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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Stewart describes an infusion of the tops and leaves as a good, 
mild stomachic tonic” (Ph. Ind.). 
Said to be used in China in the preparation of an external 
application (moxa) employed in relieving pain. 
665 . A. sacrorum, Ledeb. h.f.b.i., iii. 326 . 
Fern. : — Tatwen, munyfi, niurtsi, jaD, chflmbar, zbior, burnak 
(Pb.). 
Habitat : — Kuniwur, and the Tibetan region of Kumaon. 
An erect, hoary perennial, shrubby below, leaves long pet- 
ioled, ovate, pinnatisect, segments pectinately pinnatifid, hoary 
or green, or white pubescent, on both surfaces. Rachis simple 
or pectinately winged Heads 15-20-fid, broadly hemispheric, 
nodding subsecund distant in slender panicled racemes. In- 
volucre-bracts hoary, outer, with a green disk and broad scarious 
margins, linear, green. 
Use : — Said to be given medicinally to horses in affections 
of the bead (Stewart). 
666 . A. persica, Boiss., h.f.b.i., iii. 327 . 
Fern. : — Sliih ;Sariqun ; Afsantin-ul- Bahar (Arab. and Pers.); 
Pardesi da wano(Guz-) ; Dawana, (Mar.). 
Habitat : — Afghanistan ; also Western Tibet. 
A tall, erect perennial or biennial, hoary, with white tomen- 
tum. Stem 3-4ft., grooved or ribbed. Branches long, suberect. 
Leaves small, ovate, or fbibellate deeompoundly, very finely 
pinnatisect, sessile or petioled. Segments minute, linear or 
lobuhite. Heads numerous, Jin. diam., yellow, subglobose, rather 
remote, pedieelled, secund noddings in short, or long axillary 
strict, erect racemes. Involucre-bract tomentose, outer linear 
green, inner orbicular broadly scarious. Receptacle small, 
convex of hermaphrodite flowers almost cupular, glabrous or 
pubescent. 
Use: — Bellew states that the plant is used as a tonic, febri- 
fuge and vermifuge. 
