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 Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals United. 



Dysophylla crassicaulis, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 640. 



Himalaya, 2-4,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 

 Chama, Kulu. 



Stamens Four. 



bract-like, hairy, glandular, ovate, short-pointed ; 

 calyx tubular, 5-toothed, teeth nearly equal, corolla 

 tube-curved, longer than the calyx, 4-lobed, lobes 

 nearly equal, blunt, stamens 4 nearly equal, pro- 

 truding far, lilac, bearded with long lilac beaded 

 hairs, style 2-fid ; nutlets smooth. 



medium size, annual, smooth, strongly smelling, 

 found in swamps ; leaves 4-6 in a circle, 1-2 in. long 

 narrowly oblong or lanceolate, toothed, blunt ; 

 flowers minute, blue purple, in large circles crowded 

 on slender cylindric terminal spikes 1-4 in. long, 

 bracts lanceolate broad towards the tip, calyx 

 minute, ovoid, 5-toothed, teeth erect or converging, 

 corolla minute, 4-lobed, upper lobe 2-fid or un- 

 divided, lower spreading, stamens 4, protruding, 

 very long, bearded, style 2-fid ; nutlets very small, 

 circular, flattened, pale, shining. 



Elsholtzia incisa, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 644. 



Himalaya, 3-5,000 ft. 



Elsholtzia strobiiifera, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 645. 

 Himalaya, 5-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



medium size to large, branches 4-angled ; leaves 

 1-2 in., broadly ovate, blunt pointed, coarsely 

 round-toothed, stalk long, winged above ; flowers 

 very small, white in very slender cylindric spikes 

 2-4 in. long, bracts small, slender, calyx sessile, 

 sticky, 5-toothed, bell-shaped, enlarged in fruit, 

 corolla 4-lobed, upper lobe nearly erect, notched, 

 the others spreading, stamens 4 in unequal pairs, 

 protruding, not bearded, style 2-lobed, lobes awl- 

 like ; nutlets smooth, shining. 



small to medium size, slightly hairy ; leaves ^-1 

 in., ovate, stalked, round or sharp-toothed ; flowers 

 minute, pale purple on cylindric hairy or velvety 

 cone-like spikes ^-1§ in., bracts broad, thin, fringed, 

 forming cups nearly concealing the flowers, calyx 



