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Plants of the Punjah. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals united. 

 Corolla (two-lipped. 



Justicia diffusa^ 



ACANTHACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 538. 

 Himalaya, 

 to 3,000 ft. 



Justicia simplex, 



ACANTHACE.^;. 



F. B. I. iv. 539. 

 Himalaya to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Dicliptera 

 Roxburghiana, 

 var. bupleuroldes, 

 Kirch, somni. 



ACANTHACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 553. 

 The Plains to 

 G,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Common in the hilly 

 districts of the area. 



Peristrophe 

 bicalyculata, 



Atri lal. 



ACANTHACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 554. 



The Plains. 



Stamens two. 



small, stems 4-angled, smooth or minutely velvety ; 

 leaves 3|-4J in., oblong, long-pointed at both ends, stalk 

 J in., somewhat hairy ; flowers | in., in slightly hairy 

 slender terminal or axillary spikes, bracts ^ in., linear, 

 shorter than the calj'x, bracteoles -^\-^ in., lanceolate, 

 calyx 5rsegmented, segments ^ in., like the bracts, lan- 

 ceolate, minutely hairy above, stamens 2, style like the 

 last species ; capsule |-| in., 4-seeded. 



small, hairy, branched, grooved ; leaves 1-1^ in., 

 ovate or lanceolate, short-pointed, hairy, shortly stalked ; 

 flowers small, pale purple, crowded in densely hairy cyhn- 

 dric spikes |-1 in. long, terminal or axillary, bracts as 

 long as the calyx, green-keeled, very hairy, short-pointed, 

 lanceolate, bracteoles hairy, linear, calyx 4-segmented, 

 segments hairy, lanceolate ; corolla i in., 2-hpped, upper 

 lip erect, narrow, notched, lower wider, 3-lobed, stamens 

 and style as in the last species ; capsule ^ in. 



large, hairy, loosely spreading, stems grooved ; 

 leaves 2-5 by |-2f in., long-pointed, ovate-lanceolate, 

 stalked, somewhat velvety ; flowers pink, spotted with 

 purple or white, crowded in axillary clusters towards the 

 ends of branches, bracts i by i in., often 3-nerved, long- 

 pointed, bracteoles linear, calyx 5-parted, segments linear, 

 corolla f in. long, velvety, tube cylindric, twisted, 2-Hpped,. 

 upper lip erect, notched, lower recurved, 3-toothed, stamens 

 2, anther-cells blunt, style minutely 2-lobed ; capsule 

 I in., 2-celled, winged, seeds 4, warted. Laksmanna, the 

 drug derived from this plant, is a good tonic, 



small, spreading, hairy ; leaves 2 by 1 in., ovate, 

 long-pointed, leaf stalk J in. ; flowers rose or purple in 

 axillary or terminal clusters, bracts 1-4 together, linear, 

 short-pointed, | in. long, long-stalked, calyx deeply 5- 

 lobed, segments equal, linear, lanceolate, corolla ^-| in., 

 tube slender, deeply 2-lipped, upper lip hardly notched, 

 lower shortly 3-lobed, stamens 2, anthers ovoid, style 

 thread-like, minutely 2-cleft ; capsule ^-| in., seeds 4, 

 flattened, covered with minute papillse. 



