"Plants oj the Punjah. 



205 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 



Nepeta glutinosa, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 660. 



Himalaya, 



11-13,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Inner pair of stamens longest. 



medium size, velvety from glands, sticky, strong- 

 ly scented, stem stout, stiff, leafy, leaves |-1 in., ovate- 

 heart-shaped, short-pointed, sharply toothed like a comb, 

 sometimes partly stem-clasping, flowers | in. long, white 

 or blue, in axillary few-flowered circular clusters, bracts 

 linear-oblong, bristle -pointed, calyx | in., stalked, teeth 

 ovate with an abrupt point much shorter than the calyx- 

 tube, corolla tube curved, slender, lips small ; otherwise 

 like the other species of Nepeta. 



Nepeta mollis, 



Labiatje. 



F. B. I. iv. 660. 



Himalaya, 



8-9,000 ft. 



Murree (Fleming). 



Kashmir 



(Jacquemont). 



small to medium size, softly felted, stem slender, 

 sHghtly branched, leaves 1-2 by |-1 in., ovate-heart- 

 shaped, blunt, round-toothed, shortly-stalked, flowers 

 I in., pink, in few-flowered circular white softly hairy 

 clusters at intervals on spikes 3-8 in. long, bracts ovate 

 or lanceolate, bristle-tipped, calyx | in,, mouth obhque, 

 teeth lanceolate, softly hairy, shorter than the calyx 

 tube, corolla tube protruding slightly beyond the calyx, 

 lips small ; otherwise like the other species of Nepeta. 



Nepeta distans, 



Labiate. 

 F. B. I. iv. 660. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Dewal (Douie). 



Nepeta ciliaris, 



Zufa yahis. 



Labiat.e. 



F. B. I. iv. 661. 



Himalava, 



6-8,000 ^ft. 



Simla, Mahasu 



(Collett). 



very like the last, but the bracts are linear and the 

 calyx longer and more curved. 



medium size to large, stiff, softly felted ; leaves |-1^ 

 in., ovate-heart-shaped, blunt, round-toothed, flowers 

 I in., lilac, stalked, in one-sided dense-flowered circular 

 clusters at intervals along softly hairy spikes, 4-8 in. long, 

 bracts lanceolate, often tinged with purple, calyx J in., 

 curved, softly hairy, teeth 5, slender, shorter than the 

 tube, nutlets broadly oval with rounded ends ; otherwise 

 like the other species of Nepeta. 



