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Vern. :— Chota-pal-kúsa (H. and B.); Thurduri baji (Dec.) ; Tamba (Bomb.); . Tumbai-chedi, Thombay-keerary (Tam.); Tumma-chettu, Tummi-kura (Tel.).
Habitat: — Plains of India, from Sikkim and Behar to the Punjab, and southward to Cape Comorin.
An erect or diffuse annual, very variable. Stem stout hispid or scabrid, erect, usually much diffusely branched from below. Branches 4-6 in., rather leafy, sometimes taller, with erect branches and larger leaves fin. broad. Leavesl-3in. Inner or oblong, obtuse entire or crenate. Whorls large terminal and axillary, often lin. diam., very dense-fid and hispid. Bracts long, linear and filiform. Calyx variable, but with always the upper lip produced and with short triangular teeth, ⅓-⅔in, tubular curved, smooth below, green and ribbed and scabrid above, contracted above the nutlets, mouth small, glabrous, very oblique, shortly irregularly toothed. Corolla small. The whole plant is fragrant and used as a potherb.
Use : — The juice of the leaves, according to Dr. J. Shortt, is applied successfully in psoriasis and other chronic skin eruptions. (Ph. Ind.). The leaves are said to be useful in chronic rheumatism (Dr, Meadows, in Watt's Dictionary.)
1019. L. linifolia, Spreng., h.f.b.i., iv. 690.
Syn. : — Phlomis zeylanica, Roxb. 461.
Sans. : — Dronapushpi, Rudrapushpa.
Vern.: — Hulkussa (B. and H.) ; Poo-alla-toomi (Tel.); Tumbai (Tam). Tumbe, Karjâli-gida (Kan.); Tumpa (Mal.); Dron (Assam) ; Gumi, Kumbha (Gond.) ; Goma (Deccan.)
Habitat : —Plains of India, from Assam, Bengal and Sylhet to Singapore. In the Deccan, from the Concan to Travancore.
An annual erect, smooth or scaberulous herb. Stem 2-3ft., usually stout and much-branched above. Leaves 2-4 in., linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse entire or subserrate, rarely ¾in. broad. Petiole 0-½ in. Whorls axillary and terminal towards the ends of the branches, ½-¾in. diam. ; bracts few short, setaceous.