Elskoltzia.] cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 645 



** Bracts rounded or broadly ovate, very short. Nutlets opaque. 



9. E. densa, Benth. Lai. 714, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 162 ; sparsely 

 pubescent, leaves shortly petioled oblong-lanceolate or elliptic acute or 

 obtuse serrate, spikes oblong or shortly cylindric villous, bracts shoro 

 rounded, fruiting calyx \ in. broadly funnel-shaped inflated membranous, 

 teeth short rounded. Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 127, 1. 131. E. eriostachya, Herb. 

 Ind. Or. H.f. 4- T. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET; from Kumaon to Ladak, alt. 

 10-13,000 ft., Jacquemont, &c. 



Annual, 6-18 in., branched from the base ; stem slender to very stout, 4-anglecl. 

 Leaves 1-3 in., rarely ovate or elliptic; petiole - 1 in. Spikes 1-1 in., or more 

 and interrupted, fruiting f-f in. broad; bracts shorter than the flowers. Calyx, 

 flowering very minute, cupular; fruiting greatly enlarged. Corolla minute, villous, 

 lilac, tube very short. Nutlets ^ in. long, ellipsoid, opaque. 



10. E. eriostachya, Benth. Lab. 163, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 162 ; 

 softly hairy, leaves shortly petioled oblong or ovate-oblong obtuse denticu- 

 late, spikes solitary cylindric stoat villous, bracts short ovate, fruiting calyx 

 in. campauulate membranous, teeth minute triangular. E. Hoffmeisteri, 

 Klotzsch in Eeise Pr. Waldem. Bot. 105, t. 66. Aphanochilus eriostachya, 

 Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 29, and Cat. 155. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Blinkuoorth, &c. , Nepal, 

 Wallich, to Sikkim, alt. 14-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A strong- scented annual, 6-18 in., branched from the base, branches 4-angled 

 suberect. Leaves 1-1 in., sometimes toinentose beneath ; petiole -^ in. Spikes 

 1-2| in., flowering in. fruiting | in. diam.; flowers densely imbricate. Calyx, 

 flowering J ff in. Corolla very miijute, yellow. Nutlets ^ in., ellipsoid, opaque. 



VAE. pusilla ; dwarf, 3-6 in., stem usually simple, leaves ^-| in., fruiting calyx 

 smaller. E. pusilla, Benth. Lab. 714, and in DC. .Prodr. xii. 162. Interior 

 Himalaya; from Sikkhn to W. Tibet, alt. 12-16,000 ft., and to 18,000 ft. in Rupchu, 

 Stoliczka. 



*** Spikes cylindric; bracts broad, obcuneate, membranous, ciliatc, 

 forming together imbricating cups longer than the calyx. CYCLOSTIGTA, 

 Benth. 



11. E. strobilifera, Benth. Lab. 163, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 162; 

 sparsely hairy, leaves small petioled ovate obtuse crenulate or serrate, 

 spikes villous or pubescent. Cyclostigia strobilifera, Benth. in Wall. PI. 

 As. Ear. i. 30, excl. syn., and Cat. 1562. 



TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA ; from Simla, alt. 5-10,000 ft., to Sikkim, 

 alt. 6-14,000 ft. 



Very variable, from a simple filiform stem 2 in. high, to a much-branched herb of 

 18 in.; stem and branches with usually a line of crisp hairs. Leaves |-1 in., rarely 

 ovate and coarsely serrate ; petiole -J in. Spikes -2 in., fruiting sometimes \ in. 

 diam. ; bracts imbricating all round the spike very broad, margin semicircular. 

 Calyx hyaline, narrow-tubular, fruiting ^ in., teeth lanceolate. Corolla-tube very 

 slender, much longer than the calyx, lobes minute glabrous. Nutlets 5 ' 3 in., oblong, 

 red-brown, not shining. 



* Spikes completely one-sided; bracts large, secund, orbicular, 

 cuspidate, closely imbricate, membranous, ciliate. ELSHOLTZIA, Willd. 



12. E. cristata, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 29 ; nearly glabrous, leaves long, 

 petioled ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate coarsely serrate, spikes broad 

 pubescent or villous, fruiting calyx in. tubular hairy. Benth. in Wall. 



