Plants of the Punjab. 



453 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Eremostachys 

 superba, 



Labiat.e. 



p. B. I. iv. 695. 



Peshawar 



(Vicaiy). 



Baluchistan. 



Eremostachys 

 Vicaryi, 



Gurgiaina, 



rcwandcJiini. 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 695. 



Peshawar, 



Salt Eange, 



Jhelum, 



Baluchistan. 



Eremostachys 

 acanthocalyx, 



Labiatje. 



p. B. I. iv. 695. 



Peshawar, 



Baluchistan. 



Anemone biflora, 



Eanunculace-s;. 

 P. B.I. i. 7. 

 Kashmir, 

 4-6,000 ft. 



Anemone rupicola, 



Ranunculace^. 

 p. B.I. i. 8. 

 Himalaya, 

 12-15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



large, stem straight, base | in, diam., softl}^ hairj-; radi- 

 cal loaves 8-12 in., ovate, pinnately divided, lobes cut into 

 lobules, broad, blunt, stalk hairy, stem leaves few, ovate, 

 small, sessile, pinnately divided ; flowers 1 in., white, in 

 dense-flowered circles on a stout woolly spike, floral 

 leaves erect, concave, covering the flowers, *oon falling 

 off, calyx I in., nearly bell-shaped, woolly, mouth shortly 

 broadly 5-lobed, corolla tube within the calyx, upper lip 

 erect, hooded, bearded within, lov/er lip broad, 3-lobed, 

 mid-lobe largest, stamens 4, ascending, anthers meeting, 

 upper pair of stamens fringed at the base ; nutlets 4, ovoid, 

 with the top larger, 3-angled, top densely hairy, one- 

 seeded. 



like the last species, but with stem and leaves larger, 

 spikes longer, catyx and corolla smaller, calyx fully boll- 

 shaped, scurfy, c&lj-a teeth rounded. The seeds are used 

 as a cooling medicine. 



like the last species, but with linoar-lanceoiate spiny 

 bracts, teeth of calyx also spiny. 



Petals none. 



small, perennial, rootstock tuberous ; radical leaves 

 long-stalked, divided into 3 lobes, lobes nearly round or 

 wedge-shaped, floral leaves sessile, lobed to tho middle ; 

 flovN'ors dull-rod, small, 1 to 3 on a slcndoi-. smooth, 

 main stalk 2-8 in. long, sepals 5-8, petal-like, no petals, 

 stamens many ; fruit a head of sessile achenes with short 

 styles imbedded in wool. 



like the last species, but rootstock long, slender, woody, 

 lobes more or less stalked, sharply toothed or cut, flowers 

 large, achenes in an oval head. 



