PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 1087 



Herbs erect, avith Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped, 



Stamens Four. 



Inner Pair of Stamens Longest. 



flowered circular clusters, bracts linear oblong 

 bristle pointed, calyx J in., stalked, teeth, ovate 

 with an abrupt point much shorter than the calyx- 

 tube, corolla-tube curved, slender, lips small, other- 

 wise like the other species of Nepeta. 



Nepeta mollis, small to medium size, softly felted, stem slender, 



Labiate. slightly branched ; leaves 1-2 by -|-1 in., ovate- 



F. B. I. iv. 660. heart-shaped, blunt, round-toothed, shortly-stalked; 



Himalaya, 8-9,000 ft. flowers | in., pink in few-flowered circular white 



Murree (Fleming). softly hairy clusters at intervals on spikes 3-8 in. 



Kashmir (Jacquemont). long, bracts ovate or lanceolate, bristle-tipped, 



calyx I in., mouth oblique, teeth lanceolate, softly 



hairy, shorter than the calyx-tube, corolla-tube 



slightly protruding 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). 



very like the last, but the bracts are linear and 

 the calyx longer and more curved. 



Nepeta ciliaris, medium size to large, stiff, softly felted ; leaves 



Labiate. f~4 m v ovate heart-shaped, blunt round-toothed ; 



F. B. I. iv. 661. flowers ^ in., lilac, stalked, in one-sided dense- 



Himalaya, 6-8,000 ft. flowered circular clusters at intervals along softly 

 Simla, Mahasu hairy spikes, 4-8 in. long, bracts lanceolate, often 

 (Collett). tinged with purple, calyx } in. curved, softly 



