190 
Plants of the Punjat. 
2 a el 
Heres, Erect, with Orrosite ExstipuLtate SimpiE LEaves. 
Buchnera hispida, 
ScROPHULARIACES. 
F. B. I. iv. 298. 
The Plains to 
9,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Dharmpur. 
Verbena officinalis, 
Hemigraphis 
latebrosa, 
var. rupestris, 
ACANTHACE®. 
Hoa, L, 1.425: 
Koti above Kalka. 
Strobilanthes 
atropurpureus, 
ACANTHACES. 
PD. Liv: 472. 
Himalaya, 
6-10,000 ft. 
Simla, Matiana 
Hattu (Collett). 
Murree (Douie). 
Lear Marains TootHED. 
PETALS UNITED. 
STAMENS FOUR. 
small to medium size, annual, stiff, slender, bristly, 
often branched above ; leaves 1-2 by 3-14 in., lower oblong 
or ovate, broad at the apex, upper linear-oblong or lan- 
ceolate, toothed or not, blunt-pointed ; flowers 4 in. long, 
white or pale purple, sessile, solitary, in the axils of leaves 
forming terminal spikes, 6-10 in. long, calyx ¢ in., tubular, 
5-toothed, bristly, corolla lobes 5, spreading, nearly equal, 
stamens 4 in unequal pairs, enclosed in the corolla, style 
short, stigma round ; capsule oblong, shorter than the calyx. 
seeds very many, oblong, netted. 
see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Lobed. 
medium size, branches many, spreading, velvety ; 
leaves 24 by 1-1} in. long, pointed at both ends, ovate, 
toothed, leaf stalk 1-14 in., on the secondary flowering 
branches much smaller, bracts ovate, scarcely longe’ than 
the calyx, except in the outermost flowers where they are 
stalked ; flowers 2-3 in., blue, sessile in dense heads, 
terminal or nearly axillary on short branchlets, bracteoles 
none, calyx 5-fid, segments linear-lanceolate, nearly 
equal, }-} in., whitish, hairy, corolla narrowly tubu- 
lar, funnel-shaped, tube white or yellowish, lobes blue, 
5, rounded, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, just enclosed 
in the corolla, longer pair bearded in the upper half, shorter 
pair smooth, anthers triangular, sharp-pointed, style long, 
lobes unequal ; capsule } in., linear, hairy, seeds 6, hairy 
when wet. 
small to medium size, prennial, flowering at inte.vals 
of several years, growing in forests and swampy. ground, 
velvety, sometimes sticky, stem 4-angled or furrowed ; 
leaves 2-4 by 14-2 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, smooth, 
round- or sharp-toothed, tapering into a winged stalk ; 
flowers 1} in., blue, solitary or in pairs at intervals on spikes 
1-6 in. long, bracts leaflike, persistent, bracteoles linear, 
calyx 5-fid, segments linear, corolla-tube curved, cylindric 
below, dilated above, pale blue, lobes 5, dark blue, nearly 
equal, rounded, $-% in. across, stamens 4, in unequal pairs 
on the corolla tube, alternate with the lobes, anther-bases 
blunt, style tip curved back; capsule ? in. long, oblong, 
sticky, seeds } in., 4 or less. 
