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Plate 2470. 



NEPETA DECOIiORANS, IlemsL 



Labiate. Tribe NEPEXEiE. 



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caulibus brevissimis adscendentibus, internodiis 2-3 inferioribus folia 

 excedentibuSj foliis radicalibus non visis, caulinis crassis niollibus rugosis 

 yenis crassis conspicuis brevissime petiolatis vel sessilibus rotundatis 

 interdum fere orbicularibus grosse crenatis basi nunc subcuneatis nunc 

 subcordatis inferioribus niinoribus distantibus superioribus floralibus 

 majoribus confer tissimis, pedunculis subtrifloris pedicellisque brevissi- 

 mis, bracteolis setifonnibus, calyce intus extusque villoso insigniter 

 s bilabiato, labio superiore dimidio longiore brevissime tridentato, in- 



feriore bifido dentibus omnibus acutis, corollse lahio superiore bilobato 

 lobis rotundatis, labii inferioris lobis lateralibus dentiformibus, stamini- 

 bus 2 posterioribus longioribus labium sequantibus, 2 anterioribus vix 

 e tubo exsertis, nuculis glabris oblongis. 



Had. Central Tibet : Gooring Valley, 30° 12' K, 90^ 25' E., at 

 about 16,500 feet, SL George Littledah^ July and August 1895, 



Caules 2-3 poll, longi. Folia caulina inferiora 2-4 lin. diametro, 

 maxima 1 poll, diametro. Calyx circiter 4 lin. longus. Corolla 8 9 



lin. longa. 



This closely resembles IT. pharica, 



Beng 



lix. p. 306), from the same region, alike in habit, foliage, and the dis- 

 tinctly two-lipped calyx ; but the leaves are thinner, less rugose, less 

 coarsely crenate ; the flovi^ers are larger, and the upper lip of the calyx 

 is three-toothed, with short deltoid teeth. The flowers when moistened 

 stain a deep blue.^W. Bottixg IIemsley. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx lai J open and pistil. 3. Views of anthers. All enlargrd. 



