N. 0 i.abiate. 1041 
Habitat : — Deccan Peninsula. Common in the Western 
Ghauts. 
A shrubby annual herb, densely tomentose or thickly woolly, 
4-6ft. Branches sometimes very stout and most densely clothed 
with somewhat adpressed wool. Leaves 2-6in., very thick, 
oblong, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, acute or 
acuminate, crenate or serrate ; base cuneate, very rarely cordate. 
Petiole y-Jin., very stout. Spikes sometimes very heavy with 
dense whorls, 2in. diam , densely woolly ; bracts filiform, 
Calyx 1-iin., villous or woolly; teeth narrow lanceolate, 
slender. Corolla purple. Nutlets pale. 
Uses : — In Southern India, few plants are held in higher 
esteem, or are more frequently employed in native practice, than 
this. An infusion of the aromatic bitter leaves is in common use 
in affections of the stomach and bowels, catarrhal affections and 
intermittent fevers. According to Dr Wight ( lllust ., vol. ii, 
p. 221), in addition to its internal use in the cure of fevers, 
patients are made to inhale the vapour of a hot infusion so as 
to induce copious diaphoresis An infusion of the leaves is 
reported by Dr. M Ross to be powerfully diaphoretic, and 
very useful in the low continued fevers of the natives. An 
oil obtained by distillation of the leaves is likewise stated to 
prove an effectual external application in rheumatism. The 
virtues of this plant seem worthy of further investigation (Ph. 
Ind.). “ Ainslie tells Us that an infusion of the leaves is 
given to children in colic, dyspepsia and fever arising from 
teething. A decoction of the plant, or the essential oil distilled 
from the leaves, is used externally in rheumatism ” (Dymock). 
1011. Stachys parvi flora, Benth., h.f.b.i., IV. 677. 
Vern. :■ — Kirimara ; Baggibuti (Pb.) ; Speraghunai (Pushtu). 
Habitat : — Punjab Plains and Hills, from the Jhelum east- 
wards and northwards to Murree. 
Herbs densely clothed with floculent white wool, branched 
frcun the base and upwards. Stem and branches very stout 
nearly terete. Leaves l-3in., sessile, thick, elliptic oblong or 
oblong ovate, or lanceolate, sub-acute entire or serrate ; floral 
far exceeding the flowers, glabrous and shining or cottony 
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