LABIATAE. — ELSHOLTZIA 383 
Elsholtzia dependens Rehder, n. sp. 
Frutex 1-2-metralis, ramis sarmentosis apice pendentibus; ramuli 
teretes, initio farinaceo-tomentosi, mox glabrescentes, demum pal- 
lide brunnei, medulla ampla alba repleti. Folia membranacea, ob- 
longo-elliptica v. obovato-elliptica, acuta v. breviter acuminata, basi 
euneata v. interdum superiora infra inflorescentiam basi plus mi- 
nusve sagittata, triente inferiore plerumque integro excepto inae- 
qualiter serrata, 4-8 cm. longa et 1.7-3.2 cm. lata, supra glabra, 
subtus initio pube laxo praecipue ad costam nervosque farinaceo- 
stellato conspersa, mox glabrescentia, viridia, utrinsecus nervis 
5-6 adscendentibus et ante marginem anastomosantibus; petioli ut 
costa subtus pube farinaceo-stellato demum evanescente obtecti, 
2-4 mm. longi. Spicae terminales pendentes v. nutantes, plerumque 
plures in apice ramulorum, dense albido-tomentosae, cylindricae, 10- 
20 cm. longae et 1-1.5 cm. diam., verticillastris sessilibus approxima- 
tis; verticillastri 6-10-flori ante anthesin bracteis late triangulari- 
ovatis acuminulatis extus albido-tomentosis intus glabris 4-7 mm. 
longis decussatis caducis suffulti et bracteolis anguste ellipticis brevi- 
oribus instructi; calyx 10-nervosus, campanulatus, subaequaliter 5- 
dentatus, dentibus triangulari-ovatis acutis, anticis paulo latioribus, 
extus dense stellato-tomentosus, intus glaber; corolla rosea, tubo vix 
exserto glabro, limbo bilabiato extus sparse stellato-piloso et glandu- 
loso, labio antico patente v. erecto-patente 3-lobato lobo medio majore 
circiter 2 mm. longo concavo, labio postico recto rotundato-ovato: 
integro circiter 1 mm. longo lobis lateralibus subaequilongis angustiore; 
stamina valde exserta, longiora corollam fere duplo superantia, filamentis 
glabris basi in excrescentias disciformes subito dilatatis ut crista semi- 
circularis infra basin labii inferioris dense papilloso-pilosis, antheris 
suborbicularibus; discus cupularis, margine irregulariter sinuato-den- 
tatus, fere dimidium ovarium aequans; stylus glaber, apice bifidus, 
stamina longiora paullo superans. Nuculi trigono-oblongi, circiter 
3 mm. longi, apice rostrati rostro curvato circiter 0.75 mm. longo, 
brunnei, opaci. 
Western Szech’uan: near Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 600-1200 m., 
September and November 1908 (No. 3534, type); without precise 
locality, ravine, alt. 800 m., August 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4313). 
gag fue seems not closely related to any other species of the genus. Accord- 
BS = Prondiy bracted spikes it ought to be placed in the group Platyelasmeae 
hie of the section Aphanochilus Bentham, but it differs from the species of 
group as from those of the other groups in the entire upper lip of the corolla, 
