682 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



long, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, white, 

 opaque. 



Use. — The fresh leaves are bruised and applied to the wound 

 under a rag. 



The authors of the Pharmacographia Indica write that 

 "other species (of Anaphalis) are used on the Nilgiris for cut 

 wounds." 



643. Gnaphalium luteo-album, Linn, h.f.b.l, 

 in. 288. 



Syn. :— G. orixense and G. albo-luteum, Roxb. 600. 



Vern. : — Bal-raksha (Pb.). 



Habitat : — From Kashmir and Sikkim throughout India. 



A woolly, very variable annual, 4-12in. high. Stem 

 corymbosely branched above. Leaves woolly on both surfaces, 

 sessile l-2in. long, rarely more than |in. broad, oblong- 

 spathulate, obtuse ; upper lanceolate acute, half-amplexicaul. 

 When leafless, there are instead dense corymbose clusters of 

 glistening heads, whitish yellow or brown. Involucre-bracts 

 oblong obtuse. Achenes tubercled, or with minute curved 

 bristles. 



Use : — The leaves are said to be officinal in the bazaars of 

 the Punjab (Watt). 



644. Inula raeemosa, Hook. /. h.f.b.l, hi. 292. 



Vern. : — Rasan (Arab.) ; Zanjabil-i-Shami (Pers.). Poshkar 

 (Kashmir). 



Habitat : — Western Himalaya ; on the borders of fields, &c, 

 Kashmir and Piti. 



Tall stout herbs, l-5ft., stem grooved, scabrid. Leaves 

 scabrid above, densely tomentose beneath, crenate. radical 8-18 

 by 5-8in., narrowed into a petiole as long, elliptic-lanceolate ; 

 caulioe often deeply lobed at the base, oblong, J-amplexicaul. 

 Heads many, very large l|-2in. diam., racemed. Outer 

 involucre bracts broad, with recurved triangular tips ; ligules 



