618 cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Fleet mnthu?., 



membranous or rigid, sparsely scaberulous above or more so all over ; base of lower 

 narrowed into the long or short petiole. Panicles pyramidal, branches slender. 

 Flowers white, speckled with pink. Stamens exserted. I cannot distinguish P. graci- 

 liflorus by auy sufficient character. Hyssopus lophantkoides, Ham., referred lu-re by 

 Bentham* is, according to an original specimen of Hamilton's, a different plant (see 

 end of genus). P. oblongifolius is a diseased state with inflated barren calyces. 



VAB. ffraciliflora ; leaves more scabrous above, and usually red-brown when dry. 

 P. graciliflora, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 56. P. Gerardianus, var. hispida, Herb. Ind. 

 Or. H.f. fy T. Nepal, Sikkim, and Khasia Mts. 



VAR. brachyantha ; corolla-tube very short and wide, scarcely exceeding the calyx. 



. Khasia Mts.; Churra, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. Sf T. T. Sikkim, alt. 5-8000 ft., 



Clarice, J. D. H. Prome Hills, Benson (in Herb. Maingay).K dubious plant, 



referred by Clarke (mss.) to P. striatus, which small specimens resemble. Fruiting 



calyx not seen. 



8. P. striatus, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 17, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xii. 56 ; stem, usually 6-12 in. glabrous pubescent or subvillous, leaves small 

 lower petioled broadly ovate crenate, cymes panicled, corolla-tube broad 

 or narrow sliort or tubular, fruiting calyx ^ in. hispid, teeth obtuse, nutlets 

 oblong. Wall. Cat. 2740. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 4-8000 ft., Wallich, &c. 

 KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-6000 ft., common. 



The usually much smaller size, shorter broader leaves, more flaccid habit, and 

 hispid calyx best distinguish this from P. Gerardianus, but there are many specimens 

 that I am in doubt about. The corolla is very variable, and the stamens are nor- 

 mally far exserted. 



9. P. Stracheyi, Benth. mss. ; stem simple ascending puberulous, 

 leaves 4-5 in. short-petioled narrowly lanceolate serrate above the middle, 

 cymes in a terminal narrow panicle. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, in the Surja valley, alt. 4500 ft., Strachey <Sf 

 Wmterbottom. 



Flowers of. P. Grerardianus, but very distinct in foliage and habit, which resemble 

 P. Walkeri. The fruit is not ripe. A very similar but more flaccid plant (speci- 

 mens without corolla and fruit), and with longer petioles, is found in Pegu by Dr. 

 Brandis. 



10. P. hispidus, Benth. in Wall PL As. Ear. ii. 17, Lai. 41, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 57 ; stout, erect, scaberulous, densely pubescent or villous, 

 leaves subsessile ovate crenate or serrate tomentose beneath, corolla tubular 

 pubescent, lower lip much longer than the upper, fruiting calyx T ' 2 in. densely 

 villous, nutlets very minute ellipsoid. Wall. Cat. 2741. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft. ; Wallich, &c. 



Like a robust aud (usually) densely woolly form of P. Gerardianus, with a very 

 minute woolly calyx. Flowers white, speckled with red. 



11 . P. Stocksii, Hook. f. ; slender, simple or branched, glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy, leaves petioled ovate or ovate-cordate crenate membranous, 

 panicles pyramidal, corolla-tube short broad, fruiting calyx T ' 5 in. scaberulous, 

 teeth subacute, nutlets broadly oblong. P. striatus & Concan, Herb. Ind. 

 Or. H.f. Sf T. P. Wightii, Or all. Cat. Bomb. PL 148 ; Dalz. 8c Gibs. Bomb. 

 FL 205. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; the Concan, Stocks, Law, &c. ; Bababoodan Hills, Heyne in 

 Herb. Rottler Belgaum, at Purwar Ghat, Ritchie. 



Possibly a form of P. striatus, but is a larger plant. Small specimens from the 

 Kala Nuddi (banks above Saopa), from Ritchie, have very minute fruiting calyces. 

 Heyne' s specimen is a very small one, but, 1 think, of this species. 



