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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Lagotis glauca, 



Selaginace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 559. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-15,000 ft. 



small, perennial, fleshy, rootstock stout, root fibres 

 thick, fleshy ; leaves, radical, 2-3 in., oblong or ovate, 

 toothed, leaf stalk very thick, stem leaves J-1^ in., blmit, 

 half stem-clasping, often quite entire ; flowers small, blue 

 or purple, in spikes, 2-5 in. long, on several flowering stems 

 3-5 in. Mgh, bracts |-| in., calyx | in., 2-lobed, lobes minute- 

 ly fringed, corolla slender, curved, 2-lipped, lower lip 2-4- 

 lobed, stamens 2, anthers very large, kidney -shaped ; drupe 

 small, 2-celled. 



Dracocephalum 

 speciosum, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 665. 

 Himalaya, 

 12-15,000 ft. 



small to medium size, annual, stem stout, 4-angled ; 

 leaves, radical, 2-4 in. diam., round-heart-shaped, round- 

 toothed, leaf stalk 5-12 in., slender, stem leaves smaller, 

 sessile ; flowers 1 in., blue-pm-ple with dark spots, in 

 dense heads, in whorls on a large solitary spike, bracts 

 small, round, calyx |in., leathery, 2-Hpped, upper Up ovate, 

 lower lanceolate, 15-nerved, corolla-tube not ringed, 2- 

 lipped, upper lip erect, notched, lower spreading, 3-lobed, 

 midlobe largest, stamens 4, under the upper lip, nearly 

 protruding; nutlets 4, | in., smooth, Unear-oblong, top 

 round-toothed. 



Dracocephalum 

 nutans. 



Labiate. 

 F. B.Liv.665, 

 Kashmir. 

 9-10,000 ft. 



like the last species, but stems several, sometimes 

 branched, flowers smaller, blue, calyx often purple, lower 

 lip bristle-like, nutlets smaller. 



Lallemantia 

 Royleana, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Tooth* 

 ed, corolla 2-lipped, stamens 4. 



Stachys floccosa, see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Tooth- 



ed, corolla 2-lipped, stamens 4. 



Stachys sericea, see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Tooth- 



ed, corolla 2-lipped, stamens 4. 



Lamium, 

 rhomboideum, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Tooth- 

 ed, corolla 2-lipped, stamens 4. 



