^88 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII, 

 Herbs, erect with Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple Leaves 

 Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals United. 



erratula pallida, 



Tricholepis furcata, 



Composite. 



F. B. I. iii. 380. 



Himalaya, 5-10,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Tricholepis elongaia, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 380. 

 Himalaya, 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (CoUett). 



Tricholepis Stewartii, 



Composite. 

 F. B. I. iii. 380. 

 Jhelum Valley (Ste- 

 wart) . 

 Tricholepis tibetica, 



Volutarella divaricata, 



Carthamus tinctorius, 

 Safflower, 



Kasuvibh. 



Composite. 



F. B. I. iii. 386. 



The Plains to 2,000 ft. 



Flowers, Minute, in Heads. 

 Flowers all tubular. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate 

 Simple. 



large, perennial, smooth, or nearly so, branched 

 from the base, branches long ending in a long 

 stalked head ; leaves 2-6 by li-2| in., oblong 

 with rounded ends or lanceolate, short or long 

 pointed, shortly toothed, surface covered with 

 raised points, shortly stalked ; flowers |-1 in. long, 

 yellow in nodding heads 1^ in.diam., bracts of 

 heads needle or thread-like from lanceolate base, 

 turned back, hairy, tips black, pappus hairs scaly 

 I in. long, united, bristles on floor of head shorter 

 than the achenes, corollas S-lobf^d, anther bases 

 nearly entire, hardly forked, style-arms slender ; 

 achenes i in., narrowly oblong, ribbed, smooth, 

 flattened. 



like the last species, but sparingly branched ; 

 leaves smaller often lobed, heads mearly erect, 

 corrolas ■!-§ in., bristles of the floor of the head 

 longer than the achenes, pappus hairs \ in. pale 

 brown, shining, achenes acutely 5-angled, pale. 



like the last species, but leaves smaller, lanceo- 

 late, long-pointed, quite smooth, heads 1 in. diam.,. 

 shortly stalked, pappus g in. stiff. 



Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, 



see Herbs, 

 Lobed. 



see Herbs, 

 Lobed. 



medium size, annual, smooth or velvety, thistle- 

 like; leaves l|-3by ^-l|in., lanceolate, stiff, tooth- 

 ed and spinous or entire, sessile ; flowers small, 

 orange-red, in terminal heads a-1 in., diam., bracts 

 of heads many spinous, erect, outer leaf-like, spin- 

 ous or not, inner ovate-oblong, short-pointed, floor 

 of head flat, densely bristly, pappus none, corrollas 

 all tubular, deeply 5-toothed, slender, anther-bases 

 forked, tails short fringed ; achenes ovoid with top 

 broad, 4-angled, smooth, with 4 bosses at the top. 

 This plant is found as an escape, widely cultivated 

 as a winter crop ; the flowers provide rouge, a 

 beautiful pink dye and oil is obtained from the- 

 seeds. 



