N. 0. COMPOSITE. 
683 
slender, fin., inner involucre-bracts linear acute. Achenes J-in , 
glabrous, slender; pappus |in., reddish. 
Uses : — The root of this plant is used iu veterinary medicine. 
The dry roots have a weak, aromatic odour, resembling orris and 
camphor ; their flavor is aromatic and slightly bitter, and their 
action a mild tonic (Watt). 
In Kashmir, it is used to adulterate Saussurea Lappa. 
Arabian writers recommend it as an expectorant, and as a 
resolvent in indurations (Honnigberger). 
Useful in atonic dyspepsia (Meadows’ Prescriber’s Com- 
panion). 
In America, the drug is still resorted to, in the treatment of 
amenorrhcea, while it is found to be sometimes beneficial in 
chronic diseases of the lungs, when complications of general 
debility or want of tone in the digestive organs exist. 
They also possess diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant and em- 
menagogue properties (Watt). 
645 . Pulicaria crispa, Benth., h.f.b.i., iii. 299 . 
Vern. : — Bui, gidi, sutei, phatmer (Pb.) ; Burhna (H.). 
Hubitat : — The Punjab and the Upper Gangetic Plain, and 
eastwards to Behar. 
A stout perennial, l-2ft high, very leafy ; shrubby below ; 
branches and leaves beneath densely cottony. Leaves J-ljin. 
sessile, linear-oblong, or sub-spathulate, margins recurved, 
toothed, and crisped, lower l-amplexicaul. Involucre pubescent, 
bracts very slender, setaceous, or sub-herbaceous, ligules shorter 
than the bracts. Pappus white, bearded, thickened at the 
tips, three times as long as the glabrate achenes, outer scales 
connate with the hairs, and deciduous with them. 
Use : — In the Salt Range, the dried plant is applied as a 
vulnerary to bruises, &c., of bullocks (Stewart). 
646 . Xanthium strumarium, Linn, h.f.b.i., hi. 
303 . 
Syn. : — X. indicum, D.C. Roxb. 660. 
Sans. : — Aristha. 
