198 THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES 



in doses of 3-5 drops. It is colorless and liquid when fresh, 

 but in time becomes dark and viscid. It combines freely with 

 alcohol and its density is 0.885. 



BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION. A plant from 2 to 3 high. 

 Leaves sessile, linear, obtuse, margins revolute, white-hoary 

 beneath. Calyx tubular, 2-lipped. Corolla rose- violet color, 

 gaping ; the upper lip concave, 2-lobed ; the lower lip longer, 

 3-lobed. Stamens, 2 fertile and 2 sterile. Style, same length 

 as the stamens. Stigma simple. Fruit, 4 seeds in the depths 

 of the calyx. 



HABITAT. It is carefully cultivated throughout the Phil- 

 ippines. 



Anisomeles ovata, R. Br. (PUomis alba, Blanco.) 



NOM. VULG. Taligharap, Tag.; Jerusalem Sage, Eng. 



USES. The infusion of the leaves is bitter and aromatic 

 and is used in catarrhal inflammations of the stomach and in- 

 testines and in intermittent fevers. Used as a vapor-bath it 

 produces abundant diaphoresis, and the infusion given internally 

 has a like effect. The leaves, when distilled, yield an oil which 

 is used as an external application in rheumatism. 



BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION. A plant 6 or more high. 

 Root fibrous, trunk and branches enlarged at the joints. 

 Leaves opposite, ovate, obtusely serrate, soft and downy. 

 Flowers pink, verticillate, in opposite clusters around the stem, 

 with several linear and hairy involucres at the base of each 

 cluster. Calyx, 5 sharp teeth. Corolla, 2-lipped ; the lower 

 much larger, downy within, 3-lobed, the middle lobe larger 

 and broader, notched at the extremity, and its borders turned 

 downward ; the other 2 lateral lobes very small, narrow; the 

 upper lip much shorter and smaller, entire, enveloping the sta- 

 mens. Stamens didynamous. Style about the same length as 

 the stamens. Stigma bifid. Fruit, 4 small seeds. 



HABITAT. Very common on the fields of Manila Province. 



