Elsholtzia.] CXII. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) |. 645 
** Bracts rounded or broadly ovate, very short. Nutlets opaque. 
9. E. densa, Benth. Lab. 714, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 162; sparsely 
pubescent, leaves shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate or elliptic acate or 
obtuse serrate, spikes oblong or shortly cylindric villous, bracts shore 
rounded, fruiting calyx }in. broadly funnel-shaped inflated membranous, 
teeth short rounded. ' Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 127,t.131. E.eriostachya, Herl. 
Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET; from Kumaon to Ladak, alt. 
10-13,000 ft., Jacquemont, &c. 
Annual, 6-18 in., branched from the base ; stem slender to very stout, 4-angled. 
Leaves 1-3 in., rarely ovate or elliptic; petiole 1-3 in. Spikes 1-13 in., or more 
and interrupted, fruiting 3-3 in. broad; bracts shorter than the flowers. Calyx, 
owering very minute, cupular; fruiting greatly enlarged. Corolla minute, villous, 
lilac, tube very short. Nutlets 7, in. long, ellipsoid, opaque. 
10. E. eriostachya, Benth. Lab. 163, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 162; 
softly hairy, leaves shortly petioled oblong or ovate-oblong obtuse denticu- 
late, spikes solitary cylindric stout villous, bracts short ovate, fruiting calyx 
à in. campanulate membranous, teeth minute triangular. E. Hoffmeisteri, 
Klotzsch in Reise Pr. Waldem. Bot. 105, t. 66. Aphanochilus eriostachya, 
Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 29, and Cat. 155. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kumaon, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Blinkworth, &c., Nepal, 
Wallich, to Sikkim, alt. 14—16,000 ft., J. D. H. 
A strong-scented annual, 6-18 in., branched from the base, branches 4-angled 
suberect. Leaves 1-1} in., sometimes tomentose beneath ; petiole 4-4 in. Spikes 
1-2} in, flowering à in. fruiting 4 in. diam. ; flowers densely imbricate. Calyz, 
flowering pin. Corolla very minute, yellow. Nutlets 3, in., ellipsoid, opaque. 
(515 VAR. pusilla; dwarf, 3-6 in., stem usually simple, leaves 1-3 in., fruiting calyx 
smaller, E. pusilla, Bentk. Lab. 714, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 162.— Interior 
Himalaya; from Sikkim to W. Tibet, alt. 12-16,000 ft., and to 18,000 ft. in Rupchu, 
toliezka. 
*** Spikes cylindric; bracts broad, obcuneate, membranous, ciliate, 
Jorming together imbricating cups longer than the calyz. CXCLOSTIGIA, 
ent, 
11. E. strobilifera, Benth. Lab. 163, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 162; 
sparsely hairy, leaves small petioled ovate obtuse crenulate or serrate, 
Spikes villous or pubescent. Cyclostigia strobilifera, Benth. in Wall. Pl. 
As. Rar. i. 30, excl. syn., and Cat. 1562. 
TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Simla, alt. 5-10,000 ft., to Sikkim, 
alt. 6-14,600 ft. 
Very variable, from a simple filiform stem 2 in. high, to a much-branched herb of 
18 in. ; stem and branches with usually a line of crisp hairs. Leaves $-l in., rarely 
ovate and coarsely serrate; petiole 4-3 in. Spikes 4-2 in., fruiting sometimes 3 in. 
diam. ; bracts imbricating all round the spike very broad, margin semicircu ar. 
Calyx hyaline, narrow-tubular, fruiting 7; in., teeth lanceolate. Corolla-tube very 
slender, much longer than the calyx, lobes minute glabrous, Nutlets gy in., oblong, 
red-brown, not shining. 
‘ 
racts large, secund, orbicular, 
**#** Spikes completely one-sided; b ee otoa Willd. 
Cuspidate, closely imbricate, membranous, ciliate. 
Tm" lon » 
12. E. cristata, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 29; nearly glabrous, leaves long 
petioled ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate coarsely serrate, spikes Tran 
pubescent or villous, fruiting calyx } in. tubular hairy. Benth. in Wall. 
