702 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Stewart describes an infusion of the tops and leaves as a good, 

 mild stomachic tonic" (Ph. Ind.). 



Said to be used in China in the preparation of an .external 

 application [moxa) employed in relieving pain. 



665. A. saerorum, Ledeb. h.f.b.i., hi. 326. 



Vern. : — Tatwen, munyu, niurtsi, jan, chumbar, zbior, burnak 

 (Pb.). 



Habitat : — Kunawur, and the Tibetan region of Kumaon. 



An erect, hoary perennial, shrubby below, leaves long pet- 

 ioled, ovate, pinnatisect, segments pectinately pinnatifid, hoary 

 or green, or white pubescent, on both surfaces. Rachis simple 

 or pectinately winged Heads 15-20-fid, broadly hemispheric, 

 nodding subsecund distant in slender panicled racemes. In- 

 volucre-bracts hoary, outer, with a green disk and broad scarious 

 margins, linear, green. 



Use : — Said to be given medicinally to horses in affections 

 of the head (Stewart). 



666. A. persiea, Boiss., h.f.b.i., hi. 327. 



Vern. : — Shih ; Sariqun ; Afsantin-ul-Bahar(Arab. and Pers.); 

 Pardesi da wano (Guz.) ; Dawana (Mar.). 



Habitat : — Afghanistan ; also Western Tibet. 



A tall, erect perennial or biennial, hoary, with white tomen- 

 tum. Stem 3-4ft., grooved or ribbed. Branches long, suberect. 

 Leaves small, ovate, or flabellate decompoundly, very finely 

 pinnatisect, sessile or petioled. Segments minute, linear or 

 lobulate. Heads numerous, Jin. diam., yellow, subglobose, rather 

 remote, pedicelled, secund nodding, in short, or long axillary 

 strict, erect racemes. Involucre-bract tomentose, outer linear 

 green, inner orbicular broadly scarious. Receptacle small, 

 convex of hermaphrodite flowers almost cupular, glabrous or 

 pubescent. 



Use : — Bellew states that the plant is used as a tonic, febri- 

 fuge and vermifuge. 



