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1. Vicoa auriculata, Gass . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 297. Bough ly 
pubescent ; stems rigid, slender, 1-3 ft., usually red. Leaves 
narrowly lanceolate, 2 x-1 in., toothed or entire, acute; basal lobes 
blunt. Heads orange-yellow, in. diam. Involucral bracts 
narrow, acute, tips erect or recurved; ligules short, broad, 
recurved. 
Simla ; September, October. — Throughout India, ascending to 6000 ft. 
2. Vicoa vestita, Benth.; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 297. Densely and softly 
hairy ; stems 10-18 in. Leaves thin, oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 x \~1 
in., toothed; basal lobes short, obtuse. Heads bright yellow, 
J-l in. diam. Involucral bracts long, linear, fringed, tips 
recurved ; ligules long, narrow, spreading. 
Sutlej valley, in cornfields ; April. — Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. 
—Afghanistan. 
23. CARPESIUM. From carpesion, the Greek name of some 
aromatic plant.— Asia, Europe. 
Erect, branched herbs. Leaves alternate, lanceolate. Heads 
discoid. Involucral bracts many, outer ones green, more or 
less leaf-like, inner much shorter, dry, broad, oblong, obtuse ; 
receptacle flat, naked ; flowers yellow ; pappus none ; corolla of 
outer flowers 3-toothed, of the inner slightly larger, 5-toothed. 
Achenes long, smooth, ribbed, tip shortly beaked, glandular. 
Heads ^-1 in. diam., solitary, terminal, nodding . . 1 . C. cernuum. 
Heads not more than I in. diam. 
Heads few, solitary or in small clusters at the end 
of long, axillary stalks. Leaves broadly lanceolate 2. C. trachelifolium. 
Heads numerous, axillary, nearly sessile or in 
axillary racemes. Leaves narrowly lanceolate . 8. C. abrotanoides. 
1. Carpesium cernuum, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 300. Pubescent 
or shortly hairy; stems 1-3 ft. Leaves lanceolate, 2-5 xf-1 lr in., 
toothed, acute ; lower ones narrowed into a short, winged stalk, 
upper sessile. Heads \-l in. diam., terminal, solitary, nodding ; 
several of the outer involucral bracts large, leaf -like. 
Simla, common in woods ; August-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000- 
8000 ft. — Asia, Europe. 
The Simla plant is cernuum proprium of the FI. Br. Ind. Yar. pedun- 
culosum occurs at Mahasu ; it is distinguished by its large, ovate leaves all with 
winged stalks, and the long, stiff, leafless stalks of the heads. 
2. Carpesium trachelifolium, Less . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 301. 
More or less covered with long, soft hairs ; stems 10-18 in. Lower 
leaves long-stalked, broadly lanceolate, 3x1^ in., cordate, sinuate- 
toothed ; upper smaller, sessile, nearly entire. Heads few, not 
more than J in. diam., solitary or in small clusters at the end of 
long, axillary stalks. 
Valleys below Simla; August. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000 -6000 ft. 
