Labiatae 773 



7. NEPETA L. Inu-hakka Zoku 



Erect herbs; leaves toothed; verticils dense, forming a terminal spike; calyx tubular, straight or slightly curved, 15-nerved, 

 oblique at the mouth and with 5 equal teeth; corolla-tube broadened in upper part, narrowed at base, the limb bilabiate, the 

 upper lip erect, slightly concave on back, bifid, the lower lip 3-lobed, the midlobe large, bilobed, spreading; stamens 4, tlie 

 upper pair ascending, the lower pair subcrect, the anther-locules divergent; style bifid, the lobes equal; nudets elliptic, smooth. 

 About 150 species, in the temperate regions of the Old World. 



lA. Leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate, usually 6-12 cm. long, sessile or the petioles 3-5 mm. long; flowers purple. 22-30 mm. long; calyx 

 8-10 mm. long, the teeth acuminate with an obtuse tip 1. N. subscssilis 



IB. Leaves deltoid-ovate, 3-6 cm. long, shallowly cordate, broadest above the base, the petioles 1-3 cm. long; flowers pale purple, 8-10 mm. 

 long; calyx 5-7 mm. long, the teeth spine-tipped 2. .V. cataria 



1. Nepeta subsessilis Maxim. Glechoma subsessilis about 1 cm. long; corolla about 30 mm. long, rarely white. 



(Maxim.) O. Kuntze; N. jauriei Lev. Misogaw.vs6. Tall Hokkaido and Honshu (centr. and n. distr.). Forma 



perennial herb; stems rather stout, erect, often branched, 50- albiflora Tatew. Shirobana-Ezo-misogawa-s6. Flowers 



100 cm. long, puberulent; leaves submembranous, broadly white. 



ovate to broadly lanceolate, usually narrowly ovate, 6-12 cm. 2. Nepeta cataria L. N. minor Mill. Inu-hakka, 



long, 2.5-8 cm. wide, acuminate, rounded at base, obtusely Chikum.vhakka. Prominently white-puberulent perennial 

 toothed, puberulent on both sides, more densely so on nerves herb 50-100 cm. high; stems branched; leaves deltoid-ovate, 

 beneath, subsessile or the petioles 3-5 mm. long; cymes 3-6 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide, acute, shallowly cordate at base, 

 many-flowered, sometimes short-pedunculate; calyx 8-10 mm. coarsely toothed or incised, the petioles 1-3 cm. long; spikes of- 

 long, widi raised nerves, 5-fid, the teeth linear-lanceolate, ten paniculately branched, dense, 2-4 cm. long; calyx 5-7 mm. 

 acuminate, the 2 dorsal teeth connate on lower 1/3; corolla long, spreading-puberulent, distinctly ribbed, the teeth spine- 

 purple, 22-30 mm. long; nutlets obovate-oblong, compressed- tipped; corolla pale purple, 8-10 mm. long; nuriets elliptic, 1.5 

 trigonous, about 3 mm. long, loosely white-pilose on upper mm. long, slightly compressed, black-brown, smooth, slighdy 



side, rounded at apex. July-Aug. Wet shaded slopes in inflated on ventral face, the areole transversely broadened, 



mountains; Honshu, Shikoku. white. July-Aug. Naturalized in Honshu (Shinano 



Var. yesoensis Fr. & Sav. Ezo-misog.uva-so. Petioles Prov. and north w.). Korea, China, to w. Asia and Europe. 



8. GLECHOMA L. Kakidoshi Zoku 



Creeping or ascending perennial herbs; leaves toothed; verticils few-flowered, distant; flowers blue or purple, pedicelled; 

 calyx tubular or campanulate, 15-nerved, slightly oblique at mouth, bilabiate, the upper lip 3-lobed, connate at base, the lower 

 lip bifid with narrow lobes; corolla-tube ampliate in upper part, the limb bilabiate, the upper lip rather flat, erect, retuse, die 

 lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, the midlobe large, retuse; stamens 4, parallel, ascending under the upper lip of corolla; style 2-fid, 

 the lobes equal; nudets smooth. Few species, in the N. Hemisphere. 



1. Glechoma hederacea L. var. grandis (A. Gray) 7-9 mm. long, spreading-pilose, the teeth short spine-tipped; 



Kudo. G. hederacea subsp. grandis (A. Gray) Hara; Nepeta corolla rose-purple, 15-25 mm. long, the upper lip retuse, the 



glechoma var. grandis A. Gray; G. grandis (A. Gray) Kudo, in lower lip obliquely spreading, dark-spotted, twice as long as 



syn.; G. hederacea var. minor Honda Kakidoshi. Peren- the upper; nutlets ellipsoidal, 1.8 mm. long, rounded, slightly 



nial creeping herb; stems tufted, erect, 5-20 cm. long; creeping compressed, keeled on the ventral face, obscurely glandular- 

 stems 50 cm. or more long, with spreading hairs; leaves reni- dotted, nearly smooth. Apr.-May. Hedges and thickets in 



form to cordate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide, coarsely ob- lowlands and low mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, 



tuse-toothed, slighdy pubescent on both sides, long-petiolate; Kyushu; common. Temperate regions of e. Asia, Formosa, 



flowers 1-3 in leaf-axils, the pedicels short, puberulent; calyx and Korea. 



9. DRACOCEPHALUTVI L. Musha-rindo Zoku 



Annuals, biennials, or perennials, sometimes subshrubs, with erect or ascending stems; leaves entire or toothed, sometimes 

 palmately pinnatifid; cymes many-flowered, axillary, often in terminal spikes; flowers purple, blue, or rarely white; calyx 

 tubular, 15-nerved, bilabiate, die upper lip 3-lobed, more or less connate at base, die lower lip 2- to 4-lobed; corolla-tube ampliate in 

 upper part, the limb bilabiate, the upper lip erect, entire, concave on back, the lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, die midlobe large, 



shallowly lobed at apex; stamens 4, didymous, the anther-locules 2 or reduced to 1; nutlets smooth. About 40 species, in 



Eurasia. 



1. Dracocephalum argunense Fisch. ex Link. D. riiys- from the abbreviated lateral branches in axils; cauline leaves 



chiana var. spcciosum Ledeb.; D. riiyschiana var. japoniciim rather thick, linear or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 2-5 cm. 



A. Gray; D. rtiyschiana var. argunense (Fisch.) Nakai; D. long, 2-5 mm. wide, obtuse, acute at base, entire, recurved on 



japonictim (A. Gray) Kudo Musha-rindo. Rhizomes margin, glabrous and lustrous above, loosely ascending-puberu- 



short; stems 15-40 cm. long, simple or branched, rather promi- lent on the raised midrib beneath, the petioles l-3(-7) mm. 



nently whitish recurved-hairy, usually with a tuft of leaves long; spikes 2-5 cm. long, densely flowered, the bracts nar- 



