Ajuga.] OXI. LABIATEH. (J. D. Hooker.) 703 
stamens exserted. Benth.in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 59, Lab. 696, and in 
DC. Prodr. xii. 598; Maximov. in Bull. Acad. Sc. Petersh., Mel. Biol. xi. 
818. A. remota, Benth. ll. c.; Maximov. l. c. 817. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Nepal, alt. 1—7000 ft., and in the 
plains near them from Oudh to Peshawur.—Distris. Affghanistan, China, Japan, 
Abyssinia. 
Stem or branches many from the rootstock, 4—12 in., simple or divided, usually 
stout, leafy, pubescence most variable. Leaves 1—4 in., lower petioled, upper sessile. 
Calyx à in., villous; teeth half the length of the tube, ovate-lanceolate, acute. 
Corolla pale blue or lilac, pubescent; tube rarely twice as long as the calyx; upper 
lip erect, 2-fid; side lobes of lower oblong, midlobe dilated variable in length. 
Nutlets y, in., ellipsoid, deeply rugosely pitted.—I am quite unable to distinguish 
Bentham's 4. remota, which was probably intended to include the form with distant 
whorls and large floral leaves. Nor can I distinguish a common Japanese plant 
from 4. bracteosa. 
Van. densiflora ; stem scapiform, radical leaves obovate-oblong obtuse subentire, 
cauline O or oblong sessile, spike 2-3 in. villous, bracts shorter than the flowers, 
corolla very shortly exserted. A. densiflora, Wall. Cat. 2031; Benth, ll. c. —Nepal, 
Wallich. —This looks like a starved 4. bracteosa, which the form of the calyx, corolla 
and nutlets entirely resemble. 
** Corolla-tube straight. Stamens included in the tube. 
3. A. parviflora, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 59, Lab. 696, and 
in DC. Prodr, xii. 598; softly villous, stems or branches short diffuse 
ascending, stolons 0, radicalleaves sessile or shortly petioled oblanceolate 
or obovate-spathulate obtuse entire or crenate, whorls in bracteate spikes, 
calyx-teeth lanceolate, corolla very small, tube exserted. Maaim. in Bull. 
Acad. Sc. Petersb., Mel. Biol. xi. 825; Wawra Itin. Pr. S. Cob., Bot. 105. 
Teucrium hispidum, Wall. Cat. 2029 (corrected p. 89). 
WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 2-7000 ft.—DISTRIB. 
Affghanistan. 
Branches very numerous from the woody rootstock, stout or slender, leafy. 
Radical leaves 2-3 (rarely 5 by 2) in.; cauline smaller, obovate or oblong. Spike 
1-4 in., whorls generally crowded, lower sometimes distant ; bracts ovate or oblong, 
much longer than the flowers. Calyx J5-$ in., teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 
blue, tube slender, 3-2 in. long, glabrous or hairy; limb very small, upper lip very 
short 2-lobed, lateral lobes of lower subequal or the midlobe the largest. Vutlets 
in, r itted.— Very variable in habit and size of leaves. . 
5 Vin. deprenas densely villous, branches depressed. A. depressa, Mazim. l. c. 
826.—This is a stunted alpine state from an elevation of 8000 ft. in Kumaon. 
(Strachey d Winterbottom, Ajuga, n. 5.) 
xi. 
4. A. brachystemon, Maximov. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sc. Petersb. 3 
825; dwarf, villous, stem very short ascending leafy, radical leaves petioled 
obovate obtuse crenate, cauline sessile, whorls in very short subsessile leafy 
spikes, shorter than the ovate bracts, calyx-teeth very short rounded, corolla- 
tube shortly exserted. -. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kumaon, Pindari, alt. 12,500 ft., Strachey § Winter- 
bott ; , , 
Sten Juga, n, fom a small woody rootstock. Leaves 1-1} in, radical shortly 
petioled, crenulate, cauline shorter. Spike à in. Calyx obconie, 3; in. long, teeth 
ciliate. Corolla 4 in, tube straight, upper lip short, 2-lobed ; side-lobes o lower 
linear-oblong obtuse; midlobe twice as broad, dilated, retuse. Stamens M olly 
included, — This looks like a starved state of something, but I cannot refer it o any 
escribed species ; the calyx resembles A. macrosperma in miniature, but the corolla- 
tube is straight with included stamens. 
