PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 809 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four, 

 Outer Pair Longest, 



small, perennial, hairy, rootstock stout, woody 

 branches many ; leaves 1-2^ by J in., linear, blunt, 

 often stiff, margins turned in ; flowers § in. long, 

 white in small axillary and terminal circular clus- 

 ters, i-f in. diam., bracts few, slender, awl-shaped, 

 calyx I in., an inverted cone, smooth, mouth wide, 

 abruptly cut off, smooth, teeth 10, very minute, 

 erect, corolla tube cylindric, within the calyx, 

 2-lipped, upper lip erect, hood-like, very hairy, 

 lower much longer, 3-lobed, mid lobe the largest 

 not toothed, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, under the 

 upper lip, outer or anterior pair longer, style awl- 

 shaped, undivided ; nutlets 4, ovoid, blunt, three- 

 cornered. 



Leucas hyssopifolia, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 690. 



The Plains at the foot 



of the Himalaya, to 



3,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Leucas aspera, 



Chota-hal-kiisa. 

 Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 690. 

 The Plains. 



small, annual, stem stout hairy or bristly, much 

 branched ; leaves 1-3 in. linear or oblong, some- 

 times larger and § in. broad, also minutely toothed ; 

 flowers §-1 in. white in terminal and axillary clus- 

 tered circles, often 1 in. diam., hairy, bracts long 

 linear and thread like, calyx J-f in., tubular, 

 curved, smooth below, green, rough, ribbed above, 

 teeth 10, short, triangular, upper lip produced; 

 corolla, stamens, style and nutlets as in the last 

 species. The plant is fragrant and used as a pot 

 herb, and in chronic skin diseases and painful swel- 

 lings the juice is useful. 



