THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 188 
499. Salvia pumila, Benth. 
From Thal to Badish-khél, on dry stony country. Greedily 
browsed by goats and sheep. 
397. Nepeta pubescens, Zenth. 
Hariáb district, amongst wet gravel, at 9000 feet altitude. 
242, 302, 2715, 768 (1879). N. spicata, Benth. 
Kuram district, common at 9000 to 11,000 feet altitude. 
447 (1879). N. ($ Longiflore, Boiss.) pinetorum, Aitchison § Hemsley, 
n. sp. Glabrescens, gracilis, calyce subbilabiato, dentibus labii supe- 
rioris latioribus, fauce parce pilosa, corolla quam calyx duplo longiore, 
tubo sursum inflato. 
Herba perennis, fere glabra, 2-23 ped. alta, caulibus numerosis, gracilibus, 
parce ramosis, viridibus, nitidis. Folia brevissime petiolata, crassius- 
cula, cordato-ovata vel cordato-orbicularia, usque ad 1 poll. longa, 
paucicrenata, obtusissima, venis conspicuis. Flores cærulei, cymosi, 
cymis subtrifloris, peduneulatis, vel superioribus subsessilibus; bractez 
minimz, molliter subulatz ; calyx glanduloso-hirsutus, 15-nervius, levi- 
ter curvatus, sursum ampliatus, subbilabiatus, dentibus latis, patentibus, 
superioribus brevioribus, acutis, nec setosis nec cristatis, fauce parce 
pilosa ; corolla calyce duplo longior, extus hirsuta, intus glabra, sursum 
inflata, labiis subzequalibus, postico bifido, antico corrugato; discus 
crasso-carnosus, antice l-lobatus. Nucule oblongo-trigonz, leves. 
Near N. lamiifolia and N. teucriifolia, differing from both in 
the teeth of the calyx, as well as in the tube being pilose within, 
and in other characters. Indeed the ring of hairs in the throat 
of the calyx would throw it out of the section ; but it is other- 
wise so like these species that it must be associated with them. 
Hariáb district from the Péwár-kotal to Káratigah, from 8000 
to 11,000 feet. Profuse on the edge of pine-forests. A very 
showy plant, with large bright lavender-coloured flowers. 
It has been raised at Kew, where it flowered in June 1881, 
from seed collected during 1879. 
573 (1879). Dracocephalum nodulosum, Rupr. 
Hariâb district, common from 9000 to 11,000 feet altitude. 
Flowers June to August. 
A very handsome plant, having bright blue to purple flowers. I 
have not met with it yellow as in the type. 
201 (1879), Scutellaria glutinosa, Benth., var.? 
Kuram and Hariâb districts, from 6000 to 7000 feet alti- 
tude. Saféd-koh, Collett no. 39. 
