Plants of the Punjab. 



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Herbs, Unbranohed, with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals united. » . 



Flowers, minute in heads, all tubular. 



sometimes curved back, floor of head densely bristly 

 corollas slender, deeply 6-lobed, anther-tails short, woolly, 

 pappus hairs ^ in., pale brown, outer hairs few, rough; 

 achenes oblong, 4-ribbed, wrinkled. 



Saussurea 

 Kunthiana, 



CoMPOSITiE. 



F. B, I. iii. 369. 

 Himalaya, 

 14-16,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



like the last species, but stemless, lobes of the leaf 

 l-^ in. long, broader, more square, lobulate, upper sur- 

 face never smooth, achenes rough with short firm excre- 

 scences. 



Saussurea Falconeri, like the last species, but woolly, stem stout, corolla 



Composite. 1| in. 



F. B. I. ih. 369. 



Kashmir, 



13,000 ft. 



(Clarke). 



Saussurea candicans, see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



Saussurea 

 hypoleuca. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipu'ate, Lobed. 



Saussurea Lappa, 

 The Costus, 



K^it, kust-talk, 

 patchak. 



CoMPOSITiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 376. 

 Kashmir, 

 8-12,000 ft. 



large, perennial, velvety above, very tall, robust, 

 stem 6-7 ft., | in. diam. ; leaves radical with the leaf stalk 

 24-36 in. long, triangular with a long-lobed winged stalk, 

 terminal-lobe of leaves 12 in. diam., stem leaves 6-12 in. 

 long, including the stalk when present, base half stem-clasp- 

 ing with ea;-shaped lobes ; flowers f in. long, dark purple 

 in nearly hard round axillary sessile or in a terminal cluster 

 of 2-5 heads, bracts of the head ovate-lanceolate, numerous, 

 long-pointed, stiff, recurved, smooth, bristles of the floor 

 of head § in. long, pappus hairs in 2 rows, outer also 

 feathery, f in., brown, anther-tails fringed ; achenes ^ in., 

 curved, flattened, margins thickened, one rib on each face, 

 top cupped, contracted. The plant is much used in Indian 

 medicine, it was much valued by the ancients, it supplies 

 a perfume and is used as a stimulant and an aphrodisiac. 



