Tas. 8870. 
PHLOMIS sprrctaBsizis. 
Western Himalaya, Afghanistan and Baluchistan. 
: Lapiatar. Tribe Stacnypgar. 
| Putomis, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1214, 
Phlomis spectabilis, Fale. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. vol. xii. p. 542; Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. iv. p. 692: species ex affinitate P. macrophyllae, Wall., : 
et P. tuberosae, Linn., ab illa foliis infra canescenti-tomentosis, caule terete, _ = 
floribus majoribus, ab hac etuberosa, caule multo altiore terete, verticil- > 
lastris remotioribus, floribus majoribus differt. = 
Herba perennis. Caulis erectus, parce ramosus, robustus, teres, fere ad 2 m. 
altus, 5-10 mm. crassus, interdum primo plus minusve stellatim canescenti- 
tomentosus, rarius parce hispidus, demum glaber et saepe glaucus, 
internodiis elongatis interdum ad 22 cm. longis. Folia petiolata, ovato- 
cordata, apice subactta vel rotundata, basi profunde et aperte cordata vel 
superiora cuneata vel rotundata, grosse et irregulariter crenata, interdum 
leviter lobata, superiora saepe subregulariter dentata vel serrato-dentata, 
supra viridia, parce pilosa, infra stellatim canescenti-tomentosa, nervis 
primariis conspicuis; folia basilaria 20-80 cm. longa, 15-27 em. lata, 
petiolo hispido 15-30 cm. longo ; folia caulina gradatim minora, inferiora ad 
15 cm. longa et 11 cm. lata, petiolo 1-10 cm. longo, superiora ad bracteas 
reducta. Verticillastri 3-9, saepe 4-6, 5-15 cm. distantes, ad 80-flori. 
Bracteolae aciculares, ad 14 mm. longae, parcissime hispidulosae. Calyx 
tubuloso-infundibuliformis, 11-12 mm. longus, pilis stellatis.. brevibus 
rigidulis leviter obtectus, 10-nervis, late 5-lobus ; lobi erecti, 1-1-5 mm. 
longi, emarginati; nervi validiores 5 in aristas 3-7 mm. longas pr : 
Corolla pallide roseo-purpurea lobo intermedio labii antici saturatiore ; 
tubus tubuloso-infundibuliformis calycem aequans, intra basi piloso- 
annulatus; labium posticum ringens, oblongo-obovatum, 1°5 em. longum, 
1 cm. latum, apice paucidentatum, dorso dense villosum, intra et margine 
dense albido-barbatum ; labium anticum patens, 3-lobum, 1-8 cm. longum, 
lobo intermedio orbiculari-obovato emarginato circiter 1 cm. lato, lobis 
lateralibus ovatis 5 mm. longis 4 mm. latis. Staminae tubo longe exserta, 
subaequilonga ; filamenta arcuata, parce lanata, 2 postica basi calcare 
lineare curvato 4-5 mm. longo instructa ; antherae glabrae. Stylus glaber 
staminibus paulum lonfior, inaequaliter 2-fidus. Nueulae (immaturae) 
subglobosae, apice parcissime glanduloso-pilosae. Discus carnosus, albus, 
leviter 4-denticulatus.—P. cachemeriana, Benth. in DC. Prodr. vol. xii. 
p- 552; non Royle.—S, A. Skan. 
This handsome /Phlomis was first discovered in 
Kashmir by Victor Jacquemont during his travels in 
Ocroper-DecemBER, 1920. 
