PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



583 



Herbs, erect with Alternate Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals Ununited. 



Epilobium parvifiorum, 

 Hoary Eppilobe, 



ONAGRACEiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 584. 

 Himalaya, 5-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, Sutlej Valley 



(Collett). 

 Epilobium roseum, 



wards ; capsule 1^-3^ in., and seeds like those of 

 the Oenothera. 



like the last species, but smaller ; flowers a little 

 smaller ; leaves not stem-clasping ; stigmas ulti- 

 mately spreading, not recurved. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Flowers, Minute, in Heads. 

 Flowers all Tubular. 



Vernonia cinerea, 



Sahaderi. 



OoMPOSITiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 233. 

 The Plains to 8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Dharampur. 

 Baluchistan (Hughes- 

 BuUer). 



Vernonia anthelmintica, 



Bakchi, JLalaziri. 



Composite. 



F. B. I. iii. 236. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 

 Dharampur. 

 Synj. 



Vernonia cinerascens, 

 Solidago virga-aurea, 



Conyza japonica, 



CoMPOSlTiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 258. 



The Plains to 7,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



small to medium size, annual, grey velvety, 

 stem grooved ; leaves f-3 in., ovate or lanceolate, 

 hairy blunt or short-pointed, teeth few, coarse, 

 thin, nearly sessile ; flowers minute, pinkish- 

 purple in many heads \ in. diam., forming rounded 

 or open and flat-topped clusters, main stalks 

 slender bracteate, bracts round heads linear- 

 lanceolate, silky outside, inner longer than outer ; 

 calyx hairs (pappus) long, white ; corolla tubes 

 slender, equal 5-lobed ; anther bases blunt ; style 

 arms long, hairy, achenes ji in., smooth, tipped with 

 the white or dirty-white pappus hairs, | in. long. 



large, annual, stout, glandular, velvety near the 

 top, leafy and much branched ; leaves 3-5 in., ovate- 

 lanceolate, coarse-toothed, long-pointed, narrowed 

 into a short stalk, rough ; heads \-\ in. diam., 

 barely clustered, stalks long, dilated above, bracts 

 of heads with broad purplish tips, hairy, inner 

 shorter than outer ; pappus hairs tawny ; corollas 

 unequal ; achenes ^ in., ribbed ; for other charac- 

 ters see the last species. This plant is found near 

 villages, planted or as an escape ; the seeds are 

 used in skin diseases, and to drive away fleas and 

 as a vermifuge. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



small, annual, silky or woolly, stem often 

 unbranched ; leaves 1-3 in. (radical often longer.) 

 ovate with a broad tip prolonged into the short 

 stalk, or lanceolate, coarsely sharp-toothed or 

 round-toothed ; upper leaves, half stem- clasping. 



