Plants of the Punjab. 



191 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 



Acrocephalus 

 capitatus, 



Labiat.e. 



F. B. Liv. 611. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft., 



in moist places. 



Pogostemon 

 plectranthoides, 



Labiatj3. 

 F. B. I. iv. 63-2. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-5,000 'ft. 

 Siitlej Valley. 

 Suni (Collett). 



Dysophylla 

 crassicaulis. 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 640. 



Himalaya, 



2-4,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Chamba, Kulu. 



Elsholtzia incisa, 



Labiat.e. 

 F. B. L iv. 644. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-5,000* ft. 



Stamens four. 



small, annual, slightly velvety, branched from the 

 base or not ; leaves |-1 in., ovate or lanceolate, coarsely 

 toothed, narrowed to the stalk ; flowers ^ in.^ pale purple, 

 sessile, crowded in stalked terminal round heads, | in. diam., 

 with 2 spreading leaves at the base, calyx 2-lipped, upper 

 lip undivided, flat, lower shorter, 4-toothed, corolla 

 tube very short, nearly equally 4-lobed, stamens 4, nearly 

 equal, enclosed in the corolla, toothless, stlye 2-fid ; nutlets 

 smooth. 



large, perennial, strongly scented, velvety, bushy, 

 branches round, often purple ; leaves 3-6, ovate, stalked, 

 long-pointed, coarsely and irregularly toothed ; flowers 

 I in., pinkish-white, in large circular clusters in many 

 cylindric spikes, forming terminal erect branching racemes, 

 floral leaves bract-like, hairy, glandular, ovate, short- 

 pointed, calyx tubular, 5-toothed, teeth nearly equal, 

 corolla-tube curved, longer than the calyx, 4-lobed, lobes 

 nearly equal, blunt, stamens 4, nearly equal, protruding 

 far, lilac, bearded with long lilac beaded hairs, style 

 2-fid ; nutlets smooth, 



medium size, annual, smooth, strongly smelling, found 

 in swamps; leaves 4-6 in a circle, 1-2 in. long, narrowly 

 oblong or lanceolate, toothed, blunt ; flowers minute, blue 

 purple, in large circles crowded on slender cylindric terminal 

 spikes 1-4 in. long, bracts lanceolate broad towards the 

 tip, calyx minute, ovoid, 5-toothed, teeth erect or eon- 

 verging, corolla minute, 4-lobed, upper lobe 2-fid or un- 

 divided, lower spreading, stamens 4, protruding, very long, 

 bearded, style 2-fid ; nutlets very small, circular, flattened, 

 pale, shining. 



medium size to large, branches 4-angled ; leaves 1-2 

 in., broadly ovate, blunt- pointed, coarsely round-toothed, 

 stalk long, winged above ; flowers very small, white, in very 

 slender cyl'ndric spikes 2-4 in. long, bracts small, slender, 

 calyx sessile, sticky, 5-toothed, bell-shaped, enlarged in 

 fruit, corolla 4-lobed, upper lobe nearly erect, notched, 

 the others spreading, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, protrud- 

 ing, not bearded, stylo 2-lobed, lobes awl-like ; nutlets 

 smooth, shining. 



