LII. COMPOSITE 
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Serratula pallida, DC . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 379. A rough, erect, 
perennial herb ; stems 1-3 ft., simple or branched. Leaves chiefly 
radical, stalked, variable in shape and size, broadly ovate or oblong, 
3-12 x 2-6 in. and toothed, or 1-6 in. long and deeply pinnately 
lobed ; stem-leaves few or none. Heads discoid, 1-1^ in. diam., 
solitary on a long, thick stalk. Involucral bracts many, erect, gla- 
brous, acute but not spine-tipped ; inner ones long, narrow, outer 
shorter and broader ; receptacle bristly ; flowers purple ; pappus 
in several series, rigid, minutely barbed, innermost series longer 
than the corolla-tube, outer very short ; corolla deeply 5-lobed. 
Achenes oblong, smooth, flattened, obscurely ribbed. (Fig. 81.) 
Simla, common ; May, June. — W. Himalaya, 6000-8000 ft. 
45. TRICH0LEPIS. From the Greek thrix, trichos, a hair, and 
lepis, a scale ; referring to the finely pointed involucral bracts. — - 
India, Afghanistan. 
