N. 0. COMPOSITE. 691 



654. Glossocordia lineari folia, Cass, h.f.b.i., 

 hi. 308. 



Syn. : — Verbesina Boswellia, Roxb. 607. 



Sans. : — Pithari. 



Vern. : — Phatara-suva (Bomb.); Pitta-papada (Poona) ; Seri 

 (H.) ; Para palavum (Tel \ 



Habitat : — Rohilkhund ; at Delhi ; Banda ; Central India 

 and the Deccan. 



An annual herb, prostrate or erect, glabrous, diffusely bran- 

 ched from the base. Branches 3-10in, long, strict or flexuous. 

 Leaves i-2in., 2-pinnatisect, petiole, long slender, blade broadly- 

 ovate in outline, segments filiform. Heads |-in. long, shortly 

 peduncled ; outer involucre bracts small, usually 3, with a 

 greenish midrib and membranous ciliate margins ; inner 

 involucre bracts large, obtuse, with a striated disk glabrous, 

 and with pale membranous margins. Achenes ^in. long, 

 odour of fennel, densely bearded especially on the edges with 

 stiff hairs. Pappus awns spreading. 



Use : — According to Dalzell and Gibson it is much used in 

 female complaints (Dymock). 



655. Glossogyne pinnatifida, DC. h.f.b.i., hi. 

 310 ; Roxb. 604. 



Vern, :-- Barangone bir barangone (Santal). 



Habitat :— Plains of India, from Jammu and Garhwal to 

 western Bengal and Behar, and southwards to Madras. 



Perennial, glabrous herbs. Root fusiform, woody. Stems 

 usually many from the root, erect or ascending, 6-18 in. high. 

 Branches slender, forked. Leaves mostly radical, pinnatifid, 

 triangular in outline, segments linear acute, few, often recurved, 

 coriaceous ; petiole l-2in. ; veins prominent beneath. Flower- 

 ing branches 6-12in., strict, stiff, grooved, nearly leafless. 

 Heads in flower ^in. diam. Involucre-bracts linear, obtuse, 

 glabrous, iin. long. Achenes i~iin., deeply grooved, black. 



Use : — A preparation from the root is employed by the 

 Santals as an application to snake-bite and scorpion-sting (Rev, 

 A Campbell). 



