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LABIATE. LXVIII. NEPETA. 



branches erect or ascending. Leaves \ to 1 inch long : floral 

 leaves sessile. Corollas purplish. 

 Silithorp's Cat-mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



25 N. ITA'LICA (Lin. spec. p. 798.) erect, tall, clothed with 

 fine hoary pubescence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenated, cordate, 

 canescent on both surfaces ; racemes almost simple ; bracteas 

 linear or lanceolate, stiff, rather longer than the calyxes ; calyx 

 elongated, a little incurved, with a scarcely oblique mouth, and 

 lanceolate, acute teeth, the superior teeth the largest ; corolla 

 hardly twice as lont; as the calyx. 1^. H. Native of Spain, 

 Pavon ; Mogodor, Brouss. ; Italy, Lin. but is now wanting in 

 Italian, Neapolitan, and Sicilian floras. Jacq. hort. vind. 2. p. 51. 

 t. 1J2. ; a variety with broader, shorter bracteas. Rchb. icon, 

 bot. eur. 5. p. 50. t. 483. N. teucrioides, Lam. diet. 1. p. 711. 

 N. marrubioides, Willd. enum. 2. p. 603. N. imbricata, Lag. ex 

 Spreng, syst. 2. p. 729. O. orientalis, Mill. diet. no. 9. N. 

 calamintha, Tausch, in bot. zeit. 1831. 1. p. 219.? Cataria ca- 

 nescens, Mcench. meth. p. 388. N. macrostachya, Jan. pi. 

 exsic. Leaves hardly an inch long. Whorls all distinct. Co- 

 rollas reddish white ; tube almost inclosed. 



Italian Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1640. PI. 1 1 to 2 feet. 



26 N. DI'STANS (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 

 379. lab. p. 475.) erect, tall ; stem villous ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, deeply cordate at the base, 

 wrinkled, villous beneath ; whorls dense : lower ones remote : 

 upper ones approximate ; bracteas linear-lanceolate, about equal 

 in length to tlie calyxes ; calyx elongated, incurved, with an ob- 

 lique mouth : the superior teeth lanceolate : lower ones subu- 

 late ; all setaceously acuminated ; corolla about twice as long as 

 the calyx. 1(.. H. Native of the Himalaya, at Mussooree, and 

 Syen, Royle. Allied to N. Itdlica, but differs in the simple de- 

 pauperate raceme, in the lower leaves being more wrinkled, 

 densely villous beneath, and in the calycine teeth being all seta- 

 ceous at top. Superior leaves few, remote, and smaller. 



Distant-wborled Cat-mint. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



27 N. CILIA'RIS (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 64. lab. 

 p. 475.) erect, clothed, with hoary pubescence ; leaves petiolate, 

 broadly-ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum beneath or on both surfaces ; racemes almost 

 simple ; bracteas ovate or broadly lanceolate : outer ones almost 

 equal in length to the calyxes ; calyx elongated, pubescent, in- 

 curved, with an oblique mouth, and lanceolate-subulate rather 

 spreading teeth ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx. If. . 

 H. Native of Nipaul, and towards Cashmere. Habit and in- 

 florescence of N. ruderalis, from which it differs in the branches 

 and leaves being usually canescent, &c. 



Ciliated Cat-mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



28 N. RUDERA'LIS (Hamilt. ex Benth. in Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 

 1. p. 64.) erectish, clothed with fine pubescence; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the base, pubescent on 

 both surfaces, rather greenish ; racemes nearly sessile, secund ; 

 cymes dense : lower ones pedunculate ; bracteas subulate : outer 

 ones equalling the calyxes ; calyx ovate, pubescent, with an ob- 

 lique mouth and subulate teeth, the superior teeth the longest ; 

 corolla a half longer than the calyx. 3/.H. Native of Nipaul, 

 at the foot of the mountains, Hamilt ; Hurdwar and Rajemahl, 

 Wall ; Hindostan, Heyne ? ; Saharumpur and Deyra Dhoon, 

 Jacquemont. Glechoma erecta, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 7. Thymus 

 nepetoides, D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 113. Glechoma Hindos- 

 tana, Roth. nov. pi. spec. p. 258. Glechoma I'ndica, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 727. Leaves Ij inch long. Corollas small, purplish. 



