806 
branches erect or ascending. Leaves j 
leaves sessile. Corollas purplish. 
Sibthorp’s Cat-mint. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
25 N. Ira'/ricA (Lin. spec. p. 798.) erect, tall, clothed with 
fine hoary pubescence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenated, cordate, 
canescent on both surfaces ; racemes almost simple; bracteas 
linear or lanceolate, stiff, rather longer than the calyxes; calyx 
elongated, a little incurved, with a scarcely oblique mouth, and 
lanceolate, acute teeth, the superior teeth the largest; corolla 
hardly twice as long as the calyx. Y.H. Native of Spain, 
Pavon; Mogodor, Brouss.; Italy, Lin. but is now wanting in 
Italian, Neapolitan, and Sicilian floras. Jacq. hort. vind. 2. p. 51. 
t. 112.; a variety with broader, shorter bracteas. Rchb. icon. 
bot. eur. 5. p. 50. t. 483. N. teucrioides, Lam. dict. 1. p. 711. 
N. marrubioides, Willd. enum. 2. p. 603. N. imbricata, Lag. ex 
Spreng, syst. 2. p. 729. O. orientalis, Mill. dict. no. 9. N. 
calamintha, Tausch, in bot. zeit. 1831. 1. p. 219.? Cataria ca- 
néscens, Moench. meth. p. 388. N. macrostachya, Jan. pl. 
exsic. Leaves hardly an inch long. Whorls all distinct. Co- 
rollas reddish white ; tube almost inclosed. 
Italian Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1640. Pl. 14 to 2 feet. 
26 N. pi'stans (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 
379. lab. p. 475.) erect, tall; stem villous; leaves petiolate, 
ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, deeply cordate at the base, 
wrinkled, villous beneath; whorls dense: lower ones remote : 
upper ones approximate; bracteas linear-lanceolate, about equal 
in length to the calyxes; calyx elongated, incurved, with an ob- 
lique mouth : the superior teeth lanceolate: lower ones subu- 
late ; all setaceously acuminated ; corolla about twice as long as 
the calyx. 21. H. Native of the Himalaya, at Mussooree, and 
Syen, Royle. Allied to N. Itálica, but differs in the simple de- 
pauperate raceme, in the lower leaves being more wrinkled, 
densely villous beneath, and in the calycine teeth being all seta- 
ceous at top. Superior leaves few, remote, and smaller. 
Distant-whorled Cat.mint. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
27 N. cıtra`rıs (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 64. lab. 
p. 475.) erect, clothed, with hoary pubescence ; leaves petiolate, 
broadly-ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, clothed with 
hoary tomentum beneath or on both surfaces; racemes almost 
simple; bracteas ovate or broadly lanceolate: outer ones almost 
equal in length to the calyxes; calyx elongated, pubescent, in- 
curved, with an oblique mouth, and lanceolate-subulate rather 
spreading teeth ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx. XY. 
H. Native of Nipaul, and towards Cashmere. Habit and in- 
florescence of N. ruderalis, from which it differs in the branches 
and leaves being usually canescent, &c. 
Ciliated Cat-mint, Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
28 N. nupEnA'Lis (Hamilt. ex Benth. in Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 
1. p. 64.) erectish, clothed with fine pubescence ; leaves petio- 
late, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, pubescent on 
both surfaces, rather greenish ; racemes nearly sessile, secund ; 
cymes dense: lower ones pedunculate ; bracteas subulate : outer 
ones equalling the calyxes ; calyx ovate, pubescent, with an ob- 
lique mouth and subulate teeth, the superior teeth the longest ; 
corolla a half longer than the calyx. 2/. H. Native of Nipaul, 
at the foot of the mountains, Hamilt ; Hurdwar and Rajemahl, 
Wall; Hindostan, Heyne?; Saharumpur and Deyra Dhoon, 
Jacquemont. Glechdma erécta, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 7. Thymus 
nepetoides, D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 113. Glechóma Hindos- 
tana, Roth. nov. pl. spec. p. 258. Glechòma I'ndica, Spreng. 
syst. 2. p. 727. Leaves 1} inch long. Corollas small, purplish. 
