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, 
3-12x2-6 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* 
glabrous, 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. 
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45. TRICHOLEPIS. From the Greek thrix , trichos, a hair, and 
lepis, a scale ; referring to the finely pointed involucral bracts - — 
India, Afghanistan. 
