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Plants of the Punjab. 
a ae aS aaa tate SET a TT TRE AE RR 
Heres, Rect, with Oprositne ExstiputatE SimpLe LEAVES 
Elsholtzia 
strobilifera, 
LABIATA. 
F. B. I. iv. 645. 
Himalaya, 
5-10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Elsholtzia cristata, 
LABIATAE. 
F. Bu I. iv. 645. 
Himalaya, 
1-9,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Changlagalli (Douie). 
Perilia ocimoides, 
Bhanjira. 
LABIATE. 
F. B. I. iv. 646. 
Himalaya, 
9-5,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Mentha sylvestris, 
Horse Mint, 
Podina, mushk tara. 
LABIATAE. 
F.B. I. iv. 647. 
Himalaya, 
4-12,000 ft. 
Simla, in wet places 
(Collett). 
Baluchistan 
(Aitchison). 
Lear Marcins TootTHeD. 
PETALS UNITED. 
STAMENS FOUR. 
small to medium size, slightly hairy ; leaves 3-1 in 
ovate, stalked, round-or sharp-toothed ; Acne fades 
ete purple on cylindric hairy or velvety cone-like spikes 
e1t in., bracts broad, thin, fringed, forming cups ently 
concealing the flowers, calyx thin, transparent tubular 
corolla-tube slender, longer than the calyx, lobes 4 aise 
mens and style as in the last species ; nutlets red-brows 
shining. ; . 
small to medium size, nearly smooth, fragrant ; leaves 
ee in., lanceolate, coarsely toothed, femeecieiaes! ie 
pointed, thin, gland-dotted beneath ; flowers very small 
pink purple in broad velvety one-sided spikes 1-21 i 
bracts stalked leaf-lke, round with a sharp abrupt pole, 
calyx tubular, hairy, corolla tube curved, stamens, ie 
and nutlets as in the last species. 
‘ medium size, annual, aromatic, shaggy ; leaves 3-5 
in. ovate or rounded, blunt, sharp-or round-toothed, stalk 
1-3 in.; flowers white, small, in pairs on long one-sided 
erect axillary and terminal simple or branching racemes 
pints lanceolate, as long as the flowers, calyx bell-shaped, 
5-toothed, becoming much larger, 2-lipped in fruit, corolla 
5-lobed, stamens 4, hardly protruding, style 2-fid nutlaes 
nearly round, netted. The oil, seed and leaves are eaten, 
medium size, perennial, strongly scented; leaves 
1-3 in., lanceolate, ovate or oblong, sharply-toothed, nearly 
sessile, short-pointed, grey velvety above, white felted 
below; flowers small, lilac, in large clusters, crowded 
on axillary and terminal cylindrie tapering spikes 1-5 in 
bracts lower leaf-like, upper smaller, lanceolate calyx 
sharply 5-toothed, bell-shaped, hairy, corolla 4-lobed lobes 
erect, nearly equal, stamens 4, equal, protruding not 
bearded, style-arms short ; nutlets netted : var. intana ig 
generally grey-felted. This plant is cultivated, and is 
used as a carminative. : 
