PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



a9f) 



Shudbs with Opposite ExstipuIxA.te Simpuc Lkavks 



Petals Uxitki). 



Corolla Two Lipped. 



Phlomis Stewaitii, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 692. 



Salt range and Suliman 



runge, 2,500—4,500 ft. 



tube short, two-lipped, upper lip very long, hairy ; 

 stamens 4, protruding ; nutlet . in. flattened, smooth 

 in the enlarged calyx which forms a five-angled toothed 

 cup f^ in, diam. 



small, densely stellately woolly, stem stout woody, 

 short, branches cylindric spreading ; leaves 3-5 by 

 \-'^ in., very leathery, linear lanceolate, awl-like, 

 rough above; flowers small in circular clusters one in. 

 diam. ; bracts stout narrowly linear, calyx ^ in., densely 

 woolly angled, teeth very short, turned back, corolla 

 small, two-lipped, upper lip concave, crest, villous, 

 ower spreading, three-lobed, stamens 4, style un- 

 equally 2-fid ; nutlets very small, three cornered, top 

 smooth. 



Petals None. 



Boerliaavia elegans. 

 Cyatliula tomentosa, 

 Cyathula capitata, 

 Pnpalia lappacea, 

 Salozylon recu.rvam, 



Khar, laghme. 



Chenopodiace-e. 



F. E.I.v. 15. 



The Plains. Salt range 



to '.',.100 ft. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



see Herbs, Erect. Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate. Simple, 

 Entire. 



medium size, straggling, smooth covered with a 

 hoar frost-like bloom, dark brown ; branches opposite, 

 jointed, separating widely, stiff or bent back, ending 

 straight spines 2-0 ins. long, joints of stem, ^-f; in., 

 apart of spikes \ in. ; leaves ^-^ in,, three-angled or 

 nearly cylindric, ovate, obtuse or acute ; flowers small, 

 solitary or in spikes in the axils of leaves, bracteoles 

 two, sepals 5. concave, increasing in fruit and horizon- 

 tally winged ; stamens 5 or less on the margin or base 

 of a cup-shaped depression ; fruit one-seeded, one- 

 celled with skin, seed horizontal. 



