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Plants of the Punjab, 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Toothed. 



Petals united. 

 Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Outer pair of stamens longest. 



medium size, perennial, velvety, stem slender, grow- 

 ing along the ground, then ascending, branched, nearly 

 round ; leaves 1-3 by |-2 in., ovate, triangular or lan- 

 ceolate, short-pointed, coarsely round-toothed, smooth, 

 stalk l-l in., slender ; flowers f in., dark blue, sohtary, 

 axillary, forming terminal slender racemes, 3-6 in. long, 

 bracts 5-^ in., longer than the calyx, calyx 2-hpped, lips 

 closed in fruit, upper hp soon falling off, tube bear- 

 ing a small shield-shaped cup (scutellum), corolla-tube 

 much longer than the calyx, sharply curved up near 

 the base, dilated upwards, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, 

 hood-like, notched, lower spreading, 3-lobed, stamens 4 

 in unequal pairs, ascending under the upper lip, anthers 

 hairy ; nutlets 4, slightly velvety. 



Scutellaria grossa, 



Labiate. 



F. B. L iv. 669. 



Himalaya, 



4-8,000 ft. 



Simla, Mashobra 



(Collett). 



Scutellaria angulosa, 



Labiate. 



F. B. L iv. 669. 



Himalaj^a, 



4-9,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Dharmpur. 



medium size, perennial, velvety or thinly hairy, 

 branches long, spreading, sharply 4-angled, leaves 1-3 

 in., ovate or lanceolate, bluntly or shortly pointed, 

 round or sharp-toothed, shortly stalked, lower surface 

 often purple, flowers 1 in., white or yellowish, tip tinged 

 with purple, in leafy racemes, bracts leafy, upper small, 

 entire, nutlets granulate ; otherwise like the last species. 



Scutellaria 

 galericulata, 

 Common Skull cap, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 670. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Koti. 



medium size to large, perennial, slightly velvety, 

 stem procumbent at first, then erect, leaves 1^-2| in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, blunt, or nearly short-pointed round- 

 toothed, shortly stalked, upper leaves are not toothed, 

 flowers I in., yellow, shortly stalked in the axils of leaves 

 and bracts, bracts much longer than the calyx; other- 

 wise like the last species. 



Bnmella vulgaris, 



see Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Entire 



