NEPETA.] LABIATJE. 255 



in dense many-flowered peduncled 2-branched cymes 1 in. or more in 

 length ; bracts ;=-}- in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Calyx (in 

 flower) ^ in. long, villous and gland ular-liairy ; upper lip ^ in. long, with 

 3 triangular aristate teeth : lower lip shorter, with 2 subulate teeth. 

 Corolla, exserted, bluish-purple, in. long, hairy outside ; upper lip 

 oblong, 2-fid., lobes obtuse ; lower lip shorter, .its midlobe broad emar- 

 ginafce and crenulate, much longer than tbe 2 rounded lateral ones. 

 Nutlets minute, oblong-ellipsoid, brown spotted with white, mucilaginous 

 when moistened. 



Siwalik range, Dehra Dun and eastwards along the Sub-Himalayan tracts, 

 also in the Agra district and in Merwara. DISTRIB. Plains of Punjab 

 and Bengal, ascending to 5,000 ft. on the Himalaya, also in Central India, 

 and the Konkan, extending to Afghanistan. The plant is used 

 medicinally. It has a scent like that of Balm and a pungent bitterish 

 taste. 



2. N. graciliflora, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. t, 65; F. B. I. iv, 663; 

 Collett Fl. Siml. 399. 



Apubescant or nearly glabrous annual. Stems many, slender, 1-3 ft. 

 high, erect or ascending. Leaves long-petioled, 1-lf in. long, ovate, or 

 ovate- cordate, acute, coarsely crenate or serrate. Whorls few-flowered, 

 the lower ones distinctly stalked, forming loose often drooping panicles 

 with very slender branches ; peduncles and pedicels capillary, bracts 

 setaceous. Flowers % in. long. Calyx % in. long ; upper teeth triangular- 

 lanceolate, awned ; lower shorter, setaceous. Corolla % in. long, pale- 

 lilac or rose. Nutlets minute, oblong, granulate. 



Common on steep rocks on both sides of the Siwalik range. Flowers in 

 Nov. DISTRIB. Subtrop. Himalaya from the Punjab to Garhwal and 

 Kumaon, up to 5,000 ft. 



21. SALVIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 653. 



Herbs or shrubs. Flowers small, or large and showy ; whorls usually 

 racemed or in spikes ; bracts small or large and often coloured. 

 Calyx tubular or campanulate, 2-lipped, thioat naked ; upper lip 

 entire or 3-toothed, lower 2-fid. Corolla 2-lipped, tube naked or with 

 a ring of hairs inside ; upper lip erect, entire ; lower 3-lobed, lateral 

 lobes spreading. Stamens 2 (the lower pair) perfect ; filaments 

 short, articulate with the slender connective, sometimes pioduced 

 beyond the joint, anthers dimidiate ; connective linear, transverse, 

 the upper arm ascending and bearing a linear fertile cell ; the lower 

 arm straight or deflexed, bearing a fertile or an empty cell, or naked, 

 the 2 upper (posterior) stamens represented by small staminodes or 

 obsolete. Disk usually enlarged in front. Ovary 4-partite ; style 