Rubbish Cat-mint. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
29 N. crrixoropioiprs (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 
p. 379. lab. p. 476.) plant ascending, clothed with fine pubes- 
cence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, broadly subcor- 
date at the base, green on both doge and finely pubescent ; 
to 1l inch long: floral 
LABIATJE. LXVIII. Nereta. 
racemes almost simple ; whorls rather loose, many-flowered, sub- 
secund ; bracteas subulate, rather shorter than the calyxes; ca- 
lyx tubular, pubescent, with an oblique mouth; the superior 
teeth lanceolate ; and the lower teeth subulate ; corolla scarcely 
exceeding the calyx. X. H. Native of the banks of the 
river Jumna, Royle. Allied to N. ruderalis, but differs in 
the ealyxes being smaller and slenderer, in the corollas being 
small, scarcely exceeding the calyxes. 
Clinopodium-like Cat-mint. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
30 N. rrucornuy'LLA (Benth. lab, p. 476.) plant ascending or 
erectish ; branches clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves petio- 
late, ovate or roundish, crenated, truncate at the base or cor- 
date, green above, wrinkled, clothed with white tomentum be- 
neath ; racemes nearly simple, secund; cymes nearly sessile, 
dense, many-flowered ; bracteas subulate, rather shorter than the 
calyxes ; calyx tubular, clothed, with hoary pubescence, with an 
oblique mouth and lanceolate-subulate teeth : the superior teeth 
the longest; corollas a half longer than the calyx. 2. H. 
Native of Himalaya, at Mussooree, Royle; Simlah, Jacquemont. 
This differs from N. ruderdlis in the leaves being small, wrin- 
kled, and white beneath. 
White-leaved Cat-mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
31 N. rroccósA (Benth. lab. p. 736.) erect, divaricately 
branched, clothed with white floccose wool; leaves petiolate, 
roundish, cordate at the base; racemes very loose, a little 
branched; cymes head-formed, few, many-flowered, on long 
peduncles; bracteas linear-subulate, equalling the calyxes. %. 
H. Native of the North of India, between Nako and Chango, 
Jacquemont. This species is distinguished from N. ruderalis 
in the wool, form of leaves, and inflorescence. Corolla small, 
hardly exceeding the calyx. 
Floccose Cat-mint. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
Secr. IV. Cara‘ria (from catus, a cat; so called because cats 
are fond of N. catària.) Benth. lab. p. 476. Cymes usually 
condensed into many-flowered whorls: lower cymes peduncu- 
late. Racemes simple or panicled. Bracteas shorter than the 
calyxes, usually very short. Calyx elongated, incurved, with an 
oblique, rarely erectish mouth, and lanceolate teeth, the superior 
teeth generally the largest, Tube of corolla a little exserted, 
with an inflated throat. 
32 N. cnaciLigLORA (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 65: 
lab. p. 476.) ascending, glabrous, or finely pubescent; leaves 
petiolate, ovate or lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the 
base, finely pubescent on both surfaces, rather canescent be- 
neath; racemes branched; cymes very loose, dichotomous ; Pe 
duncles and branches elongated, filiform; bracteas subulate, 
shorter than the calyxes; calyx ovate-tubular, with an oblique 
mouth and subulate teeth ; corolla scarcely twice as long as t^e 
calyx. Y%.H. Native of the East Indies, in the province of 
Hurdwar, Wall; Deyra Dhoon, Royle. Stem branched at the 
base; branches very slender. Leaves on long petioles, scarcely 
an inch long. Corollas small, blue. This is intermediate be- 
tween Sect. Catdria and Sect. Stegionépeta. 
Slender-flowered Cat-mint. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
33 N. MICRA'NTHA (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. alt. 2. p: 401.) plant 
ascending, humble, pubescent, or glabrous; leaves petiolate, 
ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, pale on both sur- 
faces ; racemes loose, branched ; bracteas scarcely longer than 
the pedicels ; calyx tubular, incurved, pubescent, with an oblique 
mouth ; corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. . Native 
of Siberia in Altaia ; on the mountains of Arkaul and Dolenkara- 
Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 412. Corollas blue. 
Small-flowered Cat-mint, Pl. 1 foot. ed 
34 N. Cara‘rra (Lin. spec. p. 796.) plant erect, tall, cloth 
