PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



y 

 Leap Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four. 



Outer Pair of Stamens Longest. 



circular clusters, f-1 in. diam., bracts erect 

 equalling the calyx, outer thin lanceolate or linear, 

 tip not spinous, inner narrower, calyx £-| in., 

 tubular, hairy or smooth, 5-toothed, teeth slender 

 with scattered hairs, corolla upper lip fringed with 

 white hairs, nutlets y-& in., ovoid with the tip 

 broad and rounded ; otherwise like the last species. 



Ajuga bracteosa, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 702. 

 The Plains to 7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Abbottabad. 

 Rawalpindi Kahuta 

 (Douie). 



small, stems and branches from the root-stock 

 many, velvety or smooth ; leaves 1-4 in., lanceolate 

 with a broad tip or spoon shaped, blunt-pointed, 

 toothed more or less, lower stalked, upper sessile : 

 flowers ^ in., pale blue or lilac, crowded in axillary 

 oircular clusters at short intervals forming leafy 

 spikes, much shorter than the ovate leafy bracts, 

 calyx §• in., 5-toothed, softly hairy, teeth ^ the 

 length of the tube, ovate-lanceolate, short-pointed, 

 corolla-tube straight, nearly twice the calyx, 

 2-lipped, upper lip very short, erect, deeply notch- 

 ed, lower spreading, mid-lobe dilated, side-lobes 

 oblong, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, protruding, 

 style 2-lobed ; nutlets J 5 i n -> oblong with rounded 

 ends, deeply wrinkled, pitted. 



Ajuga parviflora, 



Labiat^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 703. 

 Himalaya, 2-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Murree (Douie). 



like the last species, but the corolla is smaller, 

 the base is not inflated, the stamens are included, 

 the flower clusters are on bracteate spikes and not 

 axillary. 



