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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Hyssopus officinalis, 



Zufah yah is. 



Labiat.e. 



P. B. I. iv. 649. 



Himalaya, 



'8-11,000 ft. 



Baluchistan (Lace). 



small, smooth, stem below branched, woody, branch- 

 es erect ; leaves -| in. long, sessile, lanceolate, not toothed ; 

 flowers bluish-purple in axillary or terminal spikes, calyx 

 2-lipped, 5-toothed, corolla 2-lipped, upper lip erect, 

 notched, lower spreading, 3-lobed, middle lobe very 

 broad, stamens 4, unequal, protruding ; nutlets narrow, 

 smooth, 3-cornered. This plant was once used in 

 Europe as a tonic and stimulant. 



Micromeria biflora, 



Labiatje. 

 p. B. L iv. 650. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-7,000 ft. 



dwarf, prostrate, hairy, woody, branches very nu- 

 merous, tufted, leafy, slender, something like Thymus 

 in appearance, but not scented ; leaves ^-J in., sessile, 

 ovate, short-pointed, toothed or not ; flowers pink, stalked, 

 small, in axillary circles of one to four, calyx 5-toothed 

 equally, 13-nerved, corolla 2-lipped, upper lip erect, 

 notched, lower 3-lobed, spreading, stamens 4 in unequal 

 pairs ; nutlets smooth. 



Micromeria 

 hydaspidis, 



LABIATiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 650. 

 Western Kashmir. 



very small, stem erect, rather stout, leaves |-f in., 

 shortly stalked, minutely toothed, ovate, blunt, flowers 

 shortly stalked in continuous or interrupted crowded 

 circular clusters forming spikes ; otherwise like the last 

 species. 



Salvia segyptiaca, 



Tukhm vialanga. 



Labiat^e. 



F. B. I. iv. 656. 



The Plains, 



1-2,000 ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller). 



very small, rough, hairy, branches widely separating 

 from the base, rigid ; leaves f in., small, nearly sessile, 

 few, linear, rigid, acute, minutely toothed ; flov\^ers I in. 

 long, in small circular clusters on slender branching 

 racemes, whitish lilac, bracts small, lower leaf-like, upper 

 lanceolate, calyx glandular, hairy, 2-lipped, upper 

 lip orbicular, minutely toothed, corolla 2-lipped, upper 

 lip nearly straight, short, flattened, concave, stamens 2, 

 style 2-fid ; nutlets -j^ in. long, narrow, oblong, black. 

 The seeds are used in Indian medicine as an astringent. 



^tachys tibetica. 



Labiate. 

 E. B. I. iv. 677. 

 Northern Kashmir, 

 10-14,000 ft. 



rootstock woody, thick, stems twiggy ; leaves |-1| in, 

 long, oblong to linear, blunt, shortly stalked, some- 

 times irregularly lobular ; flowers pink, sessile, in small 

 circular clusters, axillary, calyx | in., bell-shaped, tips 

 long, corolla f-1 in- long, 2-lipped, upper lip ereet, long, 

 narrow, lower spreading, 3-lobed, middle lobe largest, 

 stamens 4 ; nutlets I in. long, broadly oblong. 



