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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstiptjlate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four. 



Outer Pair Longest. 



corolla hairy, tube straight, 2-lipped, upper lip 

 erect, flattish, lower spreading, 3-lobed, stamens 

 4, in unequal pairs under the upper lip, style lobes 

 equal ; nutlets 4, minute, nearly round, smooth. 



Brunella vulgaris, 

 Self-heal, 



Austakhadiis. 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 670. 



Himalaya, 4-11,000 ft. 

 Simla, common on road 



sides (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 

 Murree (Dome). 



small, perennial, rootstock creeping, stem erect 

 or partially so, thinly hairy ; leaves 1-2 in., stalk- 

 ed, ovate or oblong, sometimes toothed, pointed or 

 blunt, upper leaves sessile ; flowers -§-f in. long, 

 violet purple, rarely white, in clustered circles of 6 

 crowded in erect, terminal spikes 1-2 in. long, with 

 a pair of sessile leaves at the base ; floral leaves 

 bract-like hairy, purple-edged, broadly ovate, short 

 pointed ; calyx tinged with purple, bell-shaped, 2- 

 lipped, upper lip broad, 3-toothed, lower lip deeply 

 bifid, mouth closed after flowering, corolla tube 

 longer than the calyx, 2-lipped, tipper lip erect; 

 hoodlike, notched, lower spreading, 3-lobed, 

 midlobe largest, minutely toothed, stamens 4 in 

 unequal pairs under the upper lip, with a small 

 projection below the anthers, style lobes awl-shap- 

 ed ; nutlets 4, oblong, smooth. The plant is used 

 in Native medicine as an expectorant and anti- 

 spasmodic. 



Stachys parviflora, 



see Herbs, 

 Toothed. 



Opposite. Exstipulate, Simple, 



