Nepeta.] CXII. LABIATH. (J. D. Hooker.) 657 
require a careful re-examination of the whole genus. I suspect that some of the 
Indian species will prove identical with Persian. Dracocephalum stamineum & 
Hookeri should probably be transferred to Nepeta. 
, A. Whorls in simple terminal oblong or cylindric spikes, which are rarely 
interrupted at the base.— (The spikes of 13. N. discolor and others are occa- 
sionally interrupted; and species placed under C. occasionally present 
solitary simple spikes.) 
* Leaves bipinnatifid. 
.l. N. botryoides, Ait. Hort. Kew, ii. 287; annual, branched, laxly 
hairy; leaves sub-2-pinnatifid, bracts linear-subulate, spikes cylindric 
dense-fld., calyx tubular straight. N. multifida, Linn. Suppl. 273. N. 
annua, Pall. in Act. Petrop. 1879, ii. 263, t. 12. N. bipinnata, Cav. Ie. 
Rar. i. 36, t. 49. 
WESTERN TIBET; Rupchu, alt. 14,500 ft., Zhomson.—DISTRIB. Soongaria, 
tai. 
Annual, 6-12 in., robust. Zeaves 3-1 in., segments linear or oblong, obtuse. 
Spikes 1-3 in., flowers small. Calyx pedicelled, fruiting 4 in. long, membranous, 
teeth mucronate. Corolla very small, yellow. Stamens short. 
** Leaves entire or crenate, sessile or subsessile. 
2. N. linearis, Royle mss. ex Benth. in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 377, 
Lab. 469, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 371; rootstock tuberous, stems ascending, 
leaves sessile linear acute or obtuse, spike ovoid or oblong, bracts lanceolate 
or subulate, calyx 4 in. peduncled hairy, teeth spinescent. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Simla, alt.. 7-11,000 ft., 
alconer, &c. 
Rootstock often as large as a walnut. Stems 6-18 in., stout, sparsely leafy, 
glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 1-3 by yy-} in. Spikes 1-24 in. Calyx tubular, 
fruiting lin.or more. Corolla-tube twice as long, throat dilated, lips short.—Varies 
much in size of all parts. 
3. N. connata, Royle ex Benth. in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 378, Lab. 
469, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 371; tall, stout, glabrous or hairy, rootstock 
tuberous, stem simple, leaves sessile narrowly linear-lanceolate acuminate 
entire, base cordate, spike cylindric, lowest floral bracts large ovate aristate, 
Upper narrow, calyx 4 in. pedicelled hairy, teeth very long-awned. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Dalhousie to Kashmir, alt. 8-11,000 ft., 
aleoner, &c. 
Stem 1-2 ft., sometimes as thick as a swan’s quill, glabrous, rarely woolly. 
Leaves 3-6 by 4-3 in., coriaceous, sometimes sinuate-toothed. Spikes 1-5 in., 
lower whorls sometimes axillary. Calya-teeth as long as the tube, very slender. 
Corolla twice as long, blue. Stamens included. Nutlets 7; in., orbicular, compressed- 
trigonous, brown, shining. 
4. N. eriostachya, Benth. Lab. 734, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 371; 
stem subsimple sparsely hairy, leaves sessile broadly ovate or ovate-cordate 
obtuse crenate, lower floral similar, spike cylindric-oblong dense-fld. villous, 
calyx sessile 4 in., teeth slender plumose. l 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Buspa Valley, Jacquemont ; Kashmir, over 
Sonamurg, alt. 11,500 ft., Clarke; Gurwhal, alt. 11-12,000 ft., DutAie. 
Stem ascending, 6-10 in. Leaves 3-3 in., sometimes nearly as broad, pubescent 
*neath. Spikes 1-3 in. Calyx membranous, teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 
twice as long, bright blue. Stamens included.—I have not seen Jacquemont's 
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