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leaves and inflorescence densley tomentose or villous, or silkily 

 woolly. Stem tall, corymbosely branched above. Sometimes 

 this plant springs up gregariously in sites of previous 

 temporary cultivation in the Eastern Himalaya and in the 

 hill country, from thence to and through Burma. Leaves 

 4-10in., coriaceous, elliptic oblong-lanceolate, serrate, some- 

 times pinnatifid, narrowed into a usually auricled short petiole 

 i-lin. long. Heads yellow, i-|in. diam., sessile, densely clustered 

 on the branches of a large terminal, spreading or pyramidal, leafy 

 panicle. Involucre-bracts tomentose. Receptacle glabrous. 

 Pappus red. Achenes 10-ribbed, silky. 



The most arboreous of all the species, smelling strongly 

 of camphor — J. D. Hooker. 



Use : — A warm infusion, acts as a pleasant sudorific, and it 

 is a useful expectorant as a decoction. (Watt.) 



639. Pluchea indica, Less, h.f,b.i., hi. 272 ; 

 Roxb. 601. 



Vern : — Munghu rukha ; Kukronda (B.). 



Habitat : — Sunderbunds. 



A low shrub, glabrous, or nearly so. It is an evergreen 

 large shrub in the tidal and beach forests, from the Hughli 

 round the coast of Chittagong, Arracan and Burma (Gamble), 

 Leaves ovate obtuse more or less dentate, l-2in., acute or 

 apiculate, often gland-dotted. Narrowed into a short slender 

 petiole. Corymbs pubescent. Heads i'm. diameter, in com- 

 pound terminal corymbs. Outer involucre-bracts broad, tips 

 rounded. Flowers of disk hermaphrodite, of ray, female, 

 numerous. Achenes minute, ribbed, nearly glabrous ; pappus 

 scanty, white, spreading. 



Use : — The root and leaves are employed medicinally in 

 Patna as astringents and in cases of fever (Irvine). 



640. P. lanceolata, Oliv. h.fb.l, hi. 272. 



Vern. : — Ra-sana (Pb.) ; Kourasana (Sind.) ; Marwande 

 (Pushtu) ; Chota kalia (Raj.) Banserai (Aligarh) ; Choti Kalia 

 (Agra) ; Sorahi (Cawnpore). 



