Dracocephalum.~\ cxu. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 665 



or upper much the largest, or 3 upper combined into a broad lip. Corolla- 

 tube not annulate within, upper lip erect notched, lower spreading 3-fid, 

 midlobe largest. Stamens 4, ascending under the upper lip, anther-cells 

 diverging. Style-lobes subulate. Nutlets smooth. Species about 30, S. 

 European and Temperate Asiatic. 



As characterized in modern works, DracocepTialum cannot be distinguished from 

 Nepeta, to which latter genus the two last described species should probably be 

 referred. 



* Calyx coriaceous, %-lipped, upper lip of one very broad ovate entire 

 acute tooth. Stamens included. 



1. D. speciosum, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. ii. 65, Lab. 494, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xii. 399; stem simple tall robust, radical leaves long-petioled 

 orbicular-cordate crenate, cauline sessile, floral orbicular, whorls in a large 

 solitary spike or axillary, calyx ^ in. coriaceous, upper tooth ovate, lower 

 lanceolate. Wall. Cat. 2128; Sot. Mag. t. 6281. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA ; from Simla to Sikkim, alt. 12-15,000 ft. 



Glabrous or woolly upwards. Root of very thick fleshy fibres; stem solitary, 

 6-18 in., 4-angled. Leaves, radical 2-4 in. diam., cauline smaller ; petiole 5-12 in., 

 slender. Flowers sessile in dense heads ; bracts small, orbicular. Calyx-teeth 

 apiculate, very variable in length and breadth. Corolla 1 in., blue'purple with dark 

 spots, tubular, pubescent, lips short. Stamens subexserted. Nutlets in., linear- 

 oblong, top eremite. Near D. altaica. 



2. D. nutans, Linn. stem ascending, leaves shortly petioled ovate or 

 oblong obtuse crenate, spikes long interrupted, lower whorls axillary, calyx 

 J in. coriaceous puberulous, upper tooth broadly ovate, lower setaceous. 

 Benth. Lab. 499, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 400; Pall. Fl. Ross. iii. t. 17; Bot. 

 Reg. t. 841. Zornia nutans, Moench Meth. 411. Gmel. Fl. Sibir. iii. 

 231, t. 49. 



TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Falconer $ Thom- 

 son, Clarke. DISTRIB. Central Asia, from Soongaria to Dahuria. 



Scaberulous. Stems 6-12 in., simple or branched, 4-augled. Leaves J-l in. ; 

 petiole % in. Spikes 4-6* in.; whorls dense-fld., flowers horizontal or drooping, 

 sessile; bracts ovate or oblong. Calyx often purple. Corolla in., bright blue, 

 tube slender. Stamens included. Nutlets -^ in., linear-oblong. 



** Calyx coriaceous, ^-lipped; upper lip broad, ^-toothed. Stamens 

 included. ^ 



3. D. moldavicum, Linn. ; annual, erect, branched, leaves sessile or 

 petioled lanceolate obtusely deeply serrate or subpinnatifid, spikes long 

 leafy, whorls distinct or distant, bracts lanceolate, teeth long-awned, calyx 

 ^ in. glabrous, upper teeth broadly ovate mucronate. Benth. in DC. Prodr. 

 xii. 401 ; Lamlc. III. t. 513, f. 1 ; Pall. Fl. Ross. iii. t. 18 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germ. t. 1240, f. 1. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 7-8000 ft., Falconer, Edge- 

 worth, Clarke. DISTRIB. Siberia, Dahuria. 



Quite glabrous. Stem 1-2 ft., branched from the base. Leaves 1-2 in., narrowed 

 into a short slender petiole. Spikes 4-8 in. Flowers pedicelled, shorter than the 

 floral leaves. Corolla f-1 in., blue, tube greatly dilated to the throat. Stamens 

 subexserted. Nutlets {^ in., narrowly oblong truncate. 



4. D. heterophyllum, Benth. Lab. 738, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 401 ; 

 stems ascending, leaves petioled oblong 'ovate or cordate obtuse crenate, 



