PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four. 



Orthosiphon rubicundus, medium size, perennial, felted, velvety or smooth, 



LABiATiE. stems 4-angled ; leaves 2-4 in. long, corolla white 



F. B. I. iv. 615. or pink, twice as long as the calyx, nutlets minu- 



Himalaya, 2-5,000 ft. tely pitted, otherwise like the last species. 



Plectranthus, 

 Gerardianus, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 617. 

 Himalaya, 3-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



large, perennial, smooth ; leaves 3-7 by 1-4 in., 

 ovate, long-pointed, round-toothed, lower leaves 

 stalked, floral leaves and bracts small ; flowers 

 white and purple, dotted, \ in. long, in small clus- 

 ters forming axillary or terminal branched racemes, 

 calyx bell-shaped, elongated and curved in fruit, 

 gland-dotted, corolla 2-lipped, upper lip short, 

 broad, recurved, 3 or 4-lobed, lower longer, boat- 

 shaped, undivided, stamens 4, in unequal pairs 

 along the lower lip of the corolla, ununited, 

 projecting, style nearly equally divided ; nutlets 

 oblong with rounded ends. 



Plectranthus striatus, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 618. 



Himalaya 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small and roughly velvety, otherwise like the 

 last species. 



Plectranthus coetsa, large, perennial, velvety, strong smelling ; leaves 



Labiate. 2-4 by l-2f in., [ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sharp or 



F. B. I. iv. 619. round-toothed, corolla lavender-blue, tube abruptly 



Himalaya, 3-8,000 ft. bent, much longer than the calyx, otherwise like 



Simla. the last species. 



