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Plants of the Punjab. 
Heres, Erect, with Opposite ExsTipuLATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Justicia diffusa, 
ACANTHACE®. 
eB Liv S500: 
Himalaya, 
to 3,000 ft. 
Justicia simplex, 
ACANTHACE. 
(Sele Brae gr ga 
Himalaya to 
7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Dicliptera 
Roxburghiana, 
var. bupleuroides, 
Kirch, somni. 
ACANTHACES. 
is Bt. ay bp. 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Common in the hilly 
districts of the area. 
Peristrophe 
bicalyculata, 
Atri lal. 
ACANTHACES. 
Wy Beals tv./b54; 
The Plains. 
LEAF Mancins ENTIRE. 
PETALS UNITED. 
CoROLLA TWO-LIPPED. 
STAMENS Two. 
small, stems 4-angled, smooth or minutely velvety ; 
leaves 34-41 in., oblong, long-pointed at both ends, stalk 
4+ in., somewhat hairy; flowers } in., in slightly hairy 
slender terminal or axillary spikes, bracts 4 in., linear, — 
shorter than the calyx, bracteoles ;',-} in., lanceolate, 
calyx 5-seomented, segments + in., like the bracts, lan- 
ceolate, minutely hairy above, stamens 2, style like the 
last species ; capsule }-} in., 4-seeded. 
small, hairy, branched, grooved; leaves 1-1} in., 
ovate or lanceolate, short-pointed, hairy, shortly stalked ; 
flowers small, pale purple, crowded in densely hairy cylin- 
drie spikes 3-1 in. long, terminal or axillary, bracts as 
long as the calyx, green-keeled, very hairy, short-pointed, 
lanceolate, bracteoles hairy, Hea calyx 4-segmented, 
segments hairy, lanceolate ; corolla + in., 2- lipped, upper 
lip erect, narrow, notched, lower wider, 3-lobed, stamens 
and style as in the last species ; capsule } in. 
large, hairy, loosely spreading, stems grooved ; 
leaves 2-5 by 3-23 in., long-pointed, ovate-lanceolate, 
stalked, somewhat eae flowers pink, spotted with 
purple or white, crowded in oes clusters towards the 
ends of branches, bracts } by 1 in., often 3-nerved, long- 
pointed, bracteoles lnear, calyx. 5- -parted, s segments linear, 
corolla 3? in. long, velv ety, tube cylindric, twisted, 2-lipped, 
upper lip erect, notched, lower recurved, 3-toothed, stamens 
2, anther-cells blunt, style minutely 2-lobed ; capsule 
1 in., 2-celled, winged, seeds 4, warted. Laksmanna, the 
drug derived from this plant, is a good tonic. 
small, spreading, geese leaves 2 by 1 in., ovate, 
long-pointed, leaf stalk 4 ; flowers rose or purple in 
axillary or terminal anerows bracts 1- 4 together, linear, 
short-pointed, 4 in. long, long-stalked, calyx deeply 5- 
lobed, segments equal, linear, lanceolate, corolla 4-3 in., 
tube slender, deeply 2-lippe d, upper lip hardly notched, 
lower shortly 38-lobed, stamens 2, anthers ovoid, style 
thread-like, minutely 2-cleft; capsule 4-3} in., seeds 4, 
flattened, covered with minute papille. 
