PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 1099 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstiptjlate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four. 

 Outer Pair of Stamens Longest. 



globular clusters 2-3 in. diam. round the stem, 

 like the head of a drum stick, at some distance 

 apart, prickly from the spinescent bracts, bracteo- 

 les many, slender, calyx f in. long, ribbed, netted 

 velvety or woolly, tubular turned in, mouth 

 oblique, teeth 8-10, spines, upper | in. long, lower 

 with 3 recurved spinescent teeth, corolla-tube 

 slender, projecting beyond the calyx, 2-lipped, 

 upper lip long, concave, crown woolly, lower minute, 

 spreading, concave, mid-lobe largest, stamens 4, 

 in unequal pairs, ascending under the upper lip, 

 style awl-shaped, 2-lobed, upper lobe very short ; 

 nutlets 4, sharply 3-anglecl, linear-oblong, widen- 

 ing upwards, cut off short. 



Phlomis spectabiiis, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 692. 



Himalaya, 3-8,000 ft. 

 Kashmir (Jacquemont) 

 Abbotabad (Barrett). 

 Baluchistan (Lace) . 



large, stem 1 in. diam., round, white with hairs, 

 or downy with star-shaped hairs ; leaves 6-10 by 

 4-8 in., ovate heart-shaped, round- toothed or nearly 

 small-lobed, wrinkled, felted with star-shaped 

 hairs beneath, tip rounded, stalk 6-12 in., floral 

 leaves small ; flowers rose-purple in axillary many 

 flowered circular clusters, lf-2 in. diam., with 

 rigid thread-like bristly needle-pointed bracts, 

 calyx f-f in., velvety, mouth equal, o-toothed, 

 teeth spiny | shorter than the calyx-tube, corolla 

 tube ringed within, 2-lipped, upper lip concave, 

 crown woolly, fringed with silvery hairs, lower 

 spreading, 3-fid, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, as- 

 cending, style 2-fi.d ; nutlets 4, J in., linear. 



