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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Holmskioldia 

 sanguinea, 



VERBENACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 596. 

 Himalaya to 

 4,000 ft. 



Vallej^s below Simla 

 Subathu (Collett). 



Caryopteris 

 Walliehiana, 



VERBENACEiE. 



P. B. I. iv. 597. 



Himalaya to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller). 



Plectranthus 

 ternifolius, 



Pogostemon 

 plectranthoides, 



Colebrookia 

 oppositifolia, 



Pansra, shukardana. 

 Labiate. 

 P. B. I. iv. 642. 

 Salt Range. 

 ThePlains 1-4,000 ft. 

 Valleys below 

 Simla, Dharmpur, 

 Suni (Collett). 



Elsholtzia 

 polystachya, 



Rangchari, jpothi. 



JjABIATiE. 



P. B. I. iv. 643. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Petals united. 



large, straggling ; leaves 3-4 by 2-5 in., ovate, long- 

 pointed, shortly toothed, stalk | in. : flowers in short 

 clusters in the axil of leaves or at the ends of branches, 

 calyx f-1 in. diam., conspicuous, brick red, persistent, 

 widely open, corolla |-f in., cylindric, curved, bright red, 

 lobes 5, short, stamens 4, projecting, style bifid ; drupe 

 ^'l in., deeply 4-lobed, seeds 1-4, oblong. 



medium size, spreading, bark peeling in long, papery 

 flakes, young shoots grey velvety ; leaves 4 by 1 in., lan- 

 ceolate, long-pointed, minutely dotted with yellow glands ; 

 flowers pale mauve, in clusters forming a long pyramidal 

 branching raceme at the ends of branches, corolla tube 

 very short, lobes spreading, 5, | in. diam., 4 upper 

 lobes equal, lowest larger, notched, stamens 4, in two 

 pairs, far protruding, style bifid ; capsule round, dark blue, 

 4-lobed, separating into 4 concave valves carrying each 

 a single seed. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



see Herbs. Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



medium size, wooll}^ bark grey ; leaves 4-10 by l|-3 

 in., lanceolate, long-pointed, velvety, wrinkled above., 

 grey and woolly beneath, leaf stalk |-1 in., stout, white- 

 felted ; flowers male and female often on different plants, 

 minute, white, in clusters 2-4 in. long, on many branched 

 spikes, corolla white, lobes rounded, stamens 4, within 

 the corolla in females, protruding in males, style bifid 

 and protruding in females, none in males ; nutlet usually 

 one, tip hairy, contained in the much enlarged calyx of 

 which the segments are feathery, the tips often purple. The 

 leaves are used as an application to wounds and bruises. 



medium size, velvety, bark grey, peeling in long strips, 

 branches almost 4-angled ; leaves 3-6 in. long, nearly 

 sessile, lanceolate, toothed, long-pointed ; flowers white 

 or pale yellow, minute, in cylindric slender spikes, 4-6 in. 

 long, bracts minute, calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, en- 

 larged in fruit, corolla tube longer than the calyx, 4-lobed, 

 upper lobe nearly erect, notched, the other spreading, 

 stamens 4, in unequal pairs, protruding, style unequally 

 bifid ; nutlets 4, narrow, one-seeded. 



