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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Stamens Four. 



short, calyx 5-fid, segments rounded, margins thin, 

 dry, corolla 5-lobed, very short, 2 upper lobes 

 much longer than the lateral, stamens 5, in unequal 

 pairs, far protruding, staminode broad, style 

 thread like ; capsule round, seeds somewhat 

 wrinkled. 



Buchnera hispida, 



SCROPHULARIACE^;. 



F. B. I. iv. 298. 



The Plains to 9,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 

 Dharmpur. 



Verbena officinalis, 



Hemigraphis latebrosa, 

 var. rupestris, 



ACANTHACE^E. 



F. B. I. iv. 423. 

 Koti above Kalka. 



small to medium size, annual, stiff, slender, 

 bristly, often branched above ; leaves 1-2 by f-l| 

 in., lower oblong or ovate broad at the apex, upper 

 linear oblong or lanceolate, toothed or not, blunt 

 pointed ; flowers white or pale purple, £ in. long, 

 sessile, solitary, in the axils of leaves forming ter- 

 minal spikes, 6-10 in. long, calyx <j- in., tubular 

 5-toothed bristly, corolla lobes 5, spreading, nearly 

 equal, stamens 4 in unequal pairs, enclosed in the 

 corolla, style short, stigma round ; capsule oblong, 

 shorter than the calyx, seeds very many, oblong, 

 netted. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



medium size, branches many, spreading velvety ; 

 leaves 2-| by 1-lf in. long, pointed at both end6, 

 ovate, toothed, leaf stalk 1-1^ in., on the secondary 

 flowering branches much smaller, bracts ovate, 

 scarcely longer than the calyx, except in the outer- 

 most flowers where they are stalked ; flowers f-f in., 

 blue, sessile in dense heads terminal or nearly 

 axillary on short branchlets, bracteoles none, calyx 

 5-fid, segments linear lanceolate, nearly equal, 

 \-\ in., whitish, hairy, corolla narrowly tubular 

 funnel-shaped, tube white or yellowish, lobes blue, 

 5, rounded, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, just enclos- 

 ed in the corolla, longer pair bearded in the upper 

 half, shorter pair smooth, anthers triangular, sharp- 



