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pubescent, obtuse, fringed, inner ones long, linear, outer shorter, 
broadly ovate ; pappus scanty. Achenes ^ in., slender, glabrous, 
finely ribbed, tapering into a short beak. 
W. Himalaya, 6000-10,000 ft. ; July-October. — N. Asia, Europe. 
3. Crepis japonica, Benth . ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 395. Glabrous or 
nearly so, smooth ; stems often tufted, erect, slender, 6-24 in.; 
branches spreading. Leaves nearly all radical, in a rosette, soft, 
thin, 1-4 in., usually pinnatifid, lobes toothed, end one the largest, 
Fig. 84. Crepis japonica. 
or sometimes obovate and sinuate-toothed. Heads many, 
in. diam., in terminal corymbs. Involucral bracts 6-8, narrowly 
oblong, green, erect ; flowers pale yellow. Achenes flattened, 
finely ribbed, in., not beaked. (Fig. 84.) 
Simla, common in shady places ; March- July .—Throughout India, ascend- 
ing to 10,000 ft. — E. Asia. 
