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'Plants of the Punjah, 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 



Buchnera hispida, 



Scrophulariace.i:. 



F. B. I. iv. 298. 



The Plains to 



9,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Dharmpur. 



Verbena officinalis, 



Hemigraphis 

 latebrosa, 

 var. rupestris, 

 Acanthace^. 

 F. B. L iv. 423. 

 Koti above Kalka. 



Strobilanthes 

 atropurpureus, 



ACANTHACEiB. 



F. B. L iv. 472. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Matiana 

 Hattu (Collett). 

 Murree (Douie). 



Stamens four. 



small to medium size, annual, stiff, slender, bristly, 

 often branched above ; leaves 1-2 by -f-l| in., lower oblong 

 or ovate, broad at the apex, upper linear-oblong or lan- 

 ceolate, toothed or not, blunt-pointed ; flowers \ in. long, 

 white or pale purple, sessile, solitary, in the axils of leaves 

 forming terminal spikes, 6-10 in. long, calyx | in., tubularr, 

 5-toothed, bristly, corolla lobes 5, spreading, nearly equal, 

 stamens 4 in unequal pairs, enclosed in the corolla, style 

 short, stigma round ; capsule oblong, shorter than the calyx, 

 seeds very many, oblong, netted. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



medium size, branches many, spreading, velvety ; 

 leaves 2| by 1-1| in. long, pointed at both ends, ovate, 

 toothed, leaf stalk 1-1| in., on the secondary flowering 

 branches much smaller, bracts ovate, scarcely longe • than 

 the calyx, except in the outermost flowers where they are 

 stalked ; flowers |-f in., blue, sessile in dense heads, 

 terminal or nearly axillary on short branchlets, bracteoles 

 none, calyx 5-fid, segments linear-lanceolate, nearly 

 equal, \-\ in., whitish, hairy, corolla narrowly tubu- 

 lar, funnel-shaped, tube white or yellowish, lobes blue, 

 5, rounded, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, just enclosed 

 in the corolla, longer pair bearded in the upper half, shorter 

 pair smooth, anthers triangular, sharp-pointed, style long, 

 lobes unequal ; capsule \ in., linear, hairy, seeds 6, hairy 

 when wet. 



small to medium size, prennial, flowering at inte.vals 

 of several years, growing in forests and swampy ground, 

 velvety, sometimes sticky, stem 4-angled or furrowed ; 

 leaves 2-4 by l|-2 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, smooth, 

 round- or sharp-toothed, tapering into a winged stalk ; 

 flowers 1| in., blue, solitary or in pairs at intervals on spikes 

 1-6 in. long, bracts leaflike, persistent, bracteoles linear, 

 calyx 5-fid, segments linear, corolla-tube curved, cylindric 

 below, dilated above, pale blue, lobes 5, dark blue, nearly 

 equal, rounded, |-| in. across, stamens 4, in unequal pairs 

 on the corolla tube, alternate with the lobes, anther-bases 

 blunt, style tip curved back ; capsule f in. long, oblong, 

 sticky, seeds \ in., 4 or less. 



