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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petalidium 

 barlerioides, 



Acanthace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 416. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-3,000 ft. 



Dsedalacanthus 

 nervosus, 



ACANTHACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 418. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-3,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley 

 (Collett). 



iEcmanthera 

 tomentosa, 



Patrang, hanmaru. 



Acanthace^. 



F. B. I. iv. 428. 



Himalaya, 



3-5,000 ft. 



Vallevs below Simla, 



Subathu (Collett). 



Strobilanthes 

 glutinosus, 



ACANTHACE-E. 



F. B. I. iv. 458. 



Himalaya, 



3-6,000 ^ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Strobilanthes 

 Dalhousianus, 



ACAKTHACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 460. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 



Petals united. 



small, finely velvety, stems several, cylindric, bark 

 peeling in long paperj^ strips ; leaves 2-4 in. long, ovate, 

 toothed, short-pointed ; flowers pale blue or white, tinged 

 with yellow, solitary or in small clusters, bracts none, 

 bract eoles 1 in. long, ovate, net veined, enclosing the lower 

 part of the flowers, sepals 5, hnear, corolla lj-l| in. long, 

 tube cylindric, hairy within, corolla not 2-lipped, 5 

 lobes, nearly equal, stamens 4 ; capsule ^ in., ovoid, 

 flattened, usually 2-seeded, seeds shaggy. 



medium size, roughly pubescent ; leaves 6 by 3 in., 

 ovate, pointed ; flowers deep blue, in short uninterrupt- 

 ed crowded spikes forming clusters, bracts | in. long, 

 ovate, long-pointed, variegated green and white, concave, 

 enclosing the lower part of the flower, corolla IJ in. long, 

 tube cylindric, dilated near the top, corolla not 2-lipped, 

 spreading, 5-lobed, stamens 2 ; capsule h in., solid, 

 cylindric, seeds 4, finely hairy. 



small, stems hairy, grey or white ; leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., 

 short-pointed, shortly toothed, hairy above, white woolly 

 beneath ; flowers come out at intervals of 4-5 years, pale 

 blue or purple, sessile in small clusters along the spreading 

 branches of a terminal raceme, bracts and bracteoles hairy, 

 glandular, linear, equal to the calyx, corolla 1 in. long, 

 tube cylindric, widened near the middle, lip | in. diam., 

 lobes 5, rounded, stamens 4, style filiform, often divided ; 

 capsule I in. long, linear, splitting to the base, seeded to the 

 bottom, seeds 6-8, hairy when wetted. 



medium size, sticky, hairy ; leaves 3 by 1^ in., ovate, 

 toothed, hairy on both sides : flow^ers pale blue on short 

 spikes forming a round head or often +he lowest flowers 

 are separated, solitary in the axil of leaf-like bracts, upper 

 bracts |-| in., ovate, shorter than the calyx, bracteol'^s 



1 in., oblong, calyx sticky, hairy, lobes linear, corolla 



2 in. long, tube lower half cylindric, upper dilated, lips 

 spreading, lobes 5, stamens 4, style linear, hardly bifid ; 

 capsule f in., oblong, sticky, velvety, seeds ovate, hairy. 



medium size, hairy ; leaves 3-6 by 1 J-2 in., rounded 

 at both ends, hairy, toothed ; flowers dark blue or purple 

 in heads of three or very short spikes, bracts I in., orbicular, 

 concave, smooth, whitish, bracteoles none, calyx slightly 

 velvety, nearly smooth, corolla l|-2 in. long, tube yellowish, 

 curved, gradually swollen from near the base, lip |-| in. 

 diam., purple, lobes 5, rounded, stamens 4 ; capsule § in. 

 long, oblong, velvety, seeds 4, ovate, silky. 



