N. O. COMPOSITE. 683 



slender, Jin., inner involucre-bracts linear acute. Achenes Jin , 

 glabrous, slender; pappus Jin., reddish. 



Uses : — The root of this plant is used in veterinary medicine. 

 The dry roots have a weak, aromatic odour, resembling orris and 

 camphor ; their flavor is aromatic and slightly bitter, and their 

 action a mild tonic (Watt). 



In Kashmir, it is used to adulterate Saussurea Lappa. 



Arabian writers recommend it as an expectorant, and as a 

 resolvent in indurations (Honnigberger). 



Useful in atonic dyspepsia (Meadows' Prescriber's Com- 

 panion). 



In America, the drug is still resorted to, in the treatment of 

 amenorrhoea, while it is found to be sometimes beneficial in 

 chronic diseases of the lungs, when complications of general 

 debility or want of tone in the digestive organs exist. 



They also possess diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant and em- 

 menagogue properties (Watt). 



645. Pulicaria crispa, Benth., h.f.b.i., hi. 299. 



Vern. : — Bui, gidi, sutei, phatmer (Pb.) ; Burhna (II.). 



Habitat: — The Punjab and the Upper Gangetic Plain, and 

 eastwards to Behar. 



A stout perennial, l-2ft high, very leafy ; shrubby below ; 

 branches and leaves beneath densely cottony. Leaves J-lJin. 

 sessile, linear-oblong, or sub-spathulate, margins recurved, 

 toothed, and crisped, lower J-amplexicaul. Involucre pubescent, 

 bracts very slender, setaceous, or sub-herbaceous, ligules shorter 

 than the bracts. Pappus white, bearded, thickened at the 

 tips, three times as long as the glabrate achenes, outer scales 

 connate with the hairs, and deciduous with. them. 



Use : — In the Salt Range, the dried plant is applied as a 

 vulnerary to bruises, &c, of bullocks (Stewart), 



646. Xanthium strumarium, Linn, h.f.b.i., hi. 



303. 



Syn. : — X. indicum, D.C. Roxb. 660. 

 Sans. : — Aristha. 



