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the bending of the style to bring the stigmas into direct contact 
with the anthers belonging to the same flower or to place them 
in such a position beneath the anthers as to ensure their 
catching any pollen that niav fall out of the loculi ” (K. R. 
Kirtikar). 
Use Mentioned in the ‘ Punjab Products ’ amongst drugs, 
but no medicinal properties are given. Dr Dymock, in a letter 
to Dr. Watt, states that he suspects the same species may prove 
the source of the Red Behen or Bahman of the Persians 
(Watt). 
N. 0. COMPOSITE. 
625. Lampraehaenium microceplialum, Benth. 
H.F.B.I., III. 229. 
Fern. : — Brahma-dandi (Bomb.). 
Habitat ■ — The Concan ; at Parwar Ghat, Bombay. 
An erect, branched annual. Branches slender, glabrous. 
Stem l-2ft., simple or branched from the base, glabrous hairy 
glandular. Leaves petioled, 2-4in. hairy above, white tomentose 
beneath. Heads ?-|in, diam. ; peduncles slender, hispid or 
glabrate. Involucre bracts acute, ciliate, none leafy, erect or 
recurved. Achenes ]Vm. Pappus reddish, equalling the Corol- 
la tube. 
Use : —Used medicinally as an aromatic bitter (Dymock). 
It smells of chamomile. 
626. Vernonia einerea, Lees. H.F.B.I., iii. 233. 
Syn. : — Serratula einerea Roxb 594. 
Sans. : — Sahadevi. 
Vern : — Papar ; Kunchli (Chutia Nagpur.) Kuksim, (B.) ; 
Sira-shengalanir (Tam. ). Moti Sadori (Bomb.). 
Habitat : —Throughout India. 
One of the commonest weeds throughout India, and Ceylon, 
abundant everywhere. A pubescent, annual, erect herb. Stems 
