N. O. I,A1)IATA3. 
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for those that cannot take breath unless they hold their necks 
upright ” (Gerard). 
995. Peroioskia abrotanoides, Kiril., h.f.b.i. iv. 
652. 
Vern. : — Shanshohai (Pushtu). 
Habitat : — Western Tibet ; Afghanistan and Baluchistan. 
An erect much-branched, dioecious strong-scented twiggy 
shrub or undershrub 2-4ft., w r oody 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. 
TJse : — 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 Ivumaon. 
An erect strongly-scented tomentose shrub, 2-5ft. Branches 
obscurely angled. Leaves coriaceous, thick, shortly stalked, 
oblong or lanceolate. 2-4 by f-lfin., crenate, base prolonged 
downwards in 2 pointed lobes ; upper surface pubescent, closely 
wrinkled ; 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. 
