NepetaJ] cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 659 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Murree, Fleming, to Gurwhal, alt. 

 15,000ft., Strackey $ Winter!) ottom. WESTERN TIBET; Iskardo, alt. 12,000 ft., 

 Clarke. DISTRIB. Caucasus. 



Stem 8-18 in. Leaves |-1 in., tomentose beneath. Corolla ^-| in. long;. 

 Nutlets nearly T ' 2 in. long, trigonous. The largest Indian specimens are taller, 

 stouter and more branched than the Caucasian, and the flowers are smaller, but the 

 remarkable long narrow seeds are quite the same. 



*** Leaves distinctly petioled, entire or crenate. 



10. N. spicata, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. i. 64, Lab. 470, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 372; stem erect branched glabrous hoary or pubescent, 

 leaves petioled ovate- or triangular-cordate acute coarsely crenate or serrate, 

 spike oblong or cylindric, bracts ovate or lanceolate awned, calyx sessile 

 5- in. scabrid, teeth slender as long as the tube ciliate or hispid. Wall. 

 Cat. 2083; Bot. Mag. t. 6405 (starved form). Betonica Isevigata, Don 

 Prodr. 110. . 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 6-12,000 ft. 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



Stem 1-3 ft., with often spreading branches. Leaves 1^-4 by ^-3 in., glabrous 

 or pubescent or hoary beneath ; petiole 1-3 in. Spike 2-4 in., stout or slender, 

 often interrupted ; bracts very variable. Flowers as in N. campestris, pale blue. 

 Bentham's var. elata seems only a large state. 



11. N. lamiopsis, Benth. mss.; stems ascending snbsimple flaccid 

 sparsely hairy, leaves few sessile or petioled broadly ovate-cordate obtuse 

 coarsely crenate, floral large, whorls dense-fid., lower axillary, upper in ovoid 

 spikes, bracts orbicular and green crenate or narrower or linear, calyx in. 

 pubescent, mouth oblique, teeth slender diverging as long as the tube, 

 nutlets broadly oblong. 



ALPINE SIKKIM HIMALAYA; alt. 12-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stems succulent, 6-18 in. Leaves %-\ in., flaccid ; petiole 0-J in., floral sessile 

 Axillary whorls few, much shorter than the leaves, terminal in an ovoid spike 

 %-\\ in.; bracts sometimes all linear. Coroila deep blue, tube twice as long as the 

 calyx, limb small. Nutlets about T ' T in. long. Habit of a Lamium. 



12. N. raphanorhiza, Benth. Lab. 734, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 373 ; 

 rootstock tuberous, stems weak ascending glabrous or villous, leaves small 

 petioled broadly ovate or ovate-cordate obtuse crenate or toothed, spikes 

 short ovoid, bracts ovate to lanceolate, calyx in. sessile, teeth lanceolate 

 ciliate shorter than the tube. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Kashmir to Chamba, alt. 5-12,000 ft., 

 Jacquemont, &c. DISTRIB. Affghanistan. 



Stems many from n globose black rootstock as large as a nut or walnut, diffuse or 

 ascending, 6-18 in. high, simple or branched. Leaves |-1 in., sometimes nearly as 

 broad ; petiole half their length. Spikes 1 in. and less, pubescent or villous. Calyx 

 smaller than in the preceding species, with shorter teeth. Corolla purplish blue, 

 tube twice as long as the calyx, slender. Roots eaten. 



13. N. discolor, Benth. in HooTc. Bot. Misc. iii. 378, Lab. 470, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 373; rootstock elongate, stems weak ascending glabrous or 

 villous, leaves small petioled broadly ovate or ovate-cordate crenate, spikes 

 ovoid or cylindric, bracts elliptic mucronate, calyx \ in. sessile villous, teeth 

 filiform as long as the tube. N. Sabinei, T. A. Schmidt in Trim. Journ. 

 Bot. 1868, 238, t. 82, f. 1-4. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Gurwhal 

 and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 10-15,000 ft. DISTRIB. Affghanistan. 



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