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Emerson). It is used by theNepalese internally as a remedy for 

 gonorrhoea ( Buchanan.) 



1005. Dracocephalum moldavicum, Li?in., h.f.b.l, 

 iv. 665. 



Vern. — Tukhm-ferunjmishk (H.) 



Habitat. — Western Temperate Himalaya and Kashmir. 



An annual erect herb, quite glabrous. Stem l-2ft., branched 

 from the base. Leaves l-2in., narrowed into a short slender 

 petiole ; lanceolate, obtusely deeply serrate or sub-pinnatifid. 

 Spikes 4-8in., leafy ; whorls distinct or distant. Flowers 

 pedicelled, shorter than the floral leaves ; bracts lanceolate, teeth 

 long-awned. Calyx coriaceous, 2-lipped fin., glabrous, upper lip 

 broad, 3-toothed ; upper teeth broadly ovate or mucronate. 

 Corolla f-lin., blue, tube greatly dilated at the throat. 

 Stamens subexserted. Nutlets xVn., narrowly oblong, truncate. 



Use. — The seeds are used ground up in fevers and as a 

 demulcent : dose two drachms to half an ounce in infusion 

 (Irvine). 



1006. Lallemantia Royleana, Benth., h.f.b.l, 

 iv. 667. 



Vern. — Gharei kashmalu ; Tukhm-malanga (H. and Pb.) ; 

 Balungoo (Pb. and Kash.). 



Habitat. — Punjab Plains and Hills ; from Lahore westward. 



The genus Lallemantia has the characters of Dracocephalum, 

 but the upper lip of calyx with 3 obtuse lobes, of which the 

 lateral are placed under the central (J. D. Hooker). 



An erect annual, hoary-pubescent or glabrate, 6-18in., stem 

 branched or single, obtusely angled. Leaves |-lin., base cordate 

 or narrowed into the petiole ; ovate or oblong-obtuse, coarsely 

 crenate. Bracts small, deciduous, oblong or lanceolate, teeth 

 long-awned, whorls very numerous in long interrupted narrow 

 spikes. Flowers shortly pedicelled. Calyx fin., erect ; Calyx- 

 teeth pale-lilac; tube hardly exserted, limb small, stamens 

 included. Nutlets ioin., narrowly oblong, smooth. 



Use. — Seeds of this plant are used as cooling and sedative 

 remedies (Stewart), 



