CRUDE DRUGS. 



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Description. — Stem quadrangular, i to 2 mm. in diameter, 

 light or reddish-brown, with numerous spreading hairs. Leaves 



Fig. 271. Hedeoma pulegioides. Entire plant showing the opposite leaves, the regular- 

 mode. of branching, and the axillary clusters of bilabiate flowers. 



elliptical or ovate, opposite, 15 to 35 mm. long, 5 to 14 mm. 

 broad; apex obtuse; base tapering into the petiole; margin 



