N. 0. LABIATE. 1031 



for those that cannot take breath unless they hold their necks 

 upright " (Gerard). 



995. Perowskia abrotanoides, Kiril., h.f.b.i. iv. 

 652. 



Vern. : — Shanshohai (Pushtu). 



Habitat : — Western Tibet ; Afghanistan and Baluchistan. 



An erect much-branched, diascious strong-scented twiggy 

 shrub or undershrub 2-4ft., woody below, densely or sparsely 

 clothed with white or grey stellate scurf. Leaves opposite, 

 linear-oblong sometimes bipinnatisect, crenatures or lobes or 

 segments obtuse. Flowers small, whorls small, distant, in simple 

 or compound or panicled spikes, 2-or more-fid. Calyx clothed 

 with long cottony wool. Stamens 2, lower fertile. Nutlets 

 pyriform, smooth dry. 



Use : — At Ziarat (Baluchistan), the plant is used as a cooling 

 medicine (Lace, in Watt's Die. Ec. Pr.) 



996. Meriandra strobilifera Benth., h.f.b.i., iv. 

 652 



Habitat : — Western Temperate Himalaya, on dry rocks, 

 from Simla to Kumaon. 



An erect strongly-scented tomentose shrub, 2-5ft. Branches 

 obscurely angled. Leaves coriaceous, thick, shortly stalked, 

 oblong or lanceolate. 2-4 by f-ljin., crenate, base prolonged 

 downwards in 2 pointed lobes ; upper surface pubescent, closely 

 w r rinkled ; lower white tomentose. Flowers small white in large 

 whorls crowded in erect tomentose, 4-sided, often paniculate 

 spikes; spikes with woody bracts in fruit (Kanjilal) ; floral 

 leaves small, bract-like sessile ovate, overlapping. Calyx tubular- 

 ovoid, 2-lipped ; upper lip concave, entire, lower 2-toothed. 

 Corolla-tube as long as the Calyx. Stamens 2, anthers pro- 

 truding (Collett). Nutlets obovoid, smooth brown. 



Uses : — The same as of the following species, viz., M. Ben- 

 galensis, Benth. 



