PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 825 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Stamens Four. 



thin, transparent, tubular, corolla-tube slender, 

 longer than the calyx, lobes 4, stamens and style 

 as in the last species ; nutlets red brown, shining. 



Elsholtzia cristata, 



Laeiat.e. 



F. B. I. iv. 645. 



Himalaya, 1-9,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Changlagalli (Douie). 



small to medium size, nearly smooth, fragrant ; 

 leaves 1-4 in., lanceolate, coarsely toothed, long- 

 stalked, long-pointed, thin;, gland-dotted beneath ; 

 flowers very small, pink purple in broad velvety 

 one-sided spikes l-2f in., bracts stalked leaf-like, 

 round with a sharp abrupt point, calyx tubular, 

 hairy, corolla tube curved, stamens style and 

 nutlets as in the last species. 



medium size, annual, aromatic, shaggy ; leaves 

 3-5 in., ovate or rounded, blunt, sharp or round- 

 toothed, stalk 1-3 in. ; flowers white, small in pairs 

 on long one-sided erect axillary and terminal simple 

 or branching racemes, bracts lanceolate as long- 

 Valleys below Simla as the flowers, calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, 

 (Collett). becoming much larger 2-lipped in fruit, corolla 



5-lobed , stamens 4 , hardly protruding, style 2-fid ; 

 nutlets nearly round, netted. 



Perilla ocimoides, 



Blianjiri. 



Laeiatje. 



F. B. I. iv. 646. 



Himalaya, 2-5,000 ft 



Mentha sjflvestris. 

 Horse Mint, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 647. 

 Himalaya, 4-12,000 ft. 

 Simla in wet places 



(Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Aitchi- 



son). 



medium size, strongly scented, perennial; leaves 

 1-3 in., lanceolate, ovate or oblong, sharply-toothed, 

 nearly sessile, short-pointed, grey velvety above, 

 white-felted below ; flowers lilac, small in large 

 clusters, crowded on axillary and terminal cylindric 

 tapering spikes 1-3 in., bracts lower leaf-like, upper 

 smaller, lanceolate, calyx sharply 5-toothed, bell- 

 shaped, hairy, corolla 4-lobed, lobes erect nearly 

 equal, stamens 4, equal, protruding not bearded, 

 style arms short ; nutlets netted : var. incana is 

 generally grey-felted. 



