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panicles. Outer involucral bracts short, inner obtuse ; flowers 
pale purple. 
Valleys below Simla ; September, October. — Simla to Bhotan, 2000-6000 ft. 
—China, Japan. 
2. Eupatorium cannabinum, Linn . ; FI. Br. Lid. iii. 243. 
Pubescent ; stems 4-6 ft. Leaves sessile in distant pairs, some- 
times whorled, lanceolate, 4x1^ in., coarsely toothed. Heads 
^ in. long, in compact, rounded corymbs. Involucral bracts very 
unequal, outer short, inner acute ; flowers nearly white. 
Sutlej valley ; July, August. — Temperate Himalaya, 8000-11,000 ft. — 
W. Asia, Europe (Britain, Hemp Agrimony). 
5. S0LIDAG0. Prom the Latin solidare, to make whole or 
sound; referring to the reputed healing properties of some species. 
- — N. temperate regions ; abundant in America. 
Solidago Virga-aurea, Linn . ; FI. Br. Lid. iii. 245. An erect, 
pubescent herb ; stems 6-24 in., rarely branched. Leaves alternate, 
lanceolate ; lower 4-5 in., stalked, toothed ; upper smaller, sessile, 
entire. Heads radiate, | in. long, numerous, crowded in a long, 
leafy, terminal panicle. Involucral bracts unequal, narrow, acute ; 
receptacle naked ; flowers yellow ; pappus long, rough ; ray- 
flowers not more than 10 or 12; corolla of inner flowers 5-lobed ; 
style-arms of inner flowers flattened, acute. Achenes ribbed. 
Simla, common; June-September.— Temperate Himalaya, 5000-9000 ft. — - 
Temperate Asia, America, Europe (Britain, Golden Bod). 
6. DICHROCEPHALA. Prom the Greek dichros, two-coloured, 
and cephale, a head. — Asia, Africa, Polynesia. 
Pubescent or roughly hairy herbs ; stems 6-24 in., usually 
erect, sometimes diffuse. Leaves alternate, more or less pinnatifid. 
Heads discoid, globose, in. diam. Involucral bracts few ; 
receptacle elevated, flat ; flowers minute ; corolla of the outer 
series white, very slender, 2- or 3-toothed, of the inner yellow, 
4- or 5-lobed ; pappus none or in the outer flowers of 2 minute 
bristles. Achenes smooth, flat. 
Leaves stalked. Heads 4 in. diam. . . . . 1. D. latifolia. 
Leaves sessile. Heads 4 in. diam 2. D. chrysanihemifolia. 
1. Dichrocephala latifolia, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 245. 
Stems sometimes diffuse and branching from the base. Leaves 
l|-4 in., stalked ; lobes irregularly and coarsely toothed, end lobe 
often broadly ovate. Heads -}■ in. diam., on slender stalks, 
panicled. 
Simla, common; June-September. — Simla to Sikkim, 1000-9000 ft. — Hilly 
districts in S. India. — Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. 
