664 cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Nepeta. 



*t-\ in. Spikes terminal, 3-6 in. ; bracts of upper lanceolate, inner linear about 

 equalling the calyx. Calyx nearly straight, mouth oblique ; teeth subequal. Nutlets 

 J 5 in., smooth. Corolla-tube three times as long as the calyx, mouth dilated ; lips 

 small, not \ in. across. I have seen no lower leaves of this very distinct species. 



31. N. salvisefolia, Eoyle ex Benth. in Hook. Sot. Misc. iii. 3P7, 

 and in DO. Prodr. xii. 388 ; siender, erect, branched, densely white-tomen- 

 tose all over, leaves small shortly petioled oblong or ovate obtuse crenate, 

 whorls or cymes shortly peduncled distant in long strict narrow racemes or 

 spikes, bracts minute subulate, calyx \ in. pedicel led scaberulous, teeth 

 triangular subequal much shorter than the tube, corolla f in. pale blue or 

 white, tube very slender, nutlets oblong. 



TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 6-10,000 ft., Jacquemonf, 

 Falconer, &c. WESTERN TIBET, alt. 10-12,000 ft. ; Thomson. 



Stem 12 ft., nearly cylindric. Leaves thick, 1-1^ in., base acute rounded or 

 cordate, wrinkled above, densely closely woolly beneath. Racemes a foot long and 

 under ; peduncles of cymes -1 in. Corolla ^-f in. ; tube very slender, throat 

 shortly dilated, limb in. across. Nutlets -^va. long, smooth. The Tibetan specimens 

 have more contracted racemes than the Kashmir, and the nutlets are rather narrower. 

 Habit and white tomenturn of N. leucophylla and N. leucolcena, but the calyx is 

 very different. 



E. Dwarf species. Leaves crowded. Cymes or whorls axillary, floral 

 leaves as large as the cauline, and close set. (GLECHOMA, L.) See 14. longi- 

 bracteata in A. 



32. N. nivalis, Benth. Lab. 737, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 391 ; erect, 

 pubescent, leaves sessile orbicular rugose green crenate, cymes all axillary 

 few-fld. shorter than the leaves, calyx ^ in. pubescent, teeth subequal lanceo- 

 late, stamens exserted, nutlets linear-oblong. 



WESTERN TIBET ; alt. 15-16,000 ft,, Jacguemont, Thomson. 



Rootstock creeping ; stems 3-6 in. Leaves ^ 1 in. diam., close-set, base 

 rounded or cordate. Cymes shortly peduncled, bracts minute. Corolla |- in., 

 pale blue, resupinate, tube upcurved, throat slightly dilated, limb small. Nutlets 

 i^ in., smooth. 



33. N. tibetica, Senth. Lab. 737, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 392; 

 prostrate, softly tomentose, leaves petioled fan-shaped rugose crenate, 

 cymes all axillary few-fld. shorter than the leaves, calyx in. woolly, teeth 

 subequal lanceolate shorter tha'h the tube, stamens included, nutlets linear- 

 oblong. 



WESTERN TIBET; Kookioghang, Jacguemont; Lunjar (N. of Kumaon), alt. 

 17,500 ft., Strachey $ Winterbottom. 



Rootstock long, slender, branching ; stems 3-6 in. Leaves -1 in. diam., close- 

 set; basecuneate; petiole - in. Cymes subsessile, bracts filiform. Corolla f in., 

 white; tube straight, funnel-shaped ; limb small, regular. Nutlets ^ in., smooth. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



N. NEPALENSIS, Spreng. Syst. ii. 730, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 395, from Nepal. 

 Of this nothing is known, and the description is insufficient to identify it. 



30*. DRACOCEPHAIiUXK, Linn. 



Erect or prostrate herbs. Whorls axillary or terminal, flowers blue, 

 purple or white. Calyx tubular, 15-nerved, 5-toothed ; teeth all subequal, 



