Plants of the Punjab. 



197 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens iwo. 



Salvia plebeia, 



Sathi, samunder-sok. 



Labiat.e. 



F. B. I .iv. 655. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Sutlej Valley, Suni 



(Collett). 



leaves 1-3 in. 



medium size, annual, stem stout, roughly velvety ; 

 ovate or oblong, toothed, blunt, stalked, 

 floral leaves small, upper lanceolate ; flowers I in. long, 

 lilac or nearly white, in numerous small circles in several 

 slender branching racemes, calyx ^ in., stalked, upper lip 

 not toothed, corolla 2-lipped, upper lip short, nearly 

 straight; stamens, style and nutletsjike the last species 

 but smaller. This plant is used as a demulcent. 



Salvia aegyptiaca, 



Tukm malanga. 



Labiat.^. 



P. B. I. iv. 656. 



The Plains, 



1-2,000 ft. 



Chakwal, Jhelum 



Dist. (Douie). 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller). 



small, perennial, hairy, stiff, much branched from 

 the base ; leaves hardly 1 in. long, linear or lanceolate, 

 short-pointed, rigid, round-toothed ; flowers small, ^ in., 

 in distant 2-3-flowered circles, calyx with hairy glands, 

 upper hp round, minutely 3-toothed, lower lip 2 awl-shaped 

 teeth ; corolla , stamens, style and nutlets as in the last 

 species. This plant is used as a demulcent. 



Stamens four. 



Sesamum indicum, 

 Gingelly, 



Til. 



Pedaliace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 387. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan. 



medium size, annual, velvety ; leaves 3-5 in., oblong 

 or ovate, toothed, upper alternate, lower opposite, often 

 lobed ; flowers 1^ in., white or purphsh, sometimes marked 

 with yellow, axhlary, solitary or a few clustered together 

 on short stalks, calyx | in., 5-fid, segments lanceolate, corolla 

 2-Hpped, velvety, tube swollen out, almost pouched at 

 the base, lobes 5, rounded, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, 

 enclosed in the corolla, anthers divided at the base, style 

 thread-hke, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 1 by ^ in., erect, 

 rough, 4-angled, oblong, pointed, seeds many, brown, 

 oblong. This plant is cultivated for the oil which is ex- 

 pressed from the seeds. 



SUmulus gracilis, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



