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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
975. Anisocliilus earnosus, Wall., h.f.b.i., iv. 627. 
Syn. : — Plectrantlius strobiliferus, Roxb. 466. 
Sans. : — Utpalabheda, ajapada, induparni. 
Vern. Panjm-ka-pat, Sita-ki-panjiri (Hindi) ; Ajvan-k4- 
patta, Panji'ri (Dec.); Karppura-valli (Tam.); Panajiren, Kapurli, 
ehora-onva (Mar.) ; Karpura-valli (Tel.) ; Chomaru (Mai.) ;* 
Dodda-patri, kuruvelu-balli (Kan.) ; Kattukdrkka, kurkka, 
patu-kurkka (Mai.) ; Omamu-dku, roga-cbettu (Tel.) ; Ajmdnu- 
patru, ajamd (Guz.). 
Habitat : — Western Himalaya ; Kumaon and Ganvhal, and 
througliout Central and Southern India to Travancore. 
An erect annual, 1-2 ft. high. Stem stout, bluntly 4-angled, 
glabrous or sparsely pubescent, often tinged with red. Leaves 
rather fleshy, l-2-|in. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenate, round- 
ed or subcordate at the base, usually hairy beneath, petioles 
J-l| in. long. Spikes £-ljin. long, 4-gonous in flower and 
becoming cylindrical in fruit, peduncles slender; bracts | in. 
long, ovate, acuminate, ciliate, glandular. Calyx pubescent, 
|in. long, enlarging in fruit ; upper lip ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
ciliolate, bending over the lower lip and closing the mouth of 
the calyx when in fruit ; lower lip truncate, its membranous 
ciliate tip reflexed and appressed against the tube. Corolla pale- 
purple, fin. long, hairy outside ; upper lip short, erect, with 
shallow lobes. Nutlets suborbicular, compressed, polished and 
brown when ripe. 
Uses : — Ainslie says that the fresh juice of the leaves mixed 
with sugar-candy is given by the Tamil doctors in Cynanche, 
and, mixed with sugar and gingelly-oil, is used as a cooling 
liniment for the head. 
Dr. Bidie characterises it as a mild stimulant, expectorant, 
and particularly useful in the cough of childhood. Its pro- 
perties depend upon a volatile oil (Ph. Ind.) 
976. Lavendula Burmanni., Benth, h.f.b.i., iv. 
63L. 
