658 CXI. LABIATÆ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Nepeta. 
specimens. Clarke makes of his a var. latibracteata with broader bracts than Bentham 
describes. Habit of Brunella. 
5. N. nervosa, Royle ex Benth. in Hook. Bot. Mise. iii. 378, Lab. 
469, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 372; stem tall subsimple glabrous, leaves sessile 
or shortly petioled linear-lanceolate acuminate serrate, spike cylindric 
robust, bracts ovate or lanceolate mucronate, calyx sessile $ in., teeth very 
slender laxly villous. N. campestris, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 6-10,000 ft, Falconer, 
Jacquemont, &c. 
Rootstock long, woody. Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves 2-4 by 1-3 in., base rounded or 
cordate. Spike stout, 1-3 in. Calyz membranous; teeth as long as the tube, 
filiform. Corolla twice as long, pale blue. Stamens included. 
qu VAR. lutea; flowers yellow.—Western Tibet; Karakoram, alt. 14,000 ft., 
Clarke. 
6. N. campestris, Benth. Lab. 734, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 372; stem 
tall subsimple sparsely hairy, leaves sessile narrowly oblong-lanceolate sub- 
acute serrate, spikes slender, bracts all ovate mucronate, calyx sessile 1 in., 
teeth very slender glabrous or ciliate. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir, Jacquemont, to Kumaon, 
alt. 7-9000 ft., Madden, &c. . 
Closely allied to N. nervosa, but the leaves appear to be always sessile (which 
distinguishes it from XN. spicata), the spikes are much longer and more slender, the 
calyx-teeth more glabrous and divergent, and the corolla-tube more slender. 
7. N. elliptica, Royle ex Benth. in Hook. Bot. Mise. ii. 378, Lab. 
470, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 373; stem branched villous, leaves subsessile 
elliptic oblong or oblong-cordate, tip rounded or acute pectinately crenate, 
spike long slender often interrupted, bracts ovate or lanceolate awned, 
calyx sessile } in., teeth filiform ciliate as long as the tube. N. polystachya, 
Benth. in Hook. Bot. Misc. l. c. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 5-8000 ft. 
Stem 1-2 ft., often flexuous, usually woolly. Leaves $-1in.,tomentose. Flowers 
very much as in N. nervosa. 
oa% 8, N. Thomsoni, Benth. mss.; finely pubescent, stems short stout 
very leafy, leaves sessile or shortly petioled oblong-cordate obtuse or acute 
crenate, floral large, whorls in a dense ovoid or conical spike with large 
leafy crenate bracts, calyx } in. scaberulous, teeth ovate-lanceolate much 
shorter than the tube. 
WESTERN Trprr; Hanle, alt. 14,500-16,000 ft., Thomson, EASTERN TIBET; 
north of Sikkim, J. D. H. 
Stem a span to a foot high, stout, simple or with simple ascending branches 
from the base. Leaves close set, 1-2 by 4-3 in.; petiole rarely % in.; floral 
similar, Spike of dense approximate superposed whorls with green elliptic bracts 
far exceeding the calyces. Corolla not seen. Nutlets large, nearly yy in., 
suborbicular, 
9. N. supina, Stev. in Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosq. iii. 365; erect, branched, 
finely pubescent, leaves small sessile ovate obtuse crenate, floral subsimilar 
or narrow, whorls dense-fld., lower axillary, upper in an ovoid spike, bracts 
lanceolate, calyx j$ in. curved narrow villous, mouth very oblique, teeth 
setaceous shorter than the tube, nutlets linear. Benth. Lab. 473, and 1n 
DC. Prodr. xii. 374; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 462. 
