the bending of the style to bring the stigmas into direct contact with the anthers belonging to the same flower or to place them in such a position beneath the anthers as to ensure their catching any pollen that may fall out of the loculi " (K. R. Kirtikar).
Use :— Mentioned in the ' Punjab Products ' amongst drugs, but no medicinal properties are given. Dr. Dymock, in a letter to Dr. Watt, states that he suspects the same species may prove the source of the Red Behen or Bahman of the Persians (Watt).
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625. Lamprachaenium microcephalum, Benth. H.F.B.I., III. 229.
Vern. : — Brahma-dandi (Bomb.).
Habitat: — The Concan ; at Parwar Ghat, Bombay.
An erect, branched annual. Branches slender, glabrous. Stem l-2ft., simple or branched from the base, glabrous hairy glandular. Leaves petioled, 2-4in. hairy above, white tomentose beneath. Heads ¼-⅓in, diam. ; peduncles slender, hispid or glabrate. Involucre bracts acute, ciliate, none leafy, erect or recurved. Achenes 1/12in. Pappus reddish, equalling the Corolla tube.
Use : — Used medicinally as an aromatic bitter (Dymock). It smells of chamomile.
626. Vernonia cinerea, Lees, h.f.b.l, iii. 233.
Syn. : — Serratula cinerea Roxb 594.
Sans. : — Sahadevi.
Vern. : — Pápar ; Kunchli (Chutia Nagpur.) Kuksim, (B.) ; Sira-shengalanir (Tam.). Moti Sádori (Bomb.).
Habitat : —Throughout India.
One of the commonest weeds throughout India, and Ceylon, abundant everywhere. A pubescent, annual, erect herb. Stems
