Teucr ium.] cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 701 



tose or villous, leaves petioled ovate or oblong-ovate cordate acute serrate, 

 racemes short, calyx in. villous, upper tooth rounded acute, 2 lower lan- 

 ceolate acuminate, lateral shorter, corolla-lobe exserted. Benth. in Wall. 

 PI As. Rar. i. 58, Lab. 675, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 583. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 3-5000 ft., Royle, &c. 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



Stem prostrate and rooting below, then erect, 12-18 in., rather slender. Leaves 

 1^-3 in. ; petiole J-l in., slender. Racemes subsimple, 1-3 in., rarely more ; bracts 

 lanceolate, longer than the pedicels. Calyx campanulate, upper and 2 lower teeth 

 usually incurved. Corolla -| in., tube sometimes twice the length of the calyx. 

 Nutlets enclosed in the globose calyx-teeth, subrugose. 



4. T. laxum, Don Prodr. 109 ; stem slender diffusely branched laxly 

 villous or glabrate, leaves petioled ovate acuminate serrate, racemes short 

 often recurved, calyx \ in. pubescent, upper lip rounded acute, 2 lower lan- 

 ceolate acute, corolla-tube included. Benth. Lab. 675, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xii. 583. Ajuga laxa, Ham. mss. 



CENTRAL HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Hamilton ; Kumaon, Edgeworth, alt. 8000 ft. ; 

 Ramgunga River, alt. 4500 ft., Strachey 8{ Winterbottom (Hedeoma n. 2). 



Stems or branches 10-12 in., rather slender, villous with long sparse spreading 

 hairs in Edgeworth's specimen, glabrous in Strachey's, Leaves ^1^ in., base rounded, 

 petiole |-i in. Racemes 1-2 in.; bracts ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the calyx. 

 Corolla not twice the length of the calyx. Don's character hardly agrees with the 

 specimens above described in the ventricose calyx. 



5. T. quadrifarium, Ham. in Don Prodr. 108 ; stout, erect, tomen- 

 tose or villous, rarely glabrate, leaves sessile or short -petioled ovate or 

 oblong-ovate cordate acute serrate racemes panicled, bracts ovate acute 

 much exceeding the flowers, calyx ^ in., upper lip rounded, 2 lower 

 acute or obtuse, corolla-tube included. Wall. Cat. 2024 ; Benth. in Wall. 

 PL As. Rar. i. 58, Lab. 675, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 583 ; Maxim, in 

 Bull. Acad. Petersb., Mel. Biol. ix. 827. T. Fortuuei, Benth. in DC. I. c. 

 (excl. Perrottet's plant). 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 4-8000 ft. KHASIA MTS., 

 alt. 4-5500 ft. DISTRIB. Ava, China. 



A stout herb, stem 2-4 ft., almost terete below, sometimes villous with long 

 spreading hairs. Leaves 2-3 in., often rugose ; petiole usually J in., rarely 1 in. 

 Spikes 2-6 in., stout, with the bracts on | in. diam.; bracts \ in., broadly ovate, 

 suddenly acuminate, villous near the base, young quadrifarious imbricating and con- 

 cealing the flowers, often red-purple ; flowers sessile or very shortly pedicelled. 

 Corolla purple, not twice the length of the calyx. Style entire. Nutlets sub- 

 globose, rugose. 



6. T. Wiffhtii, HooJc. f. ; very robust, densely villous, leaves short- 

 petioled very thick rugose rounded ovate obtuse toothed, racemes panicled, 

 bracts shorter than the calyx elliptic acute, calyx | in. villous, upper tooth 

 rounded apiculate, 2 lower lanceolate, corolla-tube included. T. quadrifa- 

 rium, Herb. Wight (Kew Distrib. 2168). T. tomentosum, Wight Ic.i. 1458. 

 T. n. sp., Benth. PL HohenacTc. n. 1396. 



NILGHIRI HILLS ; in dry rocky places, alt. 7000 ft., Wight, &c. 



Stem 1-2 ft., obtusely angled ; hairs tawny, most dense, spreading. Leaves 

 1-1| in.; petiole stout, i in. Racemes 3-4 in. Corolla purple, in. long. 

 Stule entire or 2-toothed. Nutlets subglobose, glistening, faintly reticulate. 

 Wight represents the leaves acute, which is the case in T. tomentosum, but never 

 in this. 



