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'Cold season: kusum-phul or Safflower (Carthatniis 

 tincioritts) is a thistle-like herb, cultivated for the 

 orange dye yielded by its flowers, and for oil yielded 

 by its seeds (fruits) ; the flowers are also used to adul- 

 terate SaftVon (jafran); aya-pan (Extpatorium Aya- 

 pand) is used for its leaves, which are reputed among 

 Indian physicians as a specific for stopping internal 



Fig;. 200, — Compositre 



A, \'crtical section ot capitutum. D, Ligfulatc, and c, tubular florets of the same. 

 11, .\cliene with pappus. 



haemorrhage; kuk-shima or kukur-songa {Venionia 

 cinerea) is a very common annual herb with purplish 

 flowers; Venionia anthelmintica is the somraj of Indian 

 kavirajes; barha- (large) kuk-shima {Bhimea lacera) 

 is also a very common annual weed with yellow 

 flowers; keshutti or keshuria {Eclipta alba) is also 

 a common weed, the juice of the leaves of which is 

 used in tattooing the skin bluish-black; and hingche 

 {Enhydra fluctuans) is a marsh herb, often collected 

 and eaten as a pot-herb, and reputed to induce sleep. 



