Plants of the Punjab. 



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Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Inner pair of stamens longest. 



Nepeta eriostachya, small, sparsely hairy ; leaves |-f in., ovate or ovate* 



Labiatje. heart-shaped, blunt, round-toothed, sessile, velvety be- 



F. B. I. iv. 657. neath ; flowers |- in., bright blue in unbranched terminal 



Himalaya, 11,500 ft. cylindric-oblong, densely-flowered hairy spikes, 1-3 in. long, 

 Kashmir (Clarke). calyx J in., sessile, 5-toothed, teeth slender, feathery, 



tubular, corolla tube slender near the base, dilated 

 towards the mouth, twice the length of the calyx, 

 2-Upped, upper lip erect, straight, concave, notched, lower 

 spreading, 3-lobed, lateral lobes small, turned back, mid- 

 lobe much larger, narrow at the base, concave, stamens 4, 

 in unequal pairs, ascending under the upper lip, enclosed 

 in the corolla, the upper, inner and posterior pair longer 

 than the lower, outer and anterior pair, style with 2 

 awl-shaped lobes ; nutlets smooth. 



Nepeta nervosa, 



Labiatjb. 



F. B. I. iv. 658. 



Kashmir, 



6-10,000 ft. 



(Falconer). 



Nepeta campestris, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. L iv. 658. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (CoUett). 



Nepeta elliptiea, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 658. 



Himalaya, 



5-8,000 ft. 



Simla, Mashobra 



(Collett). 



medium size, smooth, rootstock long, woody, leaves 

 2-4 by ^-f in., hnear-lanceolate, long-pointed, sharply 

 toothed, bracts ovate with an abrupt point ; otherwise 

 like the last species. 



very like the last species, but the spikes are much 

 longer and more slender, calyx teeth less hairy and more 

 divergent, corolla more slender. 



very hke Nepeta nervosa, but the leaves |-1 in., felted 

 and stem woolly. The seeds are used in dysentery. 



