Plants of the Punjab. 



539 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Scutellaria 

 prostrata, 



Labiat.b. 



F. B. I. iv. 667. 



Himalaya, 



8-14,005 ft. 



Kashmir, Murree 



(Douie). 



Bctluchistan (Lace). 



small, perennial, rootstock stout, stems 4-8 in., many, 

 much branched, zigzag, felted ; leaves |-1 in., ovate, base 

 heart- or wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed, stalked ; flowers 

 1 in., yellow, tipped with violet in short leafy terminal 

 spikes, 4-angled in bud, bracts leafy, calyx 2-lipped, bell- 

 shaped, lips short, broad, entire, closing after flowering, 

 upper lip bearing on its back a small transverse scale- 

 like protuberance ; in fruit the upper lip falls off, lower 

 hp closes the mouth, corolla 2-lipped, long, usually sharp- 

 ly curved, erect, not ringed within, upper lip entire or 

 .notched, erect, lower broad, 3-lobed, stamens 4, in un- 

 equal pairs, outer pair longest, ascending under the upper 

 lip, anthers hairy; nutlets 4, very mmute, with a few minute 

 hairs. 



Scutellaria grossa, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed, Corolla 2-lipped, Stamens 4, Outer Pair Long- 

 est. 



Scutellaria repens, 



Labiat.e. 



F. B. I. iv. 669. 



Himalaya, 



1-6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Kashmir. 



like the last described species, but stems long, stout, 

 blunily 4-angled, base of leaves not heart-shaped, abrupt 

 or short-pointed, flowers | in., yellow sometimes tinged 

 with purple, in long narrow racemes, 6-10 in., curved, not 

 leafy, glandular-hairy. 



Scutellaria linearis, 



Mastiara. 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 669. 



Himalaya, 



3-8,000 ft. 



Simla, Naldera 



(Collett). 



Kashmir. 



Salt Eange. 



like the last species, but stems tufted, round, leaves 

 linear, margins entire, recurved, flowers |-1 in., pale purple, 

 tip of lower lip yellow, racemes very short, -|-1 in., corolla 

 tube nearly straight, throat much swollen. This plant 

 though bitter is eaten on the Salt Eange. 



Brunella vulgaris, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire, Corolla 2-hpped, Stamens 4, Outer Pair Long- 

 est. 



Lamium 

 rhomboideum, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple 

 Toothed, Corolla 2-lipped, Stamens 4, Outer Pair Long- 

 est. 



