small to medium size, annual, smooth or rough, very 

 variable, stems 10-24 in., sometimes branched ; leaves radi- 

 cal 2-4 in., spreading, stalked, more or less pinnately divided » 

 lobes entire or coarsely toothed, end bbe much the largest, 

 stem leaves few, 1-4 in., sessile or stalked, base often lobed, 



Valleys below Simla stem-clasping, pinnately divided, lanceolate or ovate; 



(Collett). flowers purple, in long-stalked clustered heads, ^-| in. diam , 



bracts of heads in one row, narrow, equal, edges often uni ^ed, 

 turned back after flowering, floor of head flat, naked, corol- 

 las slender, 5-toothed, pappus white, abundant ; achenes 

 5-angled, angles bristly. 



Cnicus arvensis. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Saussurea 

 taraxicifolia, 



COMPOSIT.E. 



F. B. I. iii. 368, 

 Himalaya, 

 east of the Sutlej, 

 12-15,,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 



small, perennial, smooth or cottony, rootstock stout, 

 with old black bases of leaf stalks, stem 1-6 in., usually 

 2 or 3 in., slender ; leaves stalked, spreading, linear, long, 

 pinnately divided with lobes pointing back, smoothish 

 above, white-felted beneath, lobes many, oblong or bluntly 

 triangular, rarely toothed or lobulate, tips and teeth witla 

 a large stiff point on a nearly straight edge ; flowers ^ 

 in., purple, in a Solitary smooth rather cottony head, l-l| 

 in. diam., bracts of head lanceolate, not spine-tipped. 



