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Emerson). It is used by the Nepalese internally as a remedy for gonorrhœa ( Buchanan.)
1005. Dracocephalum moldavicum, Linn., 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 ⅓in., glabrous, upper lip broad, 3-toothed ; upper teeth broadly ovate or mucronate. Corolla ¾-lin., blue, tube greatly dilated at the throat. Stamens subexserted. Nutlets 1/10in., 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 kashmálú ; Tukhm-malangá (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 ½-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 ⅓in., erect ; Calyx- teeth pale-lilac; tube hardly exserted, limb small, stamens included. Nutlets 1/10in., narrowly oblong, smooth.
Use. — Seeds of this plant are used as cooling and sedative remedies (Stewart),