Ajuga.'} cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 703 



stamens exserted. Benth. in Wall. PL As. Bar. i. 59, T^ab. 696, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 598; Maximov. in Bull. Acad. Sc. Petersb., Mel. Biol. xi. 

 818. A. remota, Benth. II. c. ; Maximov. I. c. 817. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Nepal, alt. 1-7000 ft., and in the 

 plains near them from Oudh to Peshawur. DISTEIB. Affghanistan, China, Japan, 

 Abyssinia. 



Stem or branches many from the rootstock, 4-12 in., simple or divided, usually 

 stout, leafy, pubescence most variable. Leaves 1-4 in., lower petioled, upper sessile. 

 Calyx % in., villous; teeth half the length of the tube, ovate-lanceolate, acute. 

 Corolla pale blue or lilac, pubescent ; tube rarely twice as long as the calyx ; upper 

 lip erect, 2-fid; side lobes of lower oblong, midlobe dilated variable in length. 

 Nutlets T JJ in., ellipsoid, deeply rugosely pitted. I am quite unable to distinguish 

 Bentham's A. remota, which was probably intended to include the form with distant 

 whorls and large floral leaves. Nor can I distinguish a common Japanese plant 

 from A. bracteosa. 



VAR. densiflora stem scapiform, radical leaves obovate-oblong obtuse subentire, 

 cauline or oblong sessile, spike 2-3 in. villous, bracts shorter than the flowers, 

 corolla very shortly exserted. A. densiflora, Wall. Cat. 2031 ; Benth. II. c. Nepal, 

 Wallich. This looks like a starved A. bracteosa, which the form of the calyx, corolla 

 and nutlets entirely resemble. 



** Corolla-tube straight. Stamens included in the tube. 



3. A. parviflpra, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. i. 59, Lab. 696, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xii. 598; softly villous, stems or branches short diffuse 

 ascending, stolons 0, radical leaves sessile or shortly petioled oblanceolate 

 or obovate-spathulate obtuse entire or crenate, whorls in bracteate spikes, 

 calyx-teeth lanceolate, corolla very small, tube exserted. Maxim, in Bull. 

 Acad. Sc. Petersb., Mel. Biol. xi. 825,; Wawra Itin. Pr. S. Cob., Bot. 105. 

 Teucrium hispidum, Watt. Cat. 2029 (corrected p. 89). 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 2-7000 ft. DISTEIB. 

 Affghanistan. 



Branches very numerous from the woody rootstock, stout or slender, leafy. 

 Radical leaves 2-3 (rarely 5 by 2) in. ; cauline smaller, obovate or oblong. Spike 

 1-4 in., whorls generally crowded, lower sometimes distant ; bracts ovate or oblong, 

 much longer than the flowers. Calyx ^-| in., teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 

 blue, tube slender, ^ ^ in. long, glabrous or hairy; limb very small, upper lip very 

 short 2-lobed, lateral lobes of lower subequal or the midlobe the largest. Nutlets 

 -fa in., rugosely pitted. Very variable in habit and size of leaves. 



VAE. depressa ; densely villous, branches depressed. A. depressa, Maxim. I. c. 

 826. This is a stunted alpine state from an elevation of 8000 ft. in Kumaon. 

 (Strachey $ Winterbottom, Ajuga, n. 5.) 



4. A. brachystemon, Maximov. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sc. Petersb. xi. 

 825 ; dwarf, villous, stem very short ascending leafy, radical leaves petioled 

 obovate obtuse crenate, cauline sessile, whorls in very short subsessile leafy 

 spikes, shorter than the ovate bracts, calyx-teeth very short rounded, corolla- 

 tube shortly exserted. 



WESTEEN HIMALAYA; Kumaon, Pindari, alt. 12,500 ft., Strachey 8f Winter- 

 bottom (Ajuga, n. 4). 



Stem 1-2 in. from a small woody rootstock. Leaves 1-1 1 in., radical shortly 

 petioled, crenulate, cauline shorter. Spike J in. Calyx obconic, -^ in. long, teeth 

 ciliate. Corolla % in., tube straight, upper lip short, 2-lobed ; side-lobes of lower 

 linear-oblong, obtuse ; midlobe twice as broad, dilated, retuse. Stamens wholly 

 included. This looks like a starved state of something, but 1 cannot refer it to any 

 described species ; the calyx resembles A. macrosperma in miniature, but the corolla- 

 tube is straight with included stamens. 



