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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Stamens Four. 



Mentha arvensis, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 648. 

 Kashmir, 5-10,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (May- 

 nard). 



medium size, hairy or smooth ; leaves 1-2 in., 

 flowers in round axillary head-like clusters, in other 

 respects like the last species. 



Micromeria biflora and 

 hydaspidis, 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Corol- 

 la Two-lipped. 



Corolla one-lipped. 



Blepharis sindica, small, rough or prickly ; leaves 1-2 in., linear or 



AcanthacEjE. narrowly oblong, velvety, toothed or spinous ; 



F. B. I. iv. 479. flowers ^-§ in., blue in few or many-flowered, 2-3 in. 



The Plains. long spikes, bracts 1 in. or more, ovate with spread- 



ing lanceolate tips, prickly, hairy within and 

 without, bracteoles ^ in., linear, hairy, shorter than 

 the bracts, calyx 4-lobed, two outer lobes f in., 

 ovate, 2 inner §• in. narrowly ovate, corolla-tube 

 ovoid, horny, one-lipped, the lower broad, 3-lobed, 

 stamens 4, in unequal pairs, thick, rigid, anterior 

 pair have a process above the anthers, anthers 

 densely bearded, style linear, very shortly 2-fid ; 

 capsule s in. oblong with rounded ends, flattened, 

 shining brown, seeds 2, \ in., prickly. 



Blepharis edulis, 



AcANTHACEvE. 



F. B. I. iv. 479. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Stocks.) 



very like the last, but larger with large leaves 

 and larger corolla. 



