Plants of the Punjab. 



201 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 

 Corolla two-lipped. 

 Stamens four. 



Orthosiphon pallidus, 



LABIATiE. 



F. B. L iv. 613. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial, smooth or shghtly velvety, stout, 

 stock woody, branches many ; leaves -1-2 in., ovate, blunt, 

 coarsely sharp- or rouncl-toothed, stalk \-\ in., the length 

 of the leaf blade ; flowers \ in. long, white, in long or short, 

 stout or slender racemes, bracts minute, calyx ovoid, fruit- 

 ing calyx turned down, upper tooth broad, thin, lateral 

 and lower awl-shaped, corolla-tube equal to the calyx, 

 2-HppGd, upper lip o-4-fid, lower undivided, concave, 

 stamens 4, curved forward, enclosed in the corolla ; nutlets 

 nearly round, flattened, pale, nearly smooth. 



Orthosiphon 

 nibicundus, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. Liv..615. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-5,000 ft. 



medium size, perennial, felted, velvety or smooth, 

 stems 4-angled, leaves 2-4 in. long, corolla white or pink, 

 twice as long as the calyx, nutlets minutely pitted ; other- 

 wise like the last species. 



Plectranthus 

 Gerardianus, 



Labiate. 



F. B. L iv. 617. 



Himalaya, 



3-9,000'ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



large, perennial, smooth ; leaves 3-7 by 1-4 in., ovate, 

 long-pointed, round-toothed, lower leaves stalked, floral 

 leaves and bracts small ; flowers | in. long, white with pur- 

 ple dots, in small clusters forming axillary or terminal 

 branched racemes, calyx bell-shaped, elongated and curved 

 in fruit, gland-dotted, corolla 2-lipped, upper hp short, 

 broad, recurved, 3- or 4-lobed, lower longer, boat-shaped, 

 undivided, stamens 4, in unequal pairs along the lower lip 

 of the corolla, ununited, projecting, style nearly equally 

 divided ; nutlets oblong with rounded ends. 



Plectranthus striatus, small and roughly velvety ; otherwise like the last 



Labiate. species. 



F. B. L iv. 618. 



Himalaya, 



4-8,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



