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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Hygrophila spinosa, 



Talmakhana, gokula 

 kanta, gokshura, 

 Acanthace^. 

 E. B. I. iv. 408. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 



Lepidagathis 

 purpuiicaulis, 



ACANTHACEiE. 



E. B. I. iv. 519. 

 The Plains. 

 Hoshiarpur 

 (Aitchison). 



Lepidagathis hyalina., 



Acanthace^. 

 E. B. I. iv. 521. 

 The Plains to 

 4.000 ft. 



Stamens four. 



medium size to large, fomid in wet places, stout, 

 hairy, stems in clusters ; leaves 3-7 in. long, lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, pointed at both ends, nearly sessile, 

 covered with scattered white hairs ; flowers 1 in. long, 

 pale blue or purple to white in large dense hairy axillary 

 clustered circles with 6 straight stout spines |-1| in., 

 bracts |-1 in., lanceolate, bracteoles |-| in., narrow, calyx 

 4-lobed, lobes ^-| in., lanceolate, upper one largest, lower 

 blunt, toothed or divided into two, corolla 1 in. long, 

 upper lip 2-lobed, stamens as in the last species ; capsule 

 I in., shorter than the calyx, 4-8-seeded. The plant is 

 used as a diuretic in Southern India with great success. 



small to medium size, leafy, branches many, smooth 

 or hairy, often purple ; leaves 1-5 in., lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, sometimes in unequal pairs, larger narrowed 

 at both ends, smooth, smaller nearly ovate, somewhat 

 velvety ; flowers J in., white with brown spots at the base 

 of the lower lip, sessile, in axillary sessile solitary or clus- 

 tered oblong hairy spikes, |-1| in. long, bracts | by |^ in., 

 marked with longitudinal lines, lanceolate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late with a bristle point, bracteoles ^ in., linear curved, 

 calyx nearly divided to the base into 5 segments, one seg- 

 ment large, |-| by -^ in. broad, the others | in. linear, 

 corolla J in., tubular, suddenly dilated in the middle, 

 2-lipped, upper lip erect, notched, lower 3-lobed, longer, 

 stamens 4, in unequal pairs, anthers 2-celled, cells oblong, 

 blunt, stigma round ; capsule i in., 4-seeded, oblong, seeds 

 flattened, hairs rise upon being wetted. 



.medium size, perennial ; leaves 3 by 1| in., ovate 

 or oblong, stalked, upper narrow, hanging .down, stalk 

 |- in. ; flowers white with brown spots at the base of the 

 lower lip, crowded in oblong or ovoid, one-sided, terminal 

 or axillary spikes i-l| in. long, bracts nearly | in., lanceO' 

 late, long-pointed with an abrupt point, bracteoles ^ in., 

 linear-lanceolate with an abrupt point, calyx nearly divid- 

 ed to the base in 5 segments, segments linear-lanceolate, 

 ^ in., with scattered hairs, outer segment larger ; corolla, 

 stamens, style, capsule and seeds as in last species. 



