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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Justicia Betonica, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Justicia pubigera, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Adhatoda Vasica, 



Bhehar, hansa, 



vasaka. 



Acanthace^. 



P. B. I. iv. 540. 



The Plains to 



2,500 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(CoUett). 



large, with a fetid smell, not eaten by goats ; leaves 

 4-8 by l|-3 in., oblong, rounded at both ends, minutely 

 velvety, stalk 1 in. ; flowers white in short dense bracteate 

 spikes of 2-4 in. in length, bracts f by | in., green, ovate, 

 sessile, bracteoles f by i in., corolla 2-Hpped, 1^ in. long, 

 lower lip with pink streaks, tube short, barrel-shaped, 

 stamens 2 ; capsule f in., velvety, 4-seeded, seeds i in. 

 diam., wartv. The leaves are used to cure bronchitis. 



Rhinacanthus 

 communis, 



Palah-juJii. 



ACANTHACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 541. 

 The Plains, 

 in gardens. 



medium size ; leaves 3-4 by f-lj in., rounded at 

 both ends, margins wavy, stalk | in. ; flowers white in 

 large spreading terminal clusters, bracts and bracteoles 

 linear, corolla 1 by -j-i in., tube very long. 



tV Ill- 



narrow, cylindric, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3- 

 lobed. stamens 2 ; capsule 4-3eeded, seeds ovoid, flatten- 

 ed, slighty warty. The leaves are used as a cure for 

 Dhobies' itch, rhinacanthin is like chrysophanic acid. 



Graptophyllum 

 hortense, 



ACANTHACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 545. 

 The Plains. 



medium size, smooth, often variegated ; leaves 4| by 

 If in., shortly stalked, oblong, narrowed at both ends, 

 margin smooth ; flowers crimson in terminal ovate clusters, 

 bracts and bracteoles narrow, very small, corolla tube 

 curved, 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, stamens 

 2 large, 2 small (staminodes) ; capsule contracted into 

 a long stalk, oblong, hard, seeds 2, flat, orbicular, pitted. 



Clerodendron 

 seiratum, 



Banbakri, harangi. 

 Verbenace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 592. 

 The Plains, east 

 of the Sutlej river. 



hardly woody, stems annual from a woody rootstock, 

 as it is usually burnt down in jungle fires ; leaves 4-8 by 

 1-|-2| in., sometimes in circles of three, oblong, toothed, 

 smooth, shortly stalked ; flowers bluish-white in terminal 

 branching racemes, when almost linear 6 by 1 in., when 

 almost pyramidal 10 by 5 in., bracts |-1| in., often colo- 

 ured, corolla tube |-| in., narrow, cylindric, mouth ob- 

 lique, 2-lipped, lobes ^-| in., oblong, stamens 4, far pro- 

 truding ; drupe | in. diam., black, succulent, 1-4 stones. 

 The root is used in Indian medicine as a febrifuge. 



