PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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SiiKUKS wiTU Opposite Exstipdlate Simple Leaves. 



Petals United. 



CoKOLLA Two-Lipped. 



OrtllOSlPllon PallidUS, see Herbs. Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 



Toothed. 



Thymus SorpyUum, 

 Thyme. 



Banajwainf masho. 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv, fi49. 



Himalaya, 5-l.S,000 ft. 



small, slender, mucli branched, strongly scented, 

 stems usually somewhat procumbent ; leaves ^-| in., 

 nearly sessile, gland dotted, oblong, ovate, not toothed, 

 blunt; flowers small, purple in small clusters, crowded 

 in short terminal spikes, corolla two-lipped, upper hp 

 almost erect, flat, notched, lower spreading, three- 

 lobed, stamens 4, equal, protruding ; nutlets 4, nearly 

 smooth. This plant is used in native medicine for 

 diseases of the eyes and stomach. 



Syssopus Officinalis, 



Zufah yob in. 

 Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 649 

 Himalaya, 8-11,000 ft. 



small, smooth, stem below branched, woody, branch- 

 es erect ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, ^ in. long ; not 

 toothed ; flowers bluish-purple in axillary or terminal 

 spikes, calyx :'-lipped, 5-toothed, corolla two-lipped, 

 upper lip erect, notched, lower spreading three-lobed, 

 middle lobe very broad, stamens 4, unequal, pro- 

 truding ; nutlets narrow, smooth, three-cornered. 

 This plant was once used in Europe as a tonic and 

 stimulant. 



2£icromeria biflora, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 650. 



Himalaya, 1-7,000 ft. 



dwarf, prostrate, hairy, woody, branches very nu- 

 merous tufted, leafy, slender, something like Thymus 

 in appearance but not scented ; leaves ^-\ in., sessile, 

 ovate, short pointed, toothed or not , flowers pink 

 stalked, small in axillary circles of one to four, calyx 

 5-toothed equally, 13 nerved, corolla two-lipped, 

 upper lip erect, notched, lower three-lobed, spreading, 

 stamens 4 in unequal pans ; nutlets smooth. 



Micromeria hydaspi- 



&is, 

 Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv.650. 

 Western Kashmir. 



very small, stem erect, rather stout ; leaves ^-f in., 

 shortly stalked, minutely toothed, ovate, obtuse ; 

 flowers shortly stalked in continuous or interrupted 

 crowded circular clusters forming spikes, otherwise 

 like the last. 



