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cordate, sinuate-toothed and roughly pubescent or silky. During 
the rains, July to September, a new stem is thrown up bearing 
leaves, numerous closed heads and small buds. Towards the end 
of October most or all of the heads open out and shed an abund- 
ance of seeds, but without having exhibited flowers as in the spring. 
Fig. 82 . Ainslijea aptera. 
During the winter the leaves drop off, and in the spring the buds 
produce perfect flowers. The plant is an example of cleistogamy, 
see Violacece, p. 39. The cleistogamic flowers of the October heads 
have small, closed corollas concealed in the pappus and containing 
the anthers and style. (Fig. 82.) 
Simla, Mahasu, in woods, common ; March, April. — Temperate Himalaya, 
6000-8000 ft. 
Sometimes called Aaron’s Rod. 
2. Ainslisea pteropoda, DO. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 388. Habit 
and characters of A. aptera except that the stems are only 1-2 ft., 
the radical leaves are usually present on winged stalks, silky, 
