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682 long, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, white, opaque.

Use. — The fresh leaves are bruised and applied to the wound under a rag.

The authors of the Pharmacographia Indica write that "other species (of Anaphalis) are used on the Nilgiris for cut wounds."

Syn. :— G. orixense and G. albo-luteum, Roxb. 600.

Vern. : — Bâl-raksha (Pb.).

Habitat : — From Kashmir and Sikkim throughout India.

A woolly, very variable annual, 4-12in. high. Stem corymbosely branched above. Leaves woolly on both surfaces, sessile l-2in. long, rarely more than ½in. broad, oblong-spathulate, obtuse ; upper lanceolate acute, half-amplexicaul. When leafless, there are instead dense corymbose clusters of glistening heads, whitish yellow or brown. Involucre-bracts oblong obtuse. Achenes tubercled, or with minute curved bristles.

Use : — The leaves are said to be officinal in the bazaars of the Punjab (Watt).

Vern. : — Râsan (Arab.) ; Zanjabil-i-Shami (Pers.). Poshkar (Kashmir).

Habitat : — Western Himalaya ; on the borders of fields, &c, Kashmir and Piti.

Tall stout herbs, l-5ft., stem grooved, scabrid. Leaves scabrid above, densely tomentose beneath, crenate. radical 8-18 by 5-8in., narrowed into a petiole as long, elliptic-lanceolate ; cauline often deeply lobed at the base, oblong, ½-amplexicaul. Heads many, very large 1½-2in. diam., racemed. Outer involucre bracts broad, with recurved triangular tips ; ligules