Plants of the Punjab. 



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Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 

 Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Inner pair longest. 



medium size, rootstock woody, stems slender, almost 

 imbranched, hairy ; leaves 1-2 in., ovate, just pointed, 

 hardly toothed ; flowers f-1 in., purple or pink, in large 

 crowded compact circular clusters, each surrounded by 

 many, long, linear, hairy bracts, equal in length to the 

 calyx, calyx ^ in., 2-lipped, curved, hairy, 13-nerved, 

 upper lip 3-toothed, lower bifid, teeth nearly equal, xerj 

 slender, corolla hairy, tube straight, 2-lipped, upper lip 

 erect, flattish, lov.er spreading, S-lcbed, stamens 4, in 

 unequal pairs under the upper lip, style lobes equal ; 

 nutlets 4, minute, nearly round, smooth. 



Calamintha 

 Clinopodium, 

 Wild basil, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 650. 



Himalaya, 



4-12,000 ft. 



Simla, Mashobra 



(Collett). 



Changlagali (Douie). 



Outer pair longest. 



Brunella vulgaris, 

 Self-heal, 



Anstalchadns. 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 670. 



Himalaya, 



4-11,000 ft. 



Simla, common on 



roadsides (Collett). 



Kashmir. 



Murree (Douie). 



small, perennial, rootstock creeping, stem erect 

 or partially so, thinly hairy ; leaves 1-2 in., stalked, ovate 

 .or oblong, sometimes toothed, pointed or blunt, upper 

 leaves sessile; flowers |-| n. long, violet purple, rarely 

 white, in clustered circles of 6, crowded in erect, terminal 

 spikes 1-2 in. long, with a pair of sessile leaves at the 

 base, floral leaves bract-hke, hairy, purple edged, broadly 

 ovate, short-pointed, calyx tinged with purple, bell-shaped, 

 2-hpped, upper lip broad, 3-toothed, lower hp deeply 

 bifid, mouth closed after flowering, corolla tube longer 

 than the calyx, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, hood-like, notched, 

 lower spreading, 3-lobed, mid-lobe largest, minutely toothed, 

 stamens 4 in unequal pairs under the upper hp, with a 

 small projection below the anthers, style lobes awl-shaped ; 

 nutlets 4, oblong, smooth. The plant is used in Indian 

 medicine as an expecto ant and anti-spasmodic. 



Stachys parviflora. 



see Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Toothed. 



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