G66 cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Dracocephalum. 



spikes large dense-fld. leafy, floral leaves and bracts pectinate, teeth awned, 

 calyx ^-1 in. glabrous or pubescent, upper teeth broadly ovate aristate. 

 D. acanthoides, Edgew. ex Benth. in DC. I. c. 



WESTERN TIBET, alt. 13-16,000 ft.; Jacquemont, Falconer, &c. DISTEIB. 

 Turkestan. 



Glabrous or scaberulous, brittle. Stems 6-8 in., stout, ascending, obtusely angled, 

 simple or divided. Leaves 1-1J in., coriaceous ; petiole j-1 in. Spikes often larger 

 than tbe rest of the plant, cylindric, 1-1| in. diam.; bracts green, elliptic, membra- 

 nous. Calyx most variable in size, thinly coriaceous. Corolla f-li m -> white, hoary, 

 inflated beyond the calyx, lower lip short. Stamens included. Nutlets - in., 

 narrow oblong, tip truncate or crenulate. D. acanthoides is a rather larger leaved 

 s\ nd flowered state from Tibet N. of Kuniaon,alt 12-15,500 ft. (Edgeivorth, Strachey <Sf 

 Winterbottom). 



5. D. Ruprechtiij Hegel Descr. Plant. Nov. fasc. vii. 77 ; stems 

 ascending scaberulous, leaves sessile pinnatifid, lobes linear, whorls few-fld. 

 distant, bracts pinnatifid with awned lobes, calyx ^-f in. glabrous, upper 

 teeth broadly ovate mucronate. D. bipinnatum, Rupr. Sert. Tkianschen. 

 65 (ex Reg el). 



WESTERN TIBET ; Gilgit, Col. Tanner. DISTRIB. Turkestan. 



Nearly allied to D. moldavicum, but leaves pinnate with narrow lobes, corolla 

 much larger, 1-1 \ in. long, more tubular, not so abruptly inflated, nutlets larger. 

 Calyx often purple. Corolla pubescent, blue. 



*** Calyx nearly equally b-cleft. Stamens exserted. 



6. D. stamineum, Xarel. 8f Kiril. ; low, diffusely branched from the 

 base, stems terete few-leaved, leaves small petioled orbicular-cordate or 

 reniform deeply crenate, whorls tomentose dense-fld. in terminal heads and 

 one or more lower on the stem, calyx \-^ in.' tomentose, teeth ovate-lanceo- 

 late aristate. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, on Barjila, alt. 11,000 ft., Clarke. WESTERN 

 TIBET, alt. 14-16,000 ft., Thomson, Clarke. DISTRIB. Turkestan, Alatau Mts. 



Stems excessively numerous from the root, ascending, green or purple. Leaves 

 -f in. diarn., rugose, glabrous or tomentose ; petiole of lower 1-3 in., very slender. 

 Heads \ in. diam. ; bracts small, cuneate, entire or toothed. Calyx sessile, often 

 coloured. Corolla small, dark blue, tube shortly exserted, limb small. Filaments 

 sometimes twice the length of the tube. Nutlets T ' 5 in. long, oblong, snlooth. Rather 

 a Nepeta than a Dracocephalum. 



7. 1>. Hookeri, Clarke mas. ; scaberulous, leaves pinnatifid, segments 

 narrow linear, margins recurved, whorls in a dense terminal spike inter- 

 rupted at the base, bracts pinnatifid, calyx ^-f in. scaberulous, teeth equal 

 nearly as long as the tube lanceolate pungent, sinus thickened. 



EASTERN TIBET; north of Sikkim, alt 15,000 ft. ? J. D. H. 



Specimens incomplete procured by collectors ; upper portions oi stem and spikes 

 alone seen. Stem 4-angled. Leaves 1 in., sessile; segments few, spreading. Spikes 

 2-3 in. long by 1 broad. Flowers sessile. * Calyx straight or curved. Corolla 

 twice as long, tube narrow, throat moderately inflated. Stamens shortly exserted. 

 Nutlets ,' n in., oblong, smooth. 



31. XiAXiXiEIKANTXA, Fisck. $ Hey. 



Characters of Dracoeephalum, but upper lip of calyx with 3 obtuse lobes, 

 of which the lateral are placed under the central. DISTIUB. Species 4, 

 Oriental and N.W. Indian. 



This genus would better be included in Dracocephalum. 



