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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leavbb. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Inner pair longest. 



Nepeta linearis, 



see Herbs, Prostrate, Opposite^ Exstipulate, Simple. 



Nepeta connata, 



see Herbs, Prostrate, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Criganiim vulgare, 

 Wild marjoram, 



Mirzanjosh, sathra. 



LABIATiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 648. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-12,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



medium size, scented, to some extent covered with 

 hairs ; leaves |-1 in., broadly ovate, stalked, sometimes 

 toothed ; flowers very small, pink, crowded in many 4- 

 sided spikes J-1 in. long, in clusters or heads at the end 

 of branches or forming terminal branching racemes, floral 

 leaves like bracts, lanceolate, longer than the calyx, over- 

 lapping, often tinged with purple, calyx bell-shaped, 5- 

 toothed, 10-13-nerved, throat hairy, corolla barely 2-lipped, 

 upper lip erect, nearly flat, notch lower spreading, 3-lol3ed, 

 stamens 4, in unequal pairs, just protruding, style divided ; 

 nutlets 4, smooth. This plant is used as a pot herb, it 

 yields a volatile oil which is aromatic and stimulant. 



Thymus Serpyllum, 



see Shrubs, 

 2-lipped. 



Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Corolla 



Hyssopus ofRcinalis, see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Corolla 



2-hpped. 



Micromeria biflora see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Corolla 



and hydaspidis, 2-lipped. 



