N. 0. COMPOSITE. 
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leaves and inflorescence densley toinentose or villous, or silkily 
woolly. Stem tall, corymbosely branched above. Sometimes 
this plant springs up gregariously in sites of previous 
temporary cultivation in the Eastern Himalaya and in the 
hill country, from thence to and through Burma. Leaves 
4-10in., coriaceous, elliptic oblong-lanceolate, serrate, some- 
times pinnatifid, narrowed into a usually auricled short petiole 
£-lin. long. Heads yellow, £-§in. diam., sessile, densely clustered 
on the branches of a large terminal, spreading or pyramidal, leafy 
panicle. Involucre-bracts tomentose. Receptacle glabrous. 
Pappus red. Achenes 10-ribbed, silky. 
The most arboreous of all the species, smelling strongly 
of camphor — J. D. Hooker. 
Use : — A warm infusion, acts as a pleasant sudorific, and it 
is a useful expectorant as a decoction. (Watt.) 
639. Pluchect mclica, Less h.f.b.i., hi. 272 ; 
Roxb. 601. 
Vet’n : — Munghu rukha ; Eukronda (B.i. 
Habitat : — Sunderbunds. 
A low shrub, glabrous, or nearly so. It is an evergreen 
large shrub in the tidal and beach forests, from the Hughli 
round the coast of Chittagong, Arracan and Burma (Gamble), 
Leaves ovate obtuse more or less dentate, l-2in., acute or 
apiculate, often gland-dotted. Narrowed into a short slender 
petiole. Corymbs pubescent. Heads lin. diameter, in com- 
pound terminal corymbs. Outer involucre-bracts broad, tips 
rounded. Flowers of disk hermaphrodite, of ray, female, 
numerous. Achenes minute, ribbed, nearly glabrous ; pappus 
scanty, white, spreading. 
Use : — The root and leaves are employed medicinally in 
Patna as astringents and in cases of fever (Irvine). 
640. P. lanceolata. Oliv. h.f b.i., hi. 272. 
Vern. : — Ra-sana (Pb.) ; Kourasana (Sind.) ; Marwande 
(Pushtu); Chota kalia (Raj.) Banserai (Aligarh); Choti Kalia 
(Agra); Sorahi (Cawnpore). 
