PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



823 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Stamens Four. 



pointed, style long, unequal lobes ; capsule \ in. 

 linear, hairy, seeds 6, hairy when wet. 



Strobilanthes 

 atropurpureus, 



Acanthace^e. 

 F. B. I. 472. 

 Himalaya, 6-10,000 ft 

 Simla, Matiana Hattu 



(Collett). 

 Murree (Douie). 



Acrocephalus capitatus, 



Labiatje. 



F. B. I. iv. 611. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



In moist places. 



Pogostemon 

 plectranthoides, 



Labiatje. 

 F. B. I. iv. 632. 

 Himalaya, 1-5,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley. 

 Suni (Collett). 



small to medium size, perennial, flowering at in- 

 tervals of several years, growing in forests and 

 swampy ground, velvety, sometimes sticky, stem 4 

 angled or furrowed ; leaves 2-4 by 1^-2 in., ovate 

 or ovate lanceolate smooth, round or sharp toothed, 

 tapering into a winged stalk ; flowers blue, 1 \ in. 

 solitary or in pairs at intervals on spikes 1-6 in. 

 long, bracts leaf-like, persistent, bracteoles linear, 

 calyx 5-fi.d, segments linear, corolla-tube curved, 

 cylindric below, dilated above, pale blue, lobes 5, 

 dark blue, nearly equal, rounded, -f-f in. across, 

 stamens 4, in unequal pairs on the corolla tube 

 alternate with the lobes, anther bases blunt, style 

 tip curved back ; capsule f in. long, oblong, sticky, 

 seeds ^ in., 4 or less. 



small, annual, slightly velvety, branched from the 

 base or not ; leaves -§-1 in., ovate or lanceolate, 

 coarsely toothed, narrowed to the stalk ; flowers £ 

 in. pale purple, sessile, crowded in stalked ter- 

 minal round heads, \ in. diam., with 2 spreading 

 leaves at the base, calyx 2-lipped, upper lip un- 

 divided, flat, lower shorter 4-toothed, corolla tube 

 very short, nearly equally 4-lobed, stamens 4, 

 nearly equal, enclosed in the corolla, toothless, 

 style 2-fid ; nutlets smooth. 



large, perennial, strongly scented, velvety, bushy, 

 branches round, often purple ; leaves 3-6, ovate, 

 stalked, long-pointed, coarsely and irregularly 

 toothed ; flowers J in., pinkish-white, in large 

 circular clusters in many cylindric spikes, forming 

 terminal erect branching racemes, floral leaves 



