PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Shrubs with Opposite Exstipul.vti-: Simimj; Leaves. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Adhatoda YasiOft, arge, with a fetid smell, not eaten by goats ; leaves 



Bhelar^ banm, ragaka. 4-8 by U-3 ins. oblong, narrowed at both ends. 



ACANTHACE^. minutely velvety, stalk 1 in. ; flowers white in short 



f. B. I. IV. o40. dense bracteate spikes of 2-4 ins. in length, bracts ^ 



The Plains to 2,600 ft. ^^ ^ -^^^ gj.^^^ ^^^^^ g^^^jj^^ bracteoles i by i in., 



Vallevs below 

 (CoUett) 



Simla 



corolla two-lipped, \\ in. long, lower lip with pink 

 streaks, tube short barrel-shaped, stamens 2 ; capsule 

 5 in., velvety, four-seeded, seeds ^ in. diam., warty. 

 The leaves are used to cure bronchitis ; not browsed 

 by animals. 



Elunacantiius 

 communis, 



Palak-juhi, 



Acanthace.e. 



F.B.I, iff. 541. 



The Plains, in gardens. 



medium size ; leaves 3-4 by f-lj in., narrowed at 

 both ends, margins wavy, stalk ^ in. ; flowei-s white in 

 large spreading terminal clusters, bracts and bracteoles 

 jijin., linear ; corolla 1 by -^^^ in., tube very long, narrow 

 cylindric, two-lipped, upper lip two-lobed, lower three- 

 lobed, stamens 2 ; capsule four-seeded, seeds ovoid, 

 flatten e slightly warty. The leaves are used as a 

 cure for Dhobies itch, rhinacanthin is like chrysophanic 

 acid. 



GraptoPhyllum 

 liortense, 

 Acantbace^, 

 F. B. I.iv. .->45. 

 The Plain?. 



medium size, smooth, often variegated ; leaves 4^ by 

 I5 ins., shortly stalked, oblong, narrowed at both ends, 

 margin smooth ; flowers crimson iu terminal ovate 

 clusters, bracts and bracteoles narrow, very small, 

 corolla tube curved, two-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, 

 lower 3-lobed, stamens two large, two small (stamino- 

 des); capsule contracted into a long stalk, oblong, 

 hard : seeds 2, flat orbicular, pitted. 



ClerodendrOXI serra- hardly woody, stems annual from a woody rootstock. 



tum, 



Sanbakriy barangi. 



VEEBENACE.E. 



F. B. J. iv. 592. 



The Plains, East of the 



Sutlej river. 



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as it is usually burnt down in jungle fires ; leaves 

 sometimes in circles of three, 4-8 by H-2^ inches, 

 oblong, toothed, smooth, shortly stalked ; flowers 

 l)luish-white in terminal branching racemes, when 

 almost linear (3 by 1 in., when almost pyramidal 10 bj' 

 5 ins., bracts ^-1^ inches often colom-ed. corolla tube 

 3-i in., narrow, cylindric, mouth oblique, two-lipped 



