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Plants of the Punjab. 



Hebbb, Er530t, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Ijeaves, 



Leaf Margins Toothed, 



Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Inner pair of stamens longest. 



medium size, annual, velvety, stout or slender, 

 slightly 4-angled, common on roadsides, leaves |-2| in., 

 green or grey, broadly ovate or circular heart-shaped, 

 shortly stalked, blunt, round-toothed, flowers | in., blue 

 or purple, minutely dotted, stalked in very densely-flowered 

 circular one-sided stalked and branched clusters at in- 

 tervals along softly hairy spikes, calyx | in., softly hairy, 

 mouth of calyx tube nearly equal, 3 upper teeth triangu- 

 lar, bristle-tipped, 2 lower thread-hke, corolla very small, 

 tube shortly projecting beyond the calyx, nutlets broad, 

 granulate ; other characters like those of other species of 

 Nepeta. This plant is used as a cardiac tonic, a febrifuge 

 and a gargle. 



medium size, perennial, stem acutely 4-angled, 

 branched, grey velvety, leaves 1-3 in., ovate or ovate- 

 heart-shaped, short-pointed, coarsely round or sharp- 

 toothed, flowers I in., dotted with purple in circular clusters 

 on long narrow terminal shortly-stalked densely-flowered 

 spikes 4-10 in. long, bracts awl-shaped equalHng or not 

 the calyx, lower bracts leafy, calyx | in., curved, velvety, 

 mouth oblique, teeth nearly equal, awl-shaped, shorter 

 than the calyx tube, nutlets broadly oblong, smooth 

 other characters like those of the other species of Nepeta 



medium size, slender, branched, grey-felted, stem 

 slightly angled, leafy, leaves 1-1| in., ovate-heart-shaped, 

 blunt or short-pointed, round-toothed, wrinkled above, 

 shortly stalked ; otherwise like the last species. 



Nepeta ruderalis, 



Billi lotan, hadranj, 



boya. 



Labiates. 



F. B. I.iv. 661. 



The Plains to 



4,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Choa Saidan Shah 



(Douie). 



Nepeta Cataria, 

 Catmint, 



LABIATiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 662. 

 Kashmir, 

 1-5,000 ft. 

 (Falconer). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



Nepeta leueophylla, 



LABIATiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 662. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Nepeta graciliflora, 



Labiat^e. 

 F.B. I.iv. 663. 



The Plains to 



4,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



very like Nepeta ruderaHs, but more slender with thin 

 coarsely round-toothed leaves, longer leaf stalks, flowers 

 pale pink and nutlets more granulate. 



