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130 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate M
STACHYS, Linn.
The Wound wort.
(The Greek word for an ear or spike of corn, alluding to the
inflorescence. Was the classical name for S. palestina.)
A. Herbs.
I. Whorls many-flowered.
1. Calyx-tip thickened ... ... S. melissaefolia.
2. Calyx spine-tipped.
a. Stem clothed with soft white
wool ... ... ... ... S. floccosa.
b. Stem clothed with long silky
hairs ... ... ... ... S. sericea.
II.
Whorls few- (up to 12-) flowered.
1. Corolla-tube included in the calyx S. palustns.
2. Corolla-tube protruding from the
calyx
... S. sylvatica.
B. An undershrub ... ... ... ... S. tibetica.
Pig. 2. Stachys melissaefolia, Benth. Balen-leafed
Woundwort.
(Melissaefolia means having leaves like Melissa officinalis, the Balen.)
A tall, erect, hairy herb. Stem 4-angled. Leaves stalkless
or short-stalked, egg-shaped or oblong-heart-shaped, sharppointed,
crenate. Whorls many-flowered, axillary, distant.
Bracts as long as the calyx. Calyx short, as broad as long ;
teeth triangular, sharp-pointed or with a thickened tip (not
ending in a pale spine as does S. sericea).
Locality. Gangabal ; Drang, above village, 7,000 ft.
Distribution. Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to
Sikkim,
8,000-10,000 ft.
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Pig. 3. Stachys sp.
Flowers. June.
Locality. Srinagar ; Sudar Khun Lake, in flax-field
(Hallberg).