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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 



Phlomfs spectabilis, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 692. 



Himalaya, 



3-8,000 ft. 



Kashmir 



(Jacquemont). 



Abbottabad 



(Barrett). 



Baluchistan (Lace). 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Outer pair of stamens longest. 



large, stem 1 in. diam,, round, white with hairs, 

 or downy ^\ith star-shaped hairs ; leaves 6-10 by 4-8 in., 

 ovate-heart-shajDed, round-toothed or almost small-lobed, 

 wrinkled, felted -with star-shaped hairs beneath, tip rounded, 

 stalk 6-12 in., floral leaves small; flowers rose-purple, 

 in axillary many-flowered circular clusters, l|-2 in. diam., 

 with rigid thread-like bristly needle-pointed bracts, calyx 

 |-f in., velvety, mouth equal, 5-toothed, teeth spiny, | 

 shorter than the calyx tube, corolla tube ringed ^\dthin, 

 2-lipped, upper lip concave, crown woolly, fringed with 

 silvery hairs, lower spreading, 3-fid, stamens 4, in unequal 

 pairs, ascending, style 2-fid ; nutlets 4, I in., hnear. 



Phlomis 

 cashmeriana, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 692. 



Himalaya, 



5-6,500 ft. 



Kashmir (Eoyle). 



medium size, rootstock stout, stems several, stout, 

 covered with white loose star-shaped woolly hairs, 

 leaves 5-9 by 2-4 in., linear, oblong, blunt-pomted, round- 

 toothed, wrinkled, base heart-shaped, leathery, finely 

 velvety above, stalks 4-6 in., flowers pale purple, in many- 

 flowered axillary circular clusters, 1-1| in. diam., bracts 

 f in., many, thread-like, felted, tip needle-like, calyx |-| 

 in., folded, felted, teeth spiny, half the length of the calyx 

 tube, corolla upper lip very large, felted, not fringed, 

 lower lip very broad, nutlets ^ in. long, broadly oblong ; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



Phlomis setigera, 



Labiate. 



F. B. L iv. 693. 



Kashmir (Clarke). 



large, stem 1 in. diam., nearly smooth, 4-angled 

 like the branches, leaves 4-8 in., ovate, long-pointed, 

 round-toothed, base rounded or heart-shaped, stalks |-1 

 in., flowers in many -flowered axillary circular clusters, 

 bracts short, stiff, bristle-like, tips spiny, calyx ^-| in., 

 hairy, teeth erect, awl-shaped, i the length of the tube, 

 nutlets I in., ovoid with broad tip as if cut off short ; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



