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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four. 



oblong with rounded ends, minutely dotted, convex 

 on one side and flattened on the other, when wetted 

 become coated with mucilage. These seeds form 

 one of the ingredients of Char tukm, a preparation 

 well-known to native druggists. They are used as 

 a demulcent in genito-urinary diseases. The dried 

 leaves are used as a substitute for cloves, and as a 

 seasoning for culinary purposes. 



medium size, perennial, cultivated, doubtfully 

 indigenous, often woody below, much branched, 

 bushy, often with a purplish tinge ; leaves l-2-| in., 

 oblong, blunt or sharp pointed, sometimes almost 

 toothed, base narrowed, floral leaves sessile, ovate 

 lanceolate or heart-shaped ; flowers very small, white, 

 pink or purplish on small stalks in very slender brac- 

 teate racemes, bracts as in the last species, calyx 

 short, two lower teeth with very long bristle points, 

 longer than the upper which is broadly oblong, 

 lateral broadly ovate, shorter than the lower, corolla 

 scarcely extending beyond the calyx, calyx in fruit 

 i in. long, on a slender stalk, widely bell-shaped, thin, 

 nutlets nearly round, nearly smooth, pale reddish 

 brown ; other characters are like the last species. 

 The leaves and seeds are used for the same purposes 

 as the last species. It is worshipped by the Hindus 

 and a plant is to be found in every Hindu's garden. 



Ocicnum sanctum, 

 Sacred basil. 



Kala tulsi, ban tulsi. 



Labiat^e. 



F. B. I. iv. 609. 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. 



Baluchistan (Boissier). 



Inner Pair of Stamens Longest. 



Nepeta linearis, see Herbs, Prostrate, Opposite, Exsbipulate, 



Simple. 



Nepeta connata, see Herbs, Prostrate, Opposite, Exstipulate, 



Simple. 





