Plants oj the Punjab. 



207 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals united. 



Nepeta Govaniana, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 663. 



Himalaya, 



8-10,000 ft. 



Narkanda (Collett). 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Stamens four. 



Inner pair of stamens longest. 



large, stem 4-angled, branched, finely velvety ; 

 leaves 3-6 by l|-3 in., very variable, ovate or oblong, 

 short-pointed, roimd-toothed, leaf stalk f-2 in., flowers 

 1 in., yellow, stalked, at intervals in few-flowered long- 

 stalked axillary and terminal racemes, calyx ^ in., 

 straight, cylindric, teeth triangular, much shorter than 

 the calyx tube, corolla tube long, very small, curved, 

 greatly dilated above the middle, nutlets broadly oblong, 

 smooth ; otherwise like the other species of Nepeta. 



Nepeta erecta, 



Labiat.^. 



F. B. I. iv. 663. 



Himalaya;, 



6-10,000 ft. 



Mashobra. 



Narkanda (Collett). 



Changlagalli 



(Douie). 



very like the last species, but the flowers are blue, 

 and only the lowest clusters are stalked. 



Nepeta Clarkei, 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 663. 



Himalaya, 



7,500-11,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Tilail. 



Kunylwan 



(Clarke). 



finely velvety, branched, stem straight, slightly 

 angled, leaves 1-2 in., ovate-oblong or lanceolate, some- 

 what short-pointed, shortly stalked, sharp or round- 

 toothed, flowers I in., blue, in dense-flowered clusters 

 at intervals along terminal straight spikes 3-6 in. long 

 and shortly stalked in the lower axils, bracts lanceolate, 

 lower leafy, calyx \ in., velvety, teeth nearly equal, 

 triangular, short-pointed, much shorter than the tube, 

 nearly straight, mouth obhque, corolla tube 3 times the 

 length of the calyx, mouth dilated, lips small, not \ in. 

 across ; otherwise like the last species. 



