PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 807 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simpxe Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 

 Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four. 



Outer Pair Longest. 



medium size, scented, covered with hairs to some 

 extent; leaves f-1 in., broadly ovate, stalked, 

 sometimes toothed; flowers very small, pink, 

 crowded in many 4-sided spikes i-1 in. long, in 

 clusters or heads at the end of branches or formino- 

 terminal branching racemes, floral leaves like 

 bracts lanceolate, longer than the calyx, overlap- 

 ping often tinged with purple ; calyx bell-shaped, 

 5-toothed, 10-13 nerved, throat hairy, corolla 

 barely 2-lipped, upper lip erect, nearly flat, notch 

 lower spreading, 3-lobed, stamens 4, in unequal 

 pairs, just protruding, style divided; nutlets 4, 

 smooth. This plant is used as a pot herb, it yields 

 a volatile oil which is aromatic and stimulant. 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple 

 Corolla Two-lipped. 



Origanum vulgare, 

 Wild marjoram. 



Mirzanjosh, sathra. 



LABIATiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 648. 



Himalaya, 7-12,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Thymus serpyllum, 



Hyssopus officinalis, see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Micromeria bifiora and see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple Corolla 



hydaspidis, Two-lipped. 



Calamintha clinopodium, 

 Wild basil. 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 650. 

 Himalaya, 4-12,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 



(Collett). 

 Changlagalli (Douie). 



medium size, rootstock woody, stems slender, 

 nearly unbranched, hairy; leaves 1-2 in., ovate, 

 just pointed, hardly toothed ; flowers §-1 in., 

 purple or pink in large crowded compact circular 

 clusters each surrounded by many long, linear 

 hairy bracts, equal in length to the calyx, calyx J- 

 in., 2 lipped, curved, hairy, 13-nerved, upper lip 3- 

 toothed, lower bifid, teeth nearly equal, very slender, 



