Nepeta.] LABIATJE. 266 



in dense many-flowered peduneled --branched oymei 1 in. or more in 

 Length ; bracts j-} in. long, linear-lanoeolate, acute, oiliate. Oalya (in 

 flower) | in. long, villous and glandular-hairy : appei Lin ,',, in. long, with 

 3 triangular sristate teeth ; lower lip shorter, with 2 subulate teeth. 

 Corolhi exserted, bluish-purple, J in. lung, hairy nntaide : upper lip 

 oblong, --till., lobes obtuse : lower lip shorter, its mid 1 oho broad emar- 

 u'inate and cronulati'. much longer than the - rounded lateral on* 

 Nutlets minnte, oblong-ellipsoid, brown spotted with white, mucilaginous 

 when moistened. 



Siwalik range, Dehra Dun and eastward! along the Sub-Himalayan tracts, 

 also in the Agra district and in Merwara. Distrib. Plains of Punjab 

 and Bengal, ascending to 5,000 ft. on the Himalaya, also in Central India, 

 and the Konkan, extending to Afghanistan. The plant is used 

 medicinally. It has a scent like that of Balm and a pungent bitterish 

 taste. 



2. N. graciliflora, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. i, 65; F. B. I. iv, 663 ; 



Colleit Fl. Siml. 399. 



A pubescant or nearly glabrous annual. Stems many, slender, 1-3 ft. 

 high, erect or ascending. Leaves loug-petioled, 1-1| in. long, ovate, or 

 ovate- cordate, acute, coarsely cienate or serrate. Whorls few-flowered, 

 the lower ones distinctly stalked, firming loose often drooping panicles 

 with very slender branches ; peduncles and pedicels capillary, bracts 

 setaceous. Flowers^ in. long. Calyx ± in. long ; upper teeth triangular- 

 lanceolate, awned ; lower shorter, setaceous. Corolla } in. long, pale- 

 lilac or rose. Nutlets minute, oblong, granulate. 



Common on steep rocks on both sides of the Siwalik range. Flowers in 

 Nov. Distrib. Subtrop. Himalaya from the Punjab to Garhwal and 

 Kumaon, up to 5,0J0 ft. 



21. SALVIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 653. 



Herbs or shrubs. Flowers small, or large and showy ; whorls usually 

 racemed or in spikes ; bracts small or large and often coloured. 

 Calyx tubular or campanulate, 2-lippcd, tin oat naked ; upper lip 

 entire or 3-toothed, lower 2-iid. Corolla 2-lipped, tube naked or with 

 B ring of hairs inside ; upper lip erect, entire ; lower 3-lobed, lateral 

 hies spreading. Stamens 2 (the lower pair) perfect ; filaments 

 Short, articulate with the slender connective, sometimes pioduced 

 beyond the joint, anthers dimidiate ; connective linear, transverse, 

 the upper arm ascending and bearing a linear fertile cell ; the lower 

 arm straight or deflexed, bearing a fertile or an empty cell, or naked, 

 the 2 upper (posterior) stamens represented by small st ami nodes or 



- ilete. Disk usually enlarged in fiont. Ovary 4-partite ; style 



