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Plants of the Punjab. 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



close to the base much smaller, bracts closely regularly 

 in 4 rows, overlapping, | by ^-| ia., white, margin broad, 

 prominent, bracteoles i in. linear-lanceolate, calyx | in., 

 5-lobed, lobes linear-lanceolate, corolla 2-lipped, upper 

 lip notched, short, lower lip 3-lobed, stamens 2, style thread- 

 like, stigma minutely divided ; capsule I in., ovoid or ob- 

 long, minutely thinly hair}', seeds 4, yV i^- diam., con- 

 centrically wrinkled, ovoid, flattened. This plant is used 

 as a vermifuge and as a cure for ringworm. 



Lippia nodiflora, 



BJiuiokra, viokna, 

 hukan. 



VERBENACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 563. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Yallev, 

 Suni (Collett). 

 Jallalabad, 

 Ferozepore 

 District. 



small, perennial, prostrate, branches 6-30 in., rooting 

 at the joints, making large patches; leaves 1 in., ovate, 

 with broad tip or spoon-shaped narrowed to the sessile base, 

 toothed near the top ; flowers jV i^^- lo^igj pi^ik or white, 

 crowded in axillary, long-stalked oblong-ovoid, bracteate 

 heads, | by \ in., bracts -^-^ in.., ovate, calyx mmute, 

 divided into 2, hairy, corolla -^rj-h in., tube slender, 2- 

 lipped, upper hp 2-lobed, lower lip longer, 3-lobed, sta- 

 mens 4, in unequal pairs, enclosed in the corolla, fruit dry, 

 minute, dividing into two one-seeded nutlets. This plant 

 is used as a demulcent and as a cooling drug. 



Calamintha umbrosa, see Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Entire, 



Corolla 2-hpped, Stamens 4, Outer Pair Longest. 



Nepeta erecta, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed, Corolla 2-lipped, Stamens Four, Inner Pair 



Longest. 



Dracocephalum 

 stamineum, 



Labiate. 



F. B. L iv. 666. 



Himalaya, 



west of the Chenab, 



11,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



small, stems many from the root, much-branched, 

 green or purple, prostrate then rismg, round, few-leaved ; 

 leaves |-f in. diam., circular-heart-shaped or kidney- 

 phaped, deeply round-toothed, wrmkled, smooth or felted, 

 stalk of lower leaves 1-3 ia., very slender ; flowers small, 

 dark blue, in felted crowded circles forming terminal heads 

 and one or more on the stem, calyx |-| in., nearly equally 

 5-cleft, sessile, felted, often coloured, teeth ovate-lanceolate, 

 corolla small, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, notched, lower 

 spreading, 3-fid, mid lobe largest, projecting but httle 

 beyond the calyx, stamens 4 in unequal pairs, inner 

 pair longest, projecting from the corolla, ascending nndai 

 the upper lip ; nutlets 4, smooth. 



