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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Martynia diandra, 

 Tiger or Devil's 

 Claw, 



Hathajori. 

 Pedalliace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 386. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-2,000 ft. 

 Dunera, Gurdaspur 

 District. 



Lycopus Europseus, 



Sesamum indicum, 



Verbena officinalis, 

 Vervain, 



Pamukh, karaita. 



Verbenace^. 



F. B. I. iv. 565. 



The Plains to 



7,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Phalia in the Guirat 



District. 



Kahuta, Murree 



(Douie). 



Hazara (Barrett). 



Leonurus Cardiaea, 

 Motherwort, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 678. 



Himalaya, 



6-10,000 ft. 



Narkanda (Collett). 



Stamens two. 



large, rough, stem succulent, an American weed ; 

 leaves 5-10 in. diam., round, or angled, thin, long-stalked, 

 upper sometimes alternate ; flowers l|-3 in., pale pink, 

 showy in axillary and terminal clusters, calyx 4-6-lobed, 

 corolla bell-shaped, and inflated on one side, somewhat 

 2-lipped, 5-lobed, stamens 2 ; capsule 1 in., woody, covered 

 with a soft coat soon falling off, beaked by strong curved 

 spines that catch on to any passing animal. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Petals United, Stamens 2. 



Stamens four. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed, Corolla 2-lipped, Stamens 4. 



medium size, perennial, nearly smooth, stems 4- 

 sided, brandling ; leaves 2-4 in., variously lobed, some- 

 times ovate, toothed, base narrow, lower leaves stalked, 

 upper sessile, usually divided into three ; flowers | in., blue 

 or lilac, sessile in long slender bracteate spikes, branching, 

 3-10 in. long, calyx jVtV ^^•> tubular, glandular-hairy, 

 teeth 5, minute, corolla hairy, tube nearly cylindric, longer 

 than the calyx, lobes 5, spreading, stamens 4, in unequal 

 pairs, enclosed in the corolla, style short, stigma round ; 

 fruit of 4 nutlets enclosed in the calyx ; nutlets i-g in., 

 oblong, 3-ribbed, inner faces with minute white flaking 

 cells. The leaves are used as a febrifuge and tonic, the 

 root as a cure for scrofula and snake bite. 



large, rootstock and stem stout ; leaves velvety 

 to felted beneath, lower 5 by 3 in., ovate-lanceolate or 

 round, toothed or deeply and irregularly cut into several 

 coarsely toothed lobes, long-stalked, upper 1-3 in., narrow, 

 lobed or nearly undivided ; flowers h in. long, pink, in many 

 dense axillary clusters forming long terminal spikes, bracts 

 large, lower stalked, bracteoles spinous, calyx | in,, top- 

 shaped, 5-nerved, 5-toothed, teeth triangular, spines 

 long, corolla tube ringed within, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, 

 hooded, silky, lower spreading, 3-lobed, mid-lobe longest, 

 stamens 4, ascending under the upper lip ; nutlets 4, 

 sharply 3-angled, smooth. 