Rubbish Cat-mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



29 N. CLINOPODIOIDES (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 

 p. 379. lab. p. 476.) plant ascending, clothed with fine pubes- 

 cence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, broadly subcor- 

 date at the base, green on both surfaces, and finely pubescent ; 



racemes almost simple ; whorls rather loose, many-flowered, sub- 

 secund ; bracteas subulate, rather shorter than the calyxes ; ca- 

 lyx tubular, pubescent, with an oblique mouth ; the superior 

 teeth lanceolate ; and the lower teeth subulate ; corolla scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx, y.. H. Native of the banks of the 

 river Jumna, Royle. Allied to N. ruderalis, but differs in 

 the calyxes being smaller and slenderer, in the corollas being 

 small, scarcely exceeding the calyxes. 



Clinopoditim-like Cat-mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 



30 N. LEITCOPHY'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 476.) plant ascending or 

 erectish ; branches clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate or roundish, crenated, truncate at the base or cor- 

 date, green above, wrinkled, clothed with white tomentum be- 

 neath ; racemes nearly simple, secund ; cymes nearly sessile, 

 dense, many-flowered ; bracteas subulate, rather shorter than the 

 calyxes ; calyx tubular, clothed, with hoary pubescence, with an 

 oblique mouth and lanceolate-subulate teeth : the superior teeth 

 the longest ; corollas a half longer than the calyx. I/ . H. 

 Native of Himalaya, at Mussooree, Royle ; Simlah, Jacquemont. 

 This differs from N. ruderdlis in the leaves being small, wrin- 

 kled, and white beneath. 



White-leaved Cat-mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



31 N. FLOCCOSA (Benth. lab. p. 736.) erect, divaricately 

 branched, clothed with white floccose wool ; leaves petiolate, 

 roundish, cordate at the base ; racemes very loose, a little 

 branched ; cymes head-formed, few, many-flowered, on long 

 peduncles; bracteas linear-subulate, equalling the calyxes. %. 

 H. Native of the North of India, between Nako and Chango, 

 Jacquemont. This species is distinguished from N. ruderalis 

 in the wool, form of leaves, and inflorescence. Corolla small, 

 hardly exceeding the calyx. 



Floccose Cat-mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 



SECT. IV. CATA'RIA (from calus, a cat ; so called because cats 

 are fond of N. calaria.) Benth. lab. p. 476. Cymes usually 

 condensed into many-flowered whorls : lower cymes peduncu- 

 late. Racemes simple or panicled. Bracteas shorter than the 

 calyxes, usually very short. Calyx elongated, incurved, with an 

 oblique, rarely erectish mouth, and lanceolate teeth, the superior 

 teeth generally the largest. Tube of corolla a little exserted, 

 with an inflated throat. 



32 N. GRACILIFLORA (Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 65. 

 lab. p. 476.) ascending, glabrous, or finely pubescent ; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate or lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the 

 base, finely pubescent on both surfaces, rather canescent be- 

 neath ; racemes branched ; cymes very loose, dichotomous ; pe- 

 duncles and branches elongated, filiform ; bracteas subulate, 

 shorter than the calyxes ; calyx ovate-tubular, with an oblique 

 mouth and subulate teeth ; corolla scarcely twice as long as the 

 calyx. If. . H. Native of the East Indies, in the province of 

 Hurdwar, Wall ; Deyra Dhoon, Royle. Stem branched at the 

 base ; branches very slender. Leaves on long petioles, scarcely 

 an inch long. Corollas small, blue. This is intermediate be- 

 tween Sect. Cataria and Sect. Stegiondpeta. 



Slender-flowered Cat-mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



33 N. MICRA'NTHA (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. alt. 2. p. 401.) plant 

 ascending, humble, pubescent, or glabrous ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, rounded at the base, pale on both sur- 

 faces ; racemes loose, branched ; bracteas scarcely longer than 

 the pedicels ; calyx tubular, incurved, pubescent, with an oblique 

 mouth ; corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx. O- H. Native 

 of Siberia in Altaia ; on the mountains of Arkaul and Dolenkara. 

 Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 412. Corollas blue. 



Small-flowered Cat-mint. PI. 1 foot. 



34 N. CATA'RIA (Lin. spec. p. 796.) plant erect, tall, clothed 



