Phlomis.] cxn. LABIATE. (J. D, Hooker.) 693 



hairy, teeth spiniform f the length of the tube. Benth. Lab. 631, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 543. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Kumaon, alt. 10,000 ft., Strachey # Winterbottom , 

 Anderson ; Nepal, WallicJi ; Sikkim, alt. 10-13,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stem 5-6 ft., as thick as the little finger. Leaves 4-8 by 3-6 in., variable in 

 breadth, base rarely cuneate, pubescent above and beneath ; petiole stout. . Whorls 

 1 1 in. diam. Corolla-tube included, galea villous. Nutlets narrowly obcuneate, 

 nearly ^ in. long. 



5. P. breviflora, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 62, Lab. 631, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 543 ; tall, erect, glabrous or slightly pubescent, leaves long- 

 petioled broadly ovate deeply cordate acuminate crenate, whorls few-fld., 

 bracts slender glabrous, calyx - in. short nearly glabrous, teeth very short. 

 P. parviflora, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 2066. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA 5 Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. JET., &c. 

 Perhaps only a variety of P. macrophylla, but the leaves are much more deeply 

 cordate with rounded lobes, and the calyx is very small with minute teeth. 



6. P. setig-era, Falcon, mss.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 543; tall, 

 erect, nearly glabrous or sparsely pubescent, leaves short-petioled ovate 

 acuminate crenate, base rounded or cordate, whorls many-fld., bracts short 

 rigid setaceous ciliate, tips spinescent, calyx -\ in. hairy, teeth erect subulate 

 ciliate g- the length of the tube. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, Clarice ; Kumaon, Falconer ; Sikkim, alt. 

 10-12,000 ft., J. D. JI., &c. 



Habit of P. macrophylla, differing in the short |-1 in. petioles, the much shorter 

 bracts, and the nutlets, which are in. long, obovoid, with a truncate top. 



? VAR. occidentalis^ Clarice mss. ; bracts much longer and less rigid, calyx-teeth 

 longer half the length of the tube. Kashmir, Palgam, alt. 7000 ft., Clarke. 



? VAR. filiformis ; bracts soft filiform flexuous hirsute (not rigid nor spinous- 

 tipped), nutlets T J 5 in. long oblong. Sikkim, Jortgri and Tungu, alt. 1200-13,000 ft., 

 J. D. H. Of this subalpine plant the specimens are very poor ; the bracts are very 

 different from those of P. setigera, which, however, Clarke gathered at Jongri. Ic 

 may be a form of P. bracteosa. 



7. P. bracteosa, Eoyle mss.; Benth. in Hoolc. Bot. Misc. iii. 383, / 

 Lab. 633, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 545; hoary pubescent or subtomentose, 

 leaves petioled ovate obtuse crenate, base broadly cordate, whorls many- 

 and dense-fld., bracts ciliate long, outer membranous lanceolate or linear 

 tip not spinous, inner narrower, calyx -| in. hispid or glabrate, teeth 

 slender ciliate. P. lamiifolia, latifolia, simplex and cordata, Royle mss. ; 

 Benth. II. c. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 5-11,000 ffc. 

 DISTRIB. Affghanistan. 



A tall stout herb, stem simple or branched, hairs stellate on the leaves, spreading 

 or deflexed when present on the stem. Leaves 24 in. long, very variable in breadth 

 and in the base, which is never deeply cordate and is sometimes truncate, tip usually 

 rounded, rarely subacute, both surfaces toinentose or almost silky in Royle's P. 

 cordata, finely toinentose in the ordinary form, much more glabrous in P. lamii- 

 folia petiole usually shorter than the blade. Whorls -1 in. diam. ; bracts usually 

 equalling the calyx, erect. Calyx-teeth half the length of the tube or shorter. 

 Corolla blue-purple ; galea fringed with white hairs. Nutlets - in., obovoid, tip 

 rounded. 



VAR. longifolia; leaves 6-8 in. ovate-lanceolate acuminate or acute sparsely 

 pubescent. Kashmir, Tragbol and Shapryon, alt. 7-8500 ft., Clarke. 



8. P. rug-osa, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 63, Lab. 634, and in 



