Plants of fhe Punjab. 



193 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 

 Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 



Mentha arvensis, 

 Corn Mint, 



Pudinah. 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. G48. 



Kashmir, 



5-10,000 ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Maynard). 



Micromeria biflora 

 and hydaspidis, 



Lycopus 



europseus, 



Gipsywort, 



Jalnim. 

 Labiate. 

 F. B. L iv. 648. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 



Matiana, in marshy- 

 ground (Collett). 

 Kashmir, 

 3-6,000 ft. 



Blepharis sindica, 



Acanthacea;. 

 F. B. I. iv. 479. 

 The Plains. 



Stamens four. 



medium size, hairy or smooth, leaves 1-2 in., flowers 

 in round axillary head-like clusters; in other respects like 

 the last species. This plant is much cultivated, it is used 

 as a carminative, diuretic, and stimulant. 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Corolla, 

 2-lipped. 



Stamens two. 



medium size to large, perennial, slightly hairy, root 

 stock creeping or with runners ; leaves oblong, narrowed 

 to each end, nearly sessile, toothed, or pinnately divided ; 

 flowers small, very many, bluish-white, in dense axillary 

 cluster?;, calyx bell-shaped, deeply 5-toothed, teeth equal, 

 narrowly lanceolate, corolla bell-shaped, shghtly longer 

 than the calyx, 4-lobed, stamens 2, rather long ; nutlets 4, 

 smooth, longer than the calyx tube, ovate, with a broad 

 tip. This plant is used as a cooling medicine. 



Corolla one-lipped. 



small, rough or prickly ; leaves 1-2 in., linear or 

 narrowly oblong, velvety, toothed or spinous ; flowers 

 \-\ in. ,blue, in few- or many-flowered, 2-3 in. long spikes, 

 bracts 1 in. or more, ovate with spreading lanceolate tips, 

 prickly, hairy within and without, bracetoles \ in., linear, 

 hairy, shorter than the bracts, calyx 4-lobed, 2 outer 

 lobes f in., ovate, 2 inner \ in., narrowly ovate, corolla 

 tube ovoid, horny, one-lipped, the lower broad, 3-lobed, 

 stamens 4, in unequal pairs, thick, rigid, anterior pair have 

 a process above the anthers, anthers densely bearded, 

 style linear, very shortly 2-fid ; capsule \ in. oblong with 

 rounded ends, flattened, shining brown, seeds 2, \ in., 

 prickly. 



