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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 



Nepeta supina, 



Labiatje. 



F. B. I iv. 658. 



Himalaya, 



7-12,000 ft. 



Murree (Fleming) . 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Inner pair of stamens longest. 



small to medium size, finely velvety ; leaves |-1 in., 

 ovate, blunt, round-toothed, felted beneath ; flowers |-f 

 in. long, in dense-flowered circular clusters, lower axil- 

 lary, upper in an ovoid spike, bracts lanceolate, calyx 

 I in., curved, narrow, softly hairy, mouth very oblique, 

 teeth of bristles shorter than the tube ; nutlets ^o iii-> 

 3-angled, linear, corolla, stamens, and style as in other 

 species of Nepefca. 



Nepeta spicata, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 659. 



Himalaya, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Murree, 

 Changlagali 

 (Douie). 



medium size, smooth or velvetj^ much branched ; 

 leaves l|-4 by |-3 in., ovate or triangular heart-shaped, 

 short-pointed, coarsely round or sharp-toothed, leaf stalk 

 1-3 in., spikes terminal, oblong or cylindric to 4 in. long, 

 bracts ovate or lanceolate with a bristle-like point, calyx 

 sessile, I in., bristly, teeth hairy or bristly, slender ; flowers 

 are otherwise as in Nepeta oampeBtris. 



Nepeta raphanorhiza, 



Labiat,e. 



F. B. I. iv. 659. 



Himalava, 



5-1 -2,005 ft. 



Kashmir to Chamba 



(Jacquemont). 



small to medium size, rootstock round, black, 1 

 in. diam., edible, stems many, branched or not, slender, 

 smooth or softly hairy, leaves |-1 in., broadly ovate or 

 ovate heart-shaped, blunt, round or sharp-toothed, stalk 

 half the length of the blade, flowers ^ in., purplish-blue 

 in ovoid or cylindric spikes, bracts ovate to lanceolate, 

 calyx I in., sessile, teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube, 

 corolla tube slender, twice as long as the calyx ; other 

 characters like those of other species of Nepeta. 



Nepeta discolor. 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 659. 

 Himalava, 

 10-15,000 ft. 



very like the last species in habit and foliage, but 

 has a long, not a tuberous root, leaves often white-felted 

 beneath, flowers white or pale blue. 



