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Plants of the Punjah. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals united. . 

 Corolla two-lipped. 



Leuc ashyssopifolia, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 690. 



The Plains at the 



foot of the 



Himalaya 



to 3.000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Stamens four. 



Outer pair longest. 



small, perennial, hairy, rootstock stout, woody, 

 branches many ; leaves 1-2| by I in., linear, blunt, often 

 stiff, margins turned in ; flowers | in. long, white, in small 

 axillary and terminal circular clusters, ^-f in. diam., 

 bracts few, slender, awl-shaped, calyx ^ in., an inverted 

 cone, smooth, mouth wide, abruptly cut off, smooth, 

 teeth 10, very minute, erect, corolla tube cylindric, within 

 the calj'x, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, hood-like, very hairy, 

 lower much longer, 3-lobed, mid-lobe the largest, not tooth- 

 ed, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, under the upper lip, outer 

 or anterior pair longer, style awl-shaped, undivided : 

 nutlets 4, ovoid, blunt, 3-cornered.. 



Leucas aspera, 



Choia-haJ-husd. 



LABIATiE. 



F. B. L iv. 690. 

 The Plains. 



small, annual, stem stout, hairy or bristly, much 

 branched ; leaves 1-3 in., linear or oblong, sometimes larger 

 and f in, broad, also minutely toothed ; flowers f-1 in., 

 white, in terminal and axillary clustered circles, often 1 

 in. diam., hairy, bracts long, linear and thread-like, cah^x 

 i-§ in., tubular, curved, smooth below, green, rough, 

 ribbed above, teeth 10, short, triangular, upper lip pro- 

 duced : corolla, stamens, style and nutlets as in the last 

 species. The plant is fragrant and used as a pot herb, 

 in chronic skin diseases and painful swellings the juice 

 is useful. 



Silene apetala, 



CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



F.B.Li. 218. 

 The Plains. 

 Peshawar (Yicaiy, 

 Stewart). 



Petals none. 



medium size, annual, stem branched or not, gre}'- 

 velvety ; leaves 1-1| in., linear-oblong, long-pointed ; 

 flowers |-| in., long, green (as the petals, if present, are 

 enclosed within the green calyx), in irregular clusters 

 in one-sided racemes, bracts sharp-pointed, calyx \-\ 

 in., bell-shaped base, a reversed cone with 5 short teeth, 

 and 10 green hairy ridges, petals none or if any, minute, 

 red, stamens 10, styles 3 (rarely 5) ; capsule round, shortly 

 stalked, 3-6-valved, seeds flat, grooved with a double cor- 

 rugated margin, 



