662 CXII. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker) — [ Nepeta. 
any other in habit, in the great size of the foliage and smallness of the long peduncled 
axillary cymes. 
23. N. Cataria, Linn.; perennial, erect, branched, hoary-pubescent, 
-leaves petioled ovate or ovate-cordate acute coarsely crenate or toothed, 
whorls in long narrow terminal shortly peduncled dense-fld. spikes, bracts 
subulate equalling the calyx or shorter, calyx 4 in. curved pubescent, mouth 
oblique, teeth subequal subulate shorter than the tube, nutlets smooth. 
Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 383; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 643; Reichb. Ic. FI. 
Germ. xviii. t. 1242. N. calaminthoides, Benth. in DC. l. c. in parts. N. 
ruderalis, var. clinopodioides, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. N.ruderalis, Boiss. 
l. c. 644. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 1-5000 ft., Falconer, Jacque- 
mont, Thomson,—Distr1B. Affghanistan to W. Europe. . e. 
Stem 2-3 ft., leafy, acutely angled. Leaves 1-3 in.; petiole i-$ in. Spikes 
4-10 in., narrow, strict, with 6-20 whorls or cymes ; bracts of lower leafy, of upper 
reduced; flowers pedicelled. Corolla 4 in., dotted with purple. Nuélets dg in» 
broadly oblong, smooth. 
24. N. leucophylla, Benth. Lab. 476, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 381; 
slender, branched, erect or ascending, hoary-tomentose, leaves small shortly 
petioled ovate-cordate obtuse or acute crenate rugose above, whorls distant 
dense-fld. in very long narrow interrupted shortly peduncled terminal spikes, 
bracts subulate, calyx 4 in. villous, mouth oblique, teeth lanceolate-subulate 
rather shorter than the tube, corolla very small, nutlets smooth. Wigh 
Lil, t. 176 bis, f. 6. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Simla to Kumaon, alt. 6-8000 ft., Royle, 
Edgeworth, &c. : ; 
Stem 2-3 ft., obtusely angled, leafy. Leaves 1-14 iu.; petiole à-i in. Spikes 
as in N. Cataria, but more slender and villous, Corolla about twice as long as the 
calyx. Nutlets as in N. Cataria. 
gio 95, wN. leucolema, Benth. mss.; erect, branched, white-tomentose, 
leaves small subsessile ovate acute or obtuse crenate, whorls distant 1n 
interrupted terminal spikes, the lower very shortly peduncled, bracts lanceo- 
late, calyx 4 in. woolly, upper teeth much shorter than the tube triangular, 
lower subulate much shorter, nutlets linear-oblong. 
WESTERN TIBET; Zanskar and Ladak, alt. 12-13,000 ft., Thomson. 
Stem 2-3 ft., nearly cylindric, leafy. Leaves 4-1 in., furfuraceously tomentose 
on both surfaces, petiole 0-3 in. Wahorls few-fld., the lower axillary. Corolla thrice 
as long as the calyx, tube curved, funnel-shaped ; lips short. utlets qg in. long, 
smooth.— Habit of N. ciliaris, and perhaps referable to Section C, but the spikes 
which are not very advanced have pedicelled lower cymes. 
26. N. floccosa, Benth. Lab. 736, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 380; floccose 
h white wool, stems many from the root ascending, leaves long-petioled 
orbicular cordate crenate, whorls distant in brachiate branches or terminating 
long peduncles woolly, bracts linear, calyx 4-4 in. villous, mouth oblique, 
teeth much shorter than the tube, upper triangular or lanceolate, lower muc 
shorter, nutlets linear-oblong. N. rotundifolia, Benth. in DC. l. c. 392 
Marmoritis rotundifolia, Benth. Lab. 490. 
WESTERN TIBET, alt. 7-11,000 ft., Jacquemont, Falconer, &c. 
Stems stout or slender, central sometimes 2-3 ft. and branched, obtusely 4-angled. 
Leaves 1-3 in. diam., margin sometimes sinuate; petiole stout, 4 in. and less. 
Whorls dense-fid., often coloured rose or purple; peduncle of lateral often 3 in. 
Calyx-teeth variable. Corolla 4 in., tube slender, lips small Nutlets y; in., quite 
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