N. O. LABIATJE. 1043 



acid and phloroglucinol (?). Scutellarin and scutellarin both appear to be 

 flavone derivatives. (J. Ch. S. 1902 A. I. 48.) 



1013. Leonurus sibiricus, Linn., h.f.b.t., iv. 678 ; 

 Roxb. 461. 



Vern. : — Giima (Patna). 



An annual herb, 2-6 ft. high, glabrous or more or less pubes- 

 cent. Stems bluntly 4-angled, sulcate. Leaves 1J-4 in. long, palm a- 

 tipartite ; segments linear, incised, glabrous or nearly so on the 

 upper surface, pale beneath and more or lese pubescent on the 

 prominent nerves, petioles up to 2in. long. Floral leaves of 

 upper whorls usually entire ; bracts sin. long, spinescent. Calyx 

 £-fin. long, glabrous or slightly pubescent; teeth triangular, 

 spine-tipped. Corolla red, up to Jin. long ; tube as long as the 

 ♦limb, annulate within ; upper lip hooded, hairy ; lower equaling 

 the upper, the 2 lateral lobes rounded. Nutlets toin. long, 

 (Duthie.) 



Habitat : — Plains of India, from Bengal and Sylhet to Coorg. 



Use : — The root, leaves and juice are bitter and used as a 

 febrifuge. Dose 2 drachms to 2 ounces in infusion, price 1 anna 

 per pound (Irvine). 



1014. Roylea elegans, Wall., h.f.b.i., iv. 679. 



Syn. : — Phlomis calycina, Roxb. 4G2. 



Vern. :— Patkaran (H.) ; Tit-patti, kauri (Kumaon) ; Kaur, 

 kauri (Pb. \ 



Habitat : — Sub-tropical Western Himalaya, from Kashmir 

 to Kumaon. 



A tall hoary woody undershrub, much-branched, 3-5 ft. high. 

 Branches slender terete, finely tomentose. Bark grey. Wood 

 hard white. Leaves opposite, l-2in., long, ovate, crenately tooth- 

 ed, tomentose beneath, base cuneate, Petiole J-iin. Flowers in 

 6-10 flowered axillary whorls ; Calyx 5-lobed, 10-ribbed, rigid ; 

 Fruiting Calyx J-f in., tube deeply ribbed, lobes as long. Corolla- 

 tube narrow, Jin., white or pinkish 2-lipped ; upper lip erect, 

 lower spreading. Stamens 4 ascending ; Stigma sub-equally 2- 

 lipped. Nutlets iin. long, obovoid oblong, smooth. The plant 

 has the odour of lemons. 



