N. 0. COMPOSITE. 669 



the bending of the style to bring the stigmas into direct contact 

 with the anthers belonging to the same flower or to place them 

 in such a position beneath the anthers as to ensure their 

 catching any pollen that may fall out of the loculi " (K. R. 

 Kirtikar). 



Use :— Mentioned in the ' Punjab Products ' amongst drugs, 

 but no medicinal properties are given. Dr. Dymock, in a letter 

 to Dr. Watt, states that he suspects the same species may prove 

 the source of the Red Behen or Bahman of the Persians 

 (Watt). 



N. 0. COMPOSITE. 



625. Lamprachaenium micro cephalum, Benth. 

 H.F.B.I., III. 229. 



Vern. : — Brahma-dandi (Bomb.). 



Habitat • — The Concan ; at Par war Ghat, Bombay. 



An erect, branched annual. Branches slender, glabrous. 

 Stem l-2ft., simple or branched from the base, glabrous hairy 

 glandular. Leaves petioled, 2-4in. hairy above, white tomentose 

 beneath. Heads i-fin, diam. ; peduncles slender, hispid or 

 glabrate. Involucre bracts acute, ciliate, none leafy, erect or 

 recurved. Achenes ^in. Pappus reddish, equalling the Corol- 

 la tube. 



Use : — Used medicinally as an aromatic bitter (Dymock). 

 It smells of chamomile. 



626. Vernonia cinerea, Lees, h.f.b.l, hi. 233. 



Syn. : — Serratula cinerea Rox 1 ) 594. 



Sans. : — Sahadevi. 



Verm. : — Papar ; Kunchli (Chutia Nagpur.) Kuksim, (B.) ; 

 Sira-shengalanir (Tam.). Moti Sadori (Bomb.). 



Habitat : —Throughout India. 



One of the commonest weeds throughout India, and Ceylon, 

 abundant everywhere. A pubescent, annual, erect herb. Stems 



