Plants of the Punjab. 



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Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 



Phlomis bracteosa, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 693. 



Himalaya, 

 5-11,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (CoUett). 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Outer pair of stamens longest. 



large, stout, velvety with white hairs, stem and 

 branches 4-angled, hairs on the stem, when present, sharp- 

 ly turned down, leaves 2-4 in. (in Kashmir 6-8 in. long, 

 ovate-lanceolate, long-pointed), ovate, blunt-pointed, 

 round-toothed, base broadly heart-shaped, stalked, flowers 

 1 in., dull blue-purple, in many dense-flowered axillary 

 circular clusters, |-1 in. diam., bracts erect equalling the 

 calyx, outer thin, lanceolate or linear, tip not spinous, 

 inner narrower, calyx ^-| in., tubular, hairy or smooth, 

 5-toothed, teeth slender with, scattered hairs, corolla upper 

 lip fringed with white hairs, nutlets -l-^ in., ovoid with 

 the tip broad and rounded ; otherwise like the last spe- 

 cies. 



Ajuga bracteosa, 



Kauri huti, karku, 



Wiurbanri. 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 702. 



The Plains to 



7,000 ft. 



Simla (Ccllett). 



Abbottabad, 



Rawalpindi, Kahuta 



(Douie). 



small, stems and branches from the rootstock many, 

 velvety or smooth ; leaves 1-4 in,, lanceolate with a broad 

 tip or spoon -shaped, blunt-pointed, toothed more or less, 

 lower stalked, upper sessile ; flowers \ in., pale blue or 

 lilac, crowded in axillary circular clusters at short intervals 

 forming leafy spikes, much shorter than the ovate leafy 

 bracts, calyx \ in., 5-toothed, softly hairy, teeth half the 

 length of the tube, ovate-lanceolate, short-pointed, corolla 

 tube straight, nearly twice the calyx, 2-lipped, upper 

 lip very short, erect, deeply notched, lower spreading, 

 mid-lobe dilated, side-lobes oblong, stamens 4, in unequal 

 pairs, protruding, style 2-lobed ; nutlets -^-^ in., oblong 

 with rounded ends, deeply wrinkled, pitted. This plant is 

 used as a stimulant, diuretic, and aperient. 



Ajuga parviflora, 



Labiat.e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 703. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Murree (Douie). 



like the last species, but corollii is small, the bass 

 is not inflated, stamens included, flower clustei3 on 

 bracteate spikes, not axillary. 



