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USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR. 
gardens. The flower heads are used for toothache. When chewed they make the mouth 
first tingle then become numb. The Assamese attribute the introduction of the plant to the 
Khamtis. The Khamtis certainly do grow it. Apparently the plant is sometimes adminis- 
tered to women after child-birth. 
194. Sanssurea DC. 
336. S. aftinis Spreng. F. B. I. iii, 373 ; Beng. PL 624. 
S. cartkamoides Ham. Eng. & Prantl iv , 5, 320. Aplotaxis cartha- 
moides Ham. DC. Prod, vi, 540. Serratula cartkamoides Roxb. FI. Ind. 
iii, 407. 
Dibrugarh. No. 120. 
Local name. — Gan^a mula. 
Distrib. — From Bengal to Burma. Also China and Japan. 
A tall annual herb very common by the river at Dibrugarh. The plant resembles a 
thistle but it has no prickles. The juice of the root is given with other medicines for diseases 
of women. 
195. Carihamus Linn. 
337. C. tinctorius L. F. B. I. iii, 386 ; Eng. & Prantl iv, 5, 332 ; 
Beng. PI. 625 ; D. E. P. ii , 183 ; Pharmacog. Ind. ii, 308. 
Dibrugarh. No. 6. 
Local name. — Kvsum. “ Safflower/* 
Distrib. — Cultivated throughout India. Perhaps a cultivated form 
of C. oxyacantha Bieb. found from Lahore westwards to the Caucasus. 
A thistle-like plant with beautiful orange coloured flower heads. Stray plants were seen, 
on cultivated ground. This nlant yields a well known dye. 
196. Lactuca Linn. 
33S. L. sativa L. DC. Prod, vii, 138 ; Eng. & Prantl iv, 5, 372*; 
FI. Ind. iii, 4U3 ; Beng. PL- 628. 
L. Scariola Linn. var. sativa Hook. f. F. B. I. iii, 404; D-. E. P. 
iv, 5T8 ; Pharm. Ind. ii, 313. 
Dibrugarh. No. 39. 
Local name. — Salad. “ Lettuce.” 
Distrib.— Cosmopolitan. 
The common garden lett'nce. Cultivated by some cottagers in their gardens. It is sown- 
in October and is ready to be eaten in March. 
197. Crepis Linn. 
339. C. japonka Benth, F. B. L iii, 395 ; Eng. & Prantl iv,' 5, 374 ; 
Beng. PR 627. 
Khamtl bast!, Jaipur. No. 197. 
Local name. — Masi jo kang (Khamti). 
Distrib. — Imlo-Malayan region, China and Japan. 
An annual, rather snccnlent herb with ' lobed leaves and numerous small flower-heads 
crowded together. It L common throughout, the district. The Khamtis grow it iu their 
gardens and eat the leaves. 
