N. 0. COMPOSITE. 
C73 
An erect, annual herb, l-2ft., hispldly hairy. Stem branch- 
ed, terete. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenate. Heads many, small, 
in dense terminal corymbs, Bracts striate, acute. Ray-flowers 
many, pale-blue or white. Achenes black, pappus scales 5, 
awned, often serrate below. 
Uses. — The whole plant has a strong aromatic, rather dis- 
agreeable smell, and has a reputation among the Hindus as 
an external application in agues; it is also worn as a charm 
against ague when dug up on Sunday morning with the proper 
ceremonies. The juice is also said to be a good remedy for 
prolapsus ani ; it is freely applied, and the parts replaced 
(Dymock). The juice of the root is said to possess antilithic 
properties (K.R.K.). 
630 . Euputorium cannabinum, Linn, h.f.b.i., 
hi. 243 . 
Habitat. — Temperate Hamalaya, and the Khasia Mountains. 
A tall, coarse, pubescent or puberulous herb. Leaves simple 
or trisect, lanceolate, coarsely serrate. Corymbs many, rounded. 
Heads^fin. long. Inner involucere-bracts subacute. 
Use. — “ Was strongly recommended by Tournefort as a 
deobstruent in visceral obstructions, consequent to intermittent 
fevers, and externally as a discutient in hydropic swellings of 
the legs and scrotum ” (Fleming). 
631 . E. ayapana, Vent., h.f.b.i., hi. 244 . 
Vern. — Ayapana (Mar.) 
Habitat. — An American plant, naturalized in many parts of 
India. I have seen it in Bombay. I grew it in my Ratnagiri 
garden in 1900-1904. K. R. K 
A small shrubby plant, 5 to 6 feet high ; branches straight, 
reddish, with a few simple scattered hairs ; young shoots 
have a somewhat mealy appearance, due to the presence of 
small particles of a white balsamic exudation ; leaves opposite, 
in pairs, their bases uniting round the stem, about 4 inches 
long and f inch broad, fleshy, smooth, lanceolate, attenuated 
at the base ; fnidrib thick and reddish ; flowers like those of 
the groundsel, purple. The odour of the plant is aromatic, 
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