Plants of the Punjab. 



209 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simpj^e Leaves, 



Leaf Margins Toothed, 

 Petals united. 



Dracocephalum 

 moldavicum, 



Tukhm-ferunjmishk. 



LABIATiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 665. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-8,000 ft. 

 Kashmir (Falconer). 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Inner pair of stamens longest. 



medium size, annual, quite smooth, branched from 

 the base ; leaves 1-2 in., lanceolate, deeply bluntly tooth- 

 ed, sessile or narrowed into short stalks ; flowers |-1 

 in., blue, shortly stalked, in circular clusters at short or 

 -long intervals along leafy spikes, 4-8 in. long, bracts 

 lanceolate with bristle points, calyx I in., 2-lipped, leathery, 

 smooth, upper lip broad, 3-toothed, teeth broadly ovate 

 with abrupt points, corolla 2-lipped, upper lip erect, 

 notched, lower spreading, 3-fid, mid-lobe largest, tube 

 greatly dilated to the throat, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, 

 ascending under the upper lip, nearly projecting beyond 

 it, style-lobes awl-shaped ; nutlets 4, smooth, narrowly 

 oblong, abruptly cut off at both ends. The seeds are us^ 

 as a demulcent and febrifuge. 



Dracocephalum 

 stamineum, 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 



Lallemantia 

 Royleana, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 667. 



The Plains to 



3,000 ft. 



Sargodha (Douie). 



Baluchistan 



(Boissier). 



Cultivated. 



small, annual, branched or not, stem sHghtly angled, 

 leaves |-1 in., ovate or oblong, blunt, coarsely round- 

 toothed, flowers I in., pale lilac, shortly stalked, in many 

 circular clusters at intervals along narrow long spikes, 

 bracts small, soon falling off, oblong, or lanceolate, teeth 

 with long bristle points, calyx ^ in., erect, stiff, 2-Hpped, 

 upper lip with 3 obtuse lobes of which the lateral are 

 under the mid-lobe, corolla tube hardly projecting beyond 

 the calyx, lob^s small, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, ascend- 

 ing under the upper lip of the corolla, and enclosed with- 

 in it ; otherwise hke Dracocephalum. The seeds, Gharei 

 kaslimalu, tukhm-'balangu, are much used as being cooling 

 and sedative. 



